The casting for the next “Superman” movie just keeps getting better and better! Now Zack Snyder and the team are interested in Michael Shannon to play an unnamed villain for the next, “Superman” flick. I’ve never seen “Boardwalk Empire”, but I have seen him in plenty of films and other TV shows. His character in the movie, “Revolutionary Road” is what impressed me the most of that film that starred Leo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet. Michael Shannon is such an amazing actor that he would make a perfect villain for Superman. I can see why they badly want him. When Michael Shannon plays a villain in movies,  he’s really psycho and makes you want to hate the guy.

Of course, they are keeping Michael Shannon’s villain character for “Superman” top secret for now, but I have a feeling that he’s going to be none other than Lex Luthor. He would be great for Lex, in my opinion. He would make an even more psychotic Lex Luthor than Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey, for sure. Gene and Kevin both played an ok Lex, but not evil enough. Michael would be perfect.

See the full story here, at Deadline.

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