Superman follow-up Man of Tomorrow is currently filming, and James Gunn has dropped the first official photo from the new movie – a shot of Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor in a comics-accurate purple and green Warsuit.
The image features Lex standing in some sort of sandy void, and is labelled a ‘fit check’ by Gunn, meaning this is more likely to be a candid moment from a costume fitting than a frame from the movie itself. But, even still, it’s impressive to think that a screen-accurate version of Lex’s chunky Warsuit exists, and will seemingly be worn by Hoult in the movie. Let’s hope it’s easy to get out of for toilet breaks. Check out the image below.
Fit check. Live from the set of Man of Tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/I5dxLyCy4hJune 1, 2026
The Warsuit allows Lex to go toe-to-toe with Supes, making him as strong as a Kryptonian in hand-to-hand combat. Though given Lex and Superman are set to form something of an enemies-to-friends alliance in Man of Tomorrow to take down an even bigger, Braniac-shaped threat, you’d hope that in-fighting between the pair will be kept to a minimum, for Metropolis’ sake.
King of Threads, James Gunn, may be in the middle of production, but that hasn’t stopped him taking to his social network of choice of late. Just last week, he explained the philosophical reason why Superman and Braniac “have beef” in the comics, which may be a big hint about what to expect from Man of Tomorrow.
Though not a straight sequel to Superman (according to Gunn), much of the cast from the first film is returning, including Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and the entire Justice Gang. We also know that Green Lantern John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) will pop up, as will newbie Adria Arjona, though we still don’t know if she’s playing Maxima or Wonder Woman.
Man of Tomorrow releases in theaters on July 9, 2027. For more, For more on the DCU, check out our guide to the other upcoming DC movies and shows, or get up to speed with our rundown on how to watch the DC movies in order.
