Brainiac

As with Darkseid, Brainiac is long overdue. And we can’t wait to see him on the big screen!

However, if Darkseid will indeed be the main baddie of the Justice League films, when could Brainiac appear? And what is his connection with Batman v Superman?

Well, Lex Luthor teases him several times when mentioning the hunger for knowledge. Furthermore, we can suspect that, in his time in the Kryptonian scout ship, he also encountered some files on the Collector of Worlds. So maybe he was talking about him in the prison, and not about Darkseid (we doubt that, though).

What makes us mention Brainiac here is the deleted scene in which we believe we saw Steppenwolf and 3 Mother Boxes. Just as the scene ends, we can clearly see the Brainiac logo on Lex Luthor’s back. And that is an Easter-Egg we should have seen in the theatrical cut of Batman v Superman.

So if Darkseid is indeed the villain of the Justice League films, maybe Brainiac will be the villain of the Man of Steel sequel (which is still unannounced). And this would be awesome, since it will give Warner Bros the chance to retire Superman from the roster (obviously, only to recast him later on, after the Flashpoint, in which he didn’t actually play an important role).

How can they retire him? Simple: make him discover Kandor on Brainiac’s ship and set up a new Krypton on another planet!