Superman: New Lex Luthor Plot Details Revealed by Maria Gabriela de Faria | rssama.com

James Gunn‘s Superman will person a batch of crushed to screen successful its 129-minute runtime, arsenic it sets up nan early of nan DC Universe. One point that will not beryllium shown connected nan large surface is nan secret relationship that The Engineer character María Gabriela de Faría believes nan characteristic has pinch Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor.

The recent poster batches for Superman person confirmed that The Engineer will beryllium allying herself pinch nan much villainous characters successful nan upcoming DCU movie. The character, whose abilities travel from nanotechnology built into her body, has been shown successful trading materials to beryllium aiding Lex Luthor connected his quest to extremity Superman.

What tin we expect from Superman’s Lex Luthor and The Engineer?

During a caller quality connected nan DC Studios Showcase Official Podcast (via ComicBookMovie), De Faría expanded connected her character’s narration pinch Lex Luthor successful nan movie, revealing that she sounded a “secret relationship” betwixt nan 2 to Gunn. “I besides kept telling James that I consciousness for illustration [The Engineer and Lex] person a concealed relationship. I consciousness for illustration they f**k! Lex is truthful serious, and he has this gorgeous woman that he treats terribly. So what if, aft hours The Engineer gets really mean pinch Lex and he loves it,” she explained. Sadly, it doesn’t sound for illustration Gunn incorporated this transportation into nan last trim of Superman.

Check retired De Faría’s full chat pinch nan DC Studios Showcase Official Podcast below:

The Engineer’s quality successful Superman comes up of nan character’s inclusion successful a planned movie astir The Authority, nan superhero squad that nan characteristic is portion of successful nan comics. The squad was created by writer Warren Ellis and creator Bryan Hitch and first appeared successful 1999 successful The Authority comic book, which was published nether DC Comics’ Wildstorm imprint.

A movie based connected nan comics was portion of nan first slate uncover for Chapter 1 of nan DCU successful January 2023. Unfortunately, despite liking from Matthew Vaughn, improvement connected The Authority movie has been slow going, pinch a rumor from February 2025 claiming that nan task is nary longer a “priority” astatine DC Studios.

Written and directed by Gunn, Superman is scheduled to unfastened successful theaters connected July 11, 2025.

Originally published connected SuperHeroHype.