Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston has signed a deal to portray baddie Lex Luthor. For those upset with Ben Affleck in the role of Batman, this latest news should soothe some of those savage hearts.
Cranston, most known for playing Meth-King Walter White in the multi-award winning AMC cable series “Breaking Bad” is reported to have signed a multi-appearance deal with DC Comics/Warner Bros. He could star as Luthor for as many as six major DC films, where he is likely to show up in a variety of different scenarios featuring Batman, Superman and other DC Comic hero films.
After five seasons of “Breaking Bad” the Emmy winner is moving headlong with a vengeance on to the big screen. He currently has five movies in different levels of production with releases expected through 2016. Besides this breaking news the other anticipated genre film Cranston is starring in will be the 2014 remake of “Godzilla.”
Ha! D*mn if I didn’t think “Lamont” when I first read the headline.
Hmm, I’m not exactly sure he’d make a good Lex Luthor.
He might have the right personality, but I’m not so sure if he has the look.
Then again, maybe it’s just the beard.
I keep looking for a ‘Like” button. Sad isn’t it?
Alas, this news too is a hoax.
See details here: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/08/bryan-cranston-play-lex-luthor-not-so-fast-fanboys/68785/
Damn! If this does turn out to be a hoax then we all got punk’d. including Rolling Stone, USA Today, io9, imdb, NY Post, eonline, Sky News, moviefone, hell, even the TV Guide got duped. The downside to the internet is it is getting harder for even us in the legitimate news business to verify, verify, verify……..but, we will continue to try.
This would be an example of a good casting choice. Cranston has proven his versatility and ability to play a variety of characters including morally ambiguous ones.
I hope this happens. But they need to do something about Affleck.