10 Essential DC Villains Not Yet Used In The DCEU
2. Brainiac
Despite only having one solo movie to his name, Henry Cavill’s Superman has already battled three of the Man of Tomorrow’s greatest villains – Lex Luthor, General Zod, and Doomsday – and so Brainiac seems like one of the few genuine threats who could surface to battle Cavill’s Big Blue Boy Scout down the line.
The closest audiences have got to seeing Brainiac brought to big-screen life was with a few choice nods to the character in 2013’s Man of Steel. Previously, there was talk of having the genius alien android appear as far back as 1983’s Superman III, yet several attempts to incorporate the character into a Superman movie have ultimately all been shelved.
Right now, the future of Henry Cavill as Superman is a little up in the air – much like the DC Extended Universe itself – but whether it’s Cavill’s Supes or A.N. Other taking over the cape, Brainiac is a must-have villain for any future Superman outing. Where his abilities come into it, Brainiac is untouchable on every possible front - whether that’s controlling technology, the weaponry at his literal fingertips, his telepathic powers, or going back to basics in a fist fight.