Sean Gunn is set to play DC villain Maxwell Lord in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s upcoming reboot of the DC Universe, TheWrap has learned. Gunn previously played Kraglin in Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” films for Marvel Studios.
Pedro Pascal previously played Lord in “Wonder Woman 1984.”
Maxwell Lord first appeared in Justice League #1 (May 1987) and was created by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire.
Maxwell Lord is a ruthless and cunning business mogul who rules his multinational megacorporation with an iron fist. Once an ethical entrepreneur looking to better mankind through technological progress, Lord grew increasingly power-hungry and paranoid over the years.