Overview
- The director confirmed the casting on social media, establishing Brainiac as the sequel’s central villain.
- Gunn cited influences ranging from Otto Binder’s 1950s stories and Marv Wolfman’s redesign to Superman: The Animated Series and the modern Absolute Brainiac.
- Man of Tomorrow is scheduled to open in theaters on July 9, 2027.
- Reporting highlights Brainiac’s lore of shrinking and collecting cities such as Kandor, with any use of that concept in the film described as speculative.
- Eidinger, a German stage and screen veteran with recent visibility in Netflix’s Jay Kelly, is seen as well suited for a cerebral, unsettling interpretation of the character.