I'm guessing you mean Mister Mxyzptlk. I figure he'll go into a Superman movie right around the time that Bat-Mite makes it into a Batman film.
I'm a huge comic book geek, and to be honest I've never really connected with Superman as a character. I'm completely okay with the Boy Scout attitude and the somewhat outdated set of morals; there's a reason why I like Steve Rogers (the former Captain America for the uninitiated). I don't like him because he's so ridiculously overpowered. It never really feels like he's up against something that he might not be able to handle or even that 99% of his rogues gallery are a threat.
Assuming that you want to have a villain that actually measures up to him physically while not being dumb as a stump, you don't have very many choices. I might be missing a few here, but I can only think of Darkseid, Brainiac, Doomsday (although he began life in the Superman comics fairly stupid), General Zod, and maybe Mongul if you really stretch the definition of "measures up". Then there are a few characters that can match him physically due to some built-in advantage rather than strength, like Parasite, Metallo, and the Kryptonite Man.
There's also always Bizarro, but I refer you back to the dumb as a stump comment.
There isn't really a large pool of villains to choose from when you add in the fact that the audience has to actually give a crap about them. The smart money would be on Brainiac and probably either Parasite or Metallo.
The question of why Warner Bros. keeps retreading certain heroes instead of expanding out into the DC Universe more was brought up, and the answer is simple. When you break it down, DC doesn't have very many A-list heroes. When you look at the characters that are viewed as being major players by comic book fans, the general consensus at this point is only Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern. After that, you've got B-listers like Green Arrow, Supergirl, Martian Manhunter, the Flash (there was a time when he easily would have been an A-lister, but some terrible writers over the years and less important roles in company-wide events have really brought him down), and a few others. Once those are out of the way there's a whole mess of randomness and characters that nobody cares about, characters like Red Tornado, Miracle Man, the Question (one of the best written comics out there, but barely anybody actually reads it), etc.
Compare that to Marvel where there's a much larger list of A-list heroes: Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Wolverine, the Hulk, Daredevil, etc. Not to mention the teams that can easily be turned into profitable franchises like the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Avengers. Even some B-list heroes like the Punisher and Ghost Rider have a large following. There's so much more character depth and audience recognition to work with when it comes to Marvel.
When DC does a character right, they do it better than anyone else, hands down. The Batman comics since the early eighties have been the most consistently superior comics in the entire industry, for example. Memorable villains, a central character that resonates with fans, strong supporting characters, everything. The issue is that DC very rarely manages to do this sort of thing, and thus they have very little source material to draw from when making movies. In a way the Green Lantern movie is a bit of a risk because, while he's a popular character to comic book fans, he doesn't have the recognition outside of comic readers the way that a Batman or Spider-Man does.
What I want to see in the new Superman movie is fast, hard-hitting fights. The part of Superman that seems to get ignored in the movies is the "faster than a speeding bullet" part. Sure, he's been shown flying fast, but would a guy that can go that fast really throw a normal speed punch? I say put him in a fight with Brainiac and just let them tear each other apart.
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Originally Posted by bassman
Talk about one of the most overrated comics, and villains evar! 
It wasn't really anything special too me. I'm sure there must be better comics for Supes out there!
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