There’s a whole new version of Superman on the horizon from James Gunn, and with it comes Nathan Fillion’s Green Lantern. The actor opened up about how his version of Guy Gardner will be different ...

DC Comics' heroes regularly battle some of the greatest villains in comics, but these same villains have helped them save the ...

An uncredited cameo in Young Frankenstein (organised by his Bonnie and Clyde co-star and fellow Gene, Gene Wilder) proved his comedic talents, while a legendary turn as DC supervillain Lex Luthor ...

Superman is crucial for the new DCU, but legal issues could delay or block its release in multiple countries. Mark Peary, nephew of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster, filed the lawsuit challenging ...

He even mastered the villainous (and humorous) Lex Luthor, opposite Christopher Reeves, in three of those four Superman movies. Google Satellite Map/Airbus/Maxar Technologies Screenshot Google ...

Turns out, that although he was very much a rich man, Hackman was not on the same level as his billionaire alter-ego, the Superman villain, Lex Luthor. Here's what Gene Hackman's net worth was ...

His Lex Luthor was ambition incarnate, which made him smart and foolhardy enough to regularly tussle with the Man Of Steel. Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, the tenacious detective of The French ...

Hackman famously played Lex Luthor opposite Christopher Reeve's Superman, but he was known for being a man of steel himself. As a 16-year-old boy, he lied about his age to join the Marines in 1946.

He played the supervillain Lex Luthor in Superman, Superman II and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Gene also starred in the hit movies Runaway Jury, The French Connection, The Royal Tenenbaums ...

So beloved is Hackman as this character that his Lex Luthor is even referenced and shown via archival photographs in modern-day pop culture properties like the 2025 feature Superboys of Malegaon.

1978: Christopher Reeve and Ned Beatty in 'Superman' Hackman's Lex Luthor served as the foil for Superman (Christopher Reeve) in three "Superman" films including 1980's "Superman II" and 1987's ...