The DCEU could sidestep an issue in the perception of Superman having few villains with Henry Cavill's established Superman returning. Following the recent Warner Bros.-Discovery merger, the studio's plans for DC as a cinematic IP are being re-examined by the newly formed studio. Reported internal discussions have identified Superman as a priority for the company, and this could mean good things for Cavill's future in the role.
In a recent article in The Wrap, an anonymous DC insider commented that the studio "should scratch every Superman project in development" in favor of Henry Cavill donning the cape again. Should Warner Bros-Discovery elect to go this route, Cavill's Man of Steel has the added benefit of being able to introduce different Superman villains in a cinematic context. This has actually been something of a recurring challenge for the Last Son of Krypton.
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Since the Christopher Reeve Superman era, Kal-El's go-to big-screen villains having long been Lex Luthor and Superman's fellow Kryptonian General Zod. Meanwhile, as an unintended byproduct, Superman has had to battle a perceived lack of a strong rogue's gallery of villains in his public perception. This began to change in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Zack Snyder's Justice League, which respectively introduced Doomsday (Robin Atkin Downes), Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds), and Darkseid (Ray Porter). However, Superman has a wide assortment of different villains, such as Brainiac, Bizarro, Metallo, the Eradicator, Ultraman, Parasite, and others who haven't yet gotten a chance at cinematic glory. Henry Cavill's return could well change that.
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