"Greatest Criminal Mind Of Our Time" Set To Return?

Is evil mastermind Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder's big budget reboot Superman: Man of Steel? For the longest time it's been rumored that Bradley Cooper was going to make a cameo appearance as Luthor as a set-up for sequels--but it's never been confirmed.

The folks at AICN  now claim that Mackenzie Gray who played a Luthor clone during the final season of ‘Smallville’ will play "an ambitious, ego driven and cold version of Luthor."

Gray actually confirmed he is going to be appearing in Man of Steel in a recent interview with the site but added that  he wasn’t able to talk about his role.

Co-screenwriter David S. Goyer recently made the discussion intensify telling I Am Rouge: “I don’t think anyone has ever confirmed that we haven’t included him.”

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MOS stars Henry Cavill Amy Adams Michael Shannon Kevin Costner Diane Lane Antje Traue Christopher Meloni Harry Lennix Laurence Fishburne Russell Crowe and Ayelet Zurer. Emmy-winning actor Richard Schiff will play Dr. Hamilton. Cooper Timberline and Dylan Sprayberry both play young Clark Kent at various ages in the film. Jadin Gould is a young Lana Lang.

Goyer wrote the first screenplay draft based on a story he concocted with Christopher Nolan. His bro Jonah Nolan taking a crack at the task as well Kurt Johnstad did rewrites

Charles Roven, Emma Thomas Deborah Snyder, and Nolan will be producers on the film.

MOS flies into theaters June 14th 2013.