TK Easter Eggs DC Fans Need to Know

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Rachel Brosnahan makes her debut as Lois Lane, Clark’s love curiosity and fellow reporter on the Day by day Planet. Lois is a great and fearless journalist, however is usually unaware that Clark and Superman are the identical particular person. Brosnahan is the most recent star to play Lois, after Amy Adams, Margot Kidder, Teri Hatcher, Kate Bosworth and extra.

Nicholas Hoult, who lately starred in “Nosferatu” and “Juror #2,” is Superman’s final nemesis, the bald and super-smart Lex Luthor. Thought of one of the vital iconic villains of all time, Lex is the power-hungry CEO of LexCorp who typically poses the best menace to Superman. Hoult joins an inventory of actors who’ve taken on the position, together with Jesse Eisenberg, Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, Jon Cryer, Michael Cudlitz and extra.

Lex Luthor runs LutherCorp, his billion-dollar company based by his father. Within the comics, it’s later renamed LexCorp and is situated within the coronary heart of Metropolis.

Superman’s canine finest good friend Krypto was introduced to seem within the movie again in October. Gunn revealed that his personal adopted canine Ozu impressed him whereas he was writing “Superman.”

“I keep in mind considering, ‘Gosh, how troublesome would life be if Ozu had superpowers?’ – and thus Krypto got here into the script & modified the form of the story as Ozu was altering my life,” Gunn wrote. “What higher time to debut the not-so-good-good-boy Krypto.”

Nathan Fillion (“Citadel,” “Firefly”) rocks the red-haired bowl lower as Inexperienced Lantern member Man Gardner. As a member of the Inexperienced Lantern Corps, a galactic house police drive, Man can fly and create inexperienced mild constructs out of his ring. Along with the bowl lower, he’s recognized for his conceited and cocky angle. Fillion is anticipated to reprise the position on the HBO sequence “Lanterns,” which stars Aaron Pierce and Kyle Chandler as well-known Lanterns John Stewart and Hal Jordan.

Isabela Merced (“Alien: Romulus,” “Madame Net”) performs the winged heroine Hawkgirl. A number of ladies have taken the Hawkgirl mantle, they usually all have massive, bird-like wings and wield an Nth metallic mace. Aldis Hodge beforehand performed Hawkman in “Black Adam.”

Edi Gathegi (“For All Mankind,” “The Blacklist”) performs Mister Terrific, one of many smartest individuals on the planet and a grasp inventor. He wears a T-shaped masks on his face and makes use of quite a lot of high-tech devices.

Clark Kent is the nerdy, bespectacled alter-ego of Superman who additionally works on the Day by day Planet. Most individuals don’t notice that Clark and Superman are the identical particular person, aside from Lois Lane.

Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell play Jonathan and Martha Kent, often called Pa and Ma Kent, who undertake the younger Kryptonian boy when he crash-lands on their Kansas farm. They have been beforehand performed by Kevin Costner and Diane Lane within the “Man of Metal” and DCEU movies.

Jonathan and Martha Kent stay in Kansas and lift a younger Superman as their very own after he lands from the faraway planet of Krypton.

Anthony Carrigan (“Barry”) is Metamorpho, who can rework his physique into varied parts. Within the comics, Metamorpho can stretch like rubber, flip into liquids or gases and acquire rock-like power. Carrigan beforehand performed the Batman villain Mr. Zsasz within the sequence “Gotham.”

Stagg Industries is one other mega-corporation that’s run by billionaire antagonist Simon Stagg. Within the comics, Simon’s daughter Sapphire falls in love with Rex Mason (performed by Anthony Carrigan), and Simon is chargeable for turning Rex into the disfigured hero Metamorpho.

The Day by day Planet is the newspaper the place Clark, Lois, Jimmy Olsen, Steve Lombard and Cat Grant work. Wendell Pierce’s Perry White is the editor-in-chief. The constructing is understood for its globe on the sharp rooftop, and it’s seen on the entrance as effectively.

Skylar Gisondo (“Booksmart,” “The Righteous Gems”) is photographer Jimmy Olsen, who works on the Day by day Planet. Jimmy is usually portrayed as a detailed colleague to Clark and Lois and has appeared in a number of different “Superman” variations. “Saturday Night time Stay” alum Beck Bennett performs Day by day Planet reporter Steve Lombard. Steve is usually portrayed as a sports activities reporter and rival to Clark. Mikaela Hoover is fellow Day by day Planet reporter Cat Grant. Within the comics, she’s typically a love curiosity for Clark or Jimmy Olsen.

The Fortress of Solitude is Superman’s personal headquarters situated within the Arctic. The key base is product of large ice shards and much away from humanity.

Superman appears to be like fairly emotional over a destroyed robotic, and it’s attainable it’s Kelex from the comics. Kelex was a servant droid from Krypton who later turns into a caretaker on the Fortress of Solitude. If it have been destroyed, it could sever one of many final connections to Superman’s residence planet — making sense that he can be unhappy.

It’s unclear if the large, fire-breathing monster that Superman fights within the trailer is from the comics, but it surely might be one in every of his first main battles because the Man of Metal.