James Gunn turned to social media to announce that Lars Eidinger has been cast as Brainiac in the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow. Eidinger has a packed career with a mix of television and films with eight upcoming projects including this film.

Gunn has teased that Man of Tomorrow will have Superman and Lex Luthor working together to take on Brainiac.

Brainiac debuted in Action Comics #242 in 1958 and created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino. While there’s been variations to the character, he travels the galaxy shrinking cities to bottle size to preserve them, brings them on his ship, and then destroys the planet. Among those cities is Kandor, the capital of Superman’s home planet of Krypton. It’s unknown if Kandor will make an appearance in the film but the first film’s leaning towards some of the classic elements of Superman would make us believe there’s a good possibility.

The character has appeared in more than just comics but also in the various Superman related television shows, animation, video games, LEGO video games, and was considered for previous Superman films, some that were never made.

Man of Steel is expected in theaters in 2027.