Lex Luthor

Over the years, we’ve been treated to some brilliantly evil villains on screen. These shady adversaries all have their own signature evil lair as their headquarters when they aren’t busy plotting to take over, enslave or annihilate the world. So what makes a good lair? In the best criminal hideouts we look for sheer scale and ambition, legions of henchmen who seem to volunteer for such skullduggery, armies of button-pushing assistants in white coats, internal monorail systems, next-generation weaponry, hoards of gadgets, the occasional rocket or glamorous vehicle and control rooms full of people giving orders though the compound’s own PA system – and ... Read Full Story

SCREENWRITER and comic book scribe Kevin Smith says he believes Star Trek director J.J. Abrams is the perfect choice for the next Superman movie. Smith (right) told MTV : "Based on Star Trek, I'd hand it to J.J. [Abrams] and say, 'Go!' "Clearly, the dude knows how to craft a really warm and wonderful piece of mainstream entertainment. And that's what Star Trek is - it works like crazy as a mainstream movie, and it has warmth." He continued: "[Star Trek] isn't just assembled by committee and you don't see the heart. There's heart there and humanity. "So give him Superman, because that's what ... Read Full Story

It appears that infamous Latino Review site has gotten a scoop that Warner Brothers is soliciting scripts for the next Superman film that will feature a villain that is anyone but Lex Luthor. According to El Mayimbe, “At the moment, the execs haven’t heard anything they like yet but the kicker is that WB wants a NEW VILLAIN from Superman’s Rogues Gallery to be the main antagonist… NOT LEX LUTHOR! Writers have been told to come in to the studio to pitch a story with a new villain but again, the WB hasn’t bit on anything they heard yet. In fact, Luthor is going ... Read Full Story

SMALLVILLE showrunner Todd Slavkin says Michael Rosenbaum's last scenes in the hit sci-fi series had been a very emotional experience for the actors and crew. Slavkin is now one of the show's four executive producers following the departure of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, as I reported back in April. He added that saying goodbye to actor John Glover, in an earlier episode, had also been very difficult. Smallville depicts the early years of Clark Kent before he became Superman, with Rosenbaum playing a young Lex Luthor and John Glover as his father Lionel. Rosenbaum had earlier announced he was quitting the series, along ... Read Full Story

By Jerry Stout Comic Con 2006 brought us the panel by Bruce Timm where he announced that a direct-to-DVD movie covering The Death of Superman, World Without a Superman, & Reign of the Superman would be his next undertaking. And while the film is not a complete retelling of the comic books (the battle between Superman and Doomsday is different, Supergirl is not in this movie, and we deal with Lex Luthor instead of Lex Luthor II), the film does capture the essence of Superman and is up to par or even surpasses the DCAU (DC Animated Universe) in quality and story-telling. The best ... Read Full Story