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December 2, 2014: KGBeast to Appear in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"
The roster of characters appearing in "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" just got a little bigger with the confirmed addition of Anatoli Knyazev, aka KGBeast.
According to a report from Badass Digest, the character will have a cameo role in the highly anticipated film as one of Lex Luthor's agents:
Yes! Lex Luthor has many agents making his dark agenda a reality, an agenda that includes keeping an eye on all metahumans, mainly a woman who walks the streets today but who is seen in pictures from the 1800s. A wonder woman, you might say. At any rate, one of Luthor's agents has a name, and that name is Anatoli Knyazev. Hardcore fans will recognize that as the name of the KGBeast, a Batman villain introduced in 1988's classic Ten Nights of the Beast storyline. In that story the Beast, an enhanced agent of the KGB, came to the US to kill ten targets, and he did it with extreme measures, including poisoning an entire 200 person dinner party to get one guy. He battled Batman to a standstill, and at one point when entangled in the Batrope the KGBeast cut off his own hand to escape. He of course put a cybernetic gun on the stump, as you do.
You won't see this version of KGBeast in the movie, but the character name is there - in the script at least - for those who care to pick up on these little easter eggs.
Knyazev has been featured in recent media such as a member of the Suicide Squad in the DC Original Animated Movie, "Batman: Assault On Arkham" and as Oliver Queen's Russian informant on the CW series, "Arrow."
"Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" is scheduled to hit theaters on March 25, 2016.
