{"id":9493,"date":"2013-08-08T16:07:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T23:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/?p=9493"},"modified":"2013-08-08T16:07:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T23:07:11","slug":"dcwb-looking-at-bryan-cranston-and-mark-strong-to-play-lex-luthor-in-the-upcoming-batmansuperman-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=9493","title":{"rendered":"DC\/WB Looking at Bryan Cranston and Mark Strong to play Lex Luthor in the upcoming Batman\/Superman film?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/markbryan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9494\" alt=\"markbryan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/markbryan.jpg\" width=\"461\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Since the reveal was made that DC\/WB is moving forward with a Batman\/Superman film many have speculated who would be playing the role of Lex Luthor.<\/p>\n<p>Now <a href=\"http:\/\/latino-review.com\/2013\/08\/rumors-mark-strong-or-bryan-cranston-are-considered-as-lex-luthor-for-superman-vs-batman\/\">Latino Review<\/a> has added fuel to the fire by dropping the names of Bryan Cranston and Mark Strong into the mix. While they admit that its just a rumor at this point, <a href=\"&quot;All I can say is... watch this space.&quot; Read more at http:\/\/www.comicbookmovie.com\/fansites\/BatFreak\/news\/?a=85073#u5QzmWdSIZHEMeZp.99\">Digital Spy<\/a> even caught up with actor Mark Strong who replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><i>&#8220;All I can say is&#8230; watch this space.&#8221;<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Personally either actor would be an amazing pick, but I do feel that Cranston may be a little old for the part and we could run into the same vibe that Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey gave where its Superman vs a smart and craft older fellow. And on the other hand, Picking Mark Strong would possibly eliminate his returning (in any form) as Sinestro for a future Green Lantern reboot, which to be honest he was single-handedly the best part of that film.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, fans know that this isnt the last we will hear from this rumor and only time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>Superman\/Batman is scheduled for a US release in Summer 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nSince the reveal was made that DC\/WB is moving forward with a Batman\/Superman film many have speculated who would be&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=9493\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;DC\/WB Looking at Bryan Cranston and Mark Strong to play Lex Luthor in the upcoming Batman\/Superman film?&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9494,"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-9493","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 v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DC\/WB Looking at Bryan Cranston and Mark Strong to play Lex Luthor in the upcoming Batman\/Superman film? 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