Nicholas Hoult’s 2026 Action Movie Is The Perfect Film To Watch Before His DCU Return

Nicholas Hoult's impending 2026 action movie is looking like a perfect film for DC Universe fans to watch before Hoult's return as Lex Luthor in Man of Tomorrow, both because of what it means for the actor's personal filmography, and because of the commonalities between the two films. Over the years, Nicholas Hoult has been in plenty of major movie franchises, but his role as Lex Luthor in the DCU timeline may perhaps be the most exciting.

Hoult established himself as a perfect Lex Luthor casting thanks to his performance in 2025's Superman movie, making the prospect that the actor appears set to continue in the role for a number of years yet to come all the more promising based on the planned trajectory for the DCU, and the hopes it can become a cinematic universe that expands to the size of something like the MCU.

This makes Nicholas Hoult's return in Man of Tomorrow a major deal for the franchise in terms of giving one of DC's biggest villains a long-term story - which makes it consequently fascinating to see that Hoult's last live-action movie role that will hit theaters before Man of Tomorrow itself appears to have some interesting overlap with the upcoming DCU movie, despite not being about superheroes at all.

How To Rob A Bank Will Highlight Nicholas Hoult's Current Action Movie Skills Before They're On Display In DCU's Man Of Tomorrow

Action heist movie How To Rob A Bank is interesting for more than its attention-grabbing name alone, as the film centering around Nicholas Hoult's lead character Ryan means we're sure to see much of Hoult performing as an action star, and being responsible for a range of bank heists based on the How To Rob A Bank trailers.

This makes How To Rob A Bank even more worth watching, since this is the last live-action movie Nicholas Hoult is set to appear in before his role as Lex Luthor in the DC Universe's 2027 movie Man of Tomorrow, which is similarly teed up to put Luthor in the franchise's action in a major way, as has been preemptively teased by set photos of Lex Luthor in his green and purple warsuit, which is used to allow the character to face up against foes in fights that he otherwise wouldn't be able to take on.

As such, How To Rob A Bank will be the best look at Nicholas Hoult's action skills before they will be on display for one of the biggest movie worlds of today, adding extra value to seeing the 2026 film, since it's likely it served at minimum as a way for the actor to refresh his action skills and gain more experience in this field before Man of Tomorrow itself.

Man Of Tomorrow May Be Nicholas Hoult's Most Action-Packed Movie Yet

Though much about Man of Tomorrow has yet to be revealed - and will likely remain as such until the movie's debut in July 2027 - what we have had teased about the movie certainly suggests it could be Nicholas Hoult's most action-packed film yet. This would be no small feat, either, given Hoult's filmography involves the likes of Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men: First Class, and Clash of the Titans.

With Man of Tomorrow likely to up the ante in terms of its stakes and the threats its protagonists face - especially since it needs a reason for Superman and Lex Luthor to put aside their differences and fight side by side against a common enemy - it seems as though Man of Tomorrow will be even more action-packed than Superman itself.

This is saying something given the number of exciting fight sequences throughout the 2025 DCU film, and means How To Rob A Bank seems all the more of a salient watch for both DC Universe fans and Nicholas Hoult fans, since some aspects of it do seem as though they may help ensure Man of Tomorrow is even more special.