'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' Plot News: Lex Luthor's Interview
More teasers about the upcoming film "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" have been revealed.
Earlier this week, it was reported that Warner Bros. had a new marketing approach to the film. It required Fortune devising a piece on Lex Luthor, played by Jesse Eisenberg, and his company, LexCorp.
Lex Luthor is expected to be one of the main villains of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." The piece published by Fortune shared details about Lex Luthor, who has a clear motivation for his villainous ways.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the director of the film, Zack Synder, also shared some details about the villain. First of all, he explained that the version of Luthor that the movie will be portraying is Luthor Jr. The character was present in the DC Extended Universe. With that, it was stated that LexCorp had already been founded by his father, Lex Luthor.
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In the faux piece published by Fortune, Lex explained some details about his father's life. He said, "He came from a country where the government, in the guise of protector, had absolute control over the citizens. That drove him. I get it. Heck, I'd hate to see that sort of thing happen over here."
In addition, it was also revealed that Lex will be introducing a new product to the world. He added that it is definitely something that will change the course of the universe. He said, "It's about safety. This is a product that will protect you, and everyone, from threats you don't even know about yet. I don't want to scare anybody... much. But there are a lot of threats out there, and they're here today."
This has caused some speculations on what exactly Lex has in store. It was rumored that he has been doing experiments using General Zod's DNA, which will lead him to accidentally create Doomsday.
"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" premieres on March 25, 2016.
