In an interview with Sci-Fi Wire, Kevin Spacey confirmed he's seriously considering playing Lex Luthor in Director Bryan Singer's upcoming reinvention of the "Superman" franchise soon to shoot in Sydney.
The two main reasons it seems would be to reunite with Bryan Singer, and also that most Hollywood of reasons - money. Spacey says "They want me to do it. It's all a matter of scheduling... Working with Bryan Singer again, hands-down, [is the main reason], and also, let's face it, I'm not someone who's done those kind of movies. But I have done big studio films, and [of] the big studio films I've done I've tried to do the interesting ones and the ones I could live with myself in the morning about.
But those movies actually provide me the ability to do a movie like Beyond the Sea. There's kind of a trade-off..,I want to be in the game, and being in the game allows me to do the other stuff that I want to do. So I'll always try to balance that. Superman is a big franchise; there's no doubt about it."
Thanks to 'Gustavo'
