{"id":11067,"date":"2014-01-31T12:14:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T20:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/?p=11067"},"modified":"2014-01-31T12:14:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T20:14:49","slug":"jesse-eisenberg-cast-as-lex-luthor-in-batmansuperman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=11067","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Eisenberg Cast as Lex Luthor in Batman\/Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/p01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11068\" alt=\"p01\" src=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/p01.jpg\" width=\"527\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the same press release that announced Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Zack Snyder dropped the bomb that none other than\u00a0Jesse Eisenberg (Social Network) has been cast as Lex Luthor in Batman\/Superman.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20140131005753\/en#.Uuv19fldWKU\">press release<\/a>\u00a0Snyder stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cLex Luthor is often considered the most notorious of Superman\u2019s rivals, his unsavory reputation preceding him since 1940. What\u2019s great about Lex is that he exists beyond the confines of the stereotypical nefarious villain. He\u2019s a complicated and sophisticated character whose intellect, wealth and prominence position him as one of the few mortals able to challenge the incredible might of Superman. Having Jesse in the role allows us to explore that interesting dynamic, and also take the character in some new and unexpected directions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eisenberg received Academy Award\u00ae, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award\u00ae\u00a0and BAFTA Award nominations for his starring role as Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher\u2019s \u201cThe Social Network.\u201d He also starred in Woody Allen\u2019s \u201cTo Rome with Love\u201d and Louis Letterier\u2019s \u201cNow You See Me.\u201d He next appears in \u201cThe Double\u201d and \u201cNight Moves.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Batman\/Superman\u00a0\u00a0is currently\u00a0set to open worldwide on May 6, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n&nbsp; In the same press release that announced Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Zack Snyder dropped the bomb that none&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=11067\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Jesse Eisenberg Cast as Lex Luthor in Batman\/Superman&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[262],"class_list":["post-11067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-featured","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jesse Eisenberg Cast as Lex Luthor in Batman\/Superman - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=11067\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jesse Eisenberg Cast as Lex Luthor in Batman\/Superman - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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