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With the release of Superman on digital closing in, Warner Bros. has released the Adventures in the Making of Superman documentary, which features plenty of behind-the-scenes nuggets, including a passionate conversation between Gunn and Corenswet about the “being human” speech. The now-iconic scene features the Man of Steel pouring his heart out to Luthor, who believes the hero doesn’t understand what it really means to be human. Well, the villain should have saved his remarks for another alien that may have been part of Superman‘s script at one point.
Adventures in the Making of Superman goes as far back in the filmmaking process as possible, even showing off storyboards that reveal what the film looked like on paper. The art that stands out the most features Superman, Krypto, and Supergirl flying into the air, but something sinister lurks in the panel below them. All that’s visible is a lone figure with strange marks on their head, and based on the squiggling lines above them, they appear to be using a power of some kind, one that uses a lot of brain power.
Of course, the drawing bears some resemblance to the iconic DC villain Brainiac, who has yet to appear in a live-action Superman movie. Gunn didn’t discuss whether he considered bringing the villain from Colu into the DC Universe in Superman, but that storyboard certainly tells a story. Fortunately, there will be more opportunities for Brainiac to terrorize the Man of Steel on the big screen.
