Bryan Cranston is Lex Luthor (confirmed)

[HamAndEgger]

 

[HomieSoprano]

Apparently the whole casting news is false?

Yeah that's what i'm readin' now too

 

[funkee]

cranston's a brilliant actor, but i'd prefer someone younger...i like the idea of mark strong vs timothy olyphant vs fassbender

 

[Vandelay]

Might be for the best if this is false.

Cranston can pull off a believable and a great rendition of Lex Luthor, but it may be better to make him Affleck's age, because I imagine both characters; Bruce and Lex are going to have a major influence on Superman's persona in this movie. Kind of like a conscience on both shoulders type of thing.

 

[hex]

Where are you cats reading this is false? It's still all over the internet as of 1 hour ago. RollingStone.com even mentioned it.

Fred.

 

[RajWatts]

Where are you cats reading this is false? It's still all over the internet as of 1 hour ago. RollingStone.com even mentioned it.

Fred.

Rolling Stone used the same bullshyt source (Cosmic Book News) that also says it's a 13 picture deal and Matt Damon is playing Aquaman

this is the most accurate article on the subject

http://screencrush.com/bryan-cranston-lex-luthor/

Normally, we would just avoid this obviously fake report but since a few legitimate news outlets have run the story (notably Rolling Stone) and we’re getting a lot of e-mails asking about it, we thought it was about time to address it. No, ‘Breaking Bad‘ star Bryan Cranston has not been cast as Lex Luthor in ‘Batman vs. Superman.’

Despite a headline on the Rolling Stone front page and a top article on Reddit both claiming that “Bryan Cranston Cast in Man of Steel,” the actor has not signed on a multi-film deal to play legendary Superman villain Lex Luthor.

We don’t want to get into where the rumor started, but an obviously fake report was published on Monday that claimed Cranston had signed a 10-picture deal for upcoming Batman/Superman films (uh, NO). If that wasn’t enough of a tipoff that the news was bogus, another report in the same article from the same source, said that Matt Damon was being considered for Aquaman now that Ben Affleck was cast as Batman (uh, NOOOOO).

Now, it’s entirely possible that Cranston could eventually join ‘Batman vs. Superman’ but that time is not now. There is no deal and he has not signed on to the film. As far as we know, there haven’t even been any talks between the sides other than Cranston jokingly telling a reporter, “Give me a call, I like Lex Luthor.” All that’s there is that Bryan Cranston shaved his head for ‘Breaking Bad’ and Lex Luthor is also bald. That’s the only connection. (It’s also to remember, that almost all the fancasting of Batman was way off and Cranston could be a smokescreen for who Zack Snyder and Warner Bros. actually are in talks with to play Lex Luthor.)