Sean Gunn will play Maxwell Lord in the new DC Universe

Sean Gunn will play evil businessman Maxwell Lord in the new DC Universe overseen by James Gunn and Peter Safran.

Deadline reports that Sean Gunn will play Maxwell Lord in the new DC Universe. The evil businessman was previously played by Pedro Pascal in Wonder Woman 1984.

It’s not known if Sean Gunn will appear as Maxwell Lord in Superman: Legacy, which will be written and directed by James Gunn, but Deadline has heard that the character will merely be mentioned in the background, setting the stage for a future DC appearance.

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