Superman's Lex Luthor star wants to team up with The Joker in a future DCU movie

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Nicholas Hoult is dreaming of teaming up his Lex Luthor with the Joker

Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor
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The supervillain team-up is a staple of superhero comic books, but it's one of the few concepts left from comics that has yet to really make it to the big screen in a substantial way. If one of the stars of James Gunn's Superman has his way though, it's something that will happen sooner rather than later, as Lex Luthor actor Nicholas Hoult tells Comicbook that he's dreaming of sharing the screen with the Joker.

"One of the comics I read in the lead up to this was a link up between Lex and Joker," Hoult explains. "The combination of those two together was really fun to read, so perhaps if we are lucky and get to keep making movies, that's something I'd like to see combined there."

George Marston
George Marston

I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)

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