Hey, you. The one with the shrine to Zack Snyder in your living room. Are you ready for some Batfleck? Well, we’ve got a prime cut for you. In a new teaser for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which premiered during tonight’s Gotham, we see Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight serving his best Batman grimace to a very angry-looking Superman (Henry Cavill). The bat is chained up along with some hooligans (?) in what appears to be a dungeon when the Man of Steel descends from above, scowls, and rips off Batman’s cowl to reveal Bruce Wayne’s face. Intense! is about all we get, but the clip does tease that the new trailer will drop Wednesday during Jimmy Kimmel Live! (That guy gets all the good trailers, man.) Stay tuned
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the DC Comics characters Batman and Superman, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is intended to be the follow-up to 2013's Man of Steel and the second installment in the DC Extended Universe. The film is directed by Zack Snyder, with a screenplay written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer. The film stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, and Gal Gadot. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will be the first live-action film to feature both Batman and Superman, as well as the first theatrical film to feature live-action portrayals of Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Cyborg.
The film was announced at 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International, after the release of Man of Steel. Snyder and Goyer were both brought back in June 2013. Snyder stated that the film would take inspiration from the Batman limited series The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, but that it would follow an original premise. Pre-production began at East Los Angeles College in October 2013, with principal photography starting in May 2014 in Detroit, Michigan, with additional filming in Chicago, Illinois. Filming concluded in December 2014. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is scheduled to be released in the United States on March 25, 2016, in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will accelerate a shared film universe featuring DC Comics characters.[15] Warner Bros. had previously planned a Justice League film in 2008 with George Miller as director, but it was canceled and the studio decided to reboot with Man of Steel instead. Shortly after filming for Man of Steel finished in June 2012, Warner Bros. hired Will Beall to script a new Justice League film.[88] Beall was replaced by Goyer following Man of Steel 's release[25] and in April 2014 it was announced that Zack Snyder would be following up Dawn of Justice as director for Justice League for release in 2017.[89] Chris Terrio replaced Goyer as screenwriter.[90] Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, and Ray Fisher are expected to reprise their roles.[91] In October 2014, it was announced that Justice League would be a two-part film, with Snyder directing both parts. The second film is set to be released in 2019.[92]
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is set to debut in just a few more months, so it's about time we saw some new footage. Airing during Gotham's fall finale this evening, this brief teaser shows Batman held prisoner in the desert moments before Superman comes and unmasks him. Just in case you didn't know, it was Ben Affleck the whole time.
At barely more than 30 seconds long, you'd think the new teaser hyping the upcoming second trailer for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" would be filled with quick cuts, flashes of characters and not much more. But you'd be wrong.
Instead, viewers were treated to a brief scene between the titular heroes, though the Man of Steel comes off as decidedly un-heroic while the Dark Knight seems uncharacteristically fearful; culminating in a shackled Batman being unmasked by Superman.
As a result, a number of theories have surfaced online, from the CBR Community to YouTube to Reddit and all across social media. Here are a few of our favorites, in no particular order:
Superman is being mind-controlled by Lex Luthor, possibly involving the use of Red Kryptonite.
Batman is experiencing a fever-induced nightmare.
Superman is experiencing a Kryptonite-induced nightmare.
The scene is a vision of the future, perhaps also involving mind control.
It's an elaborate scheme between the heroes to draw out Luthor or some other enemy.
That's not Superman at all -- it's a robot, or a pre-crystallized/degenerated Bizarro created by Luthor to discredit the real Superman and destroy Luthor's enemies.
Of course, there's also the possibility that the footage should be taken at face value -- the film is "Batman v Superman" after all. We already knew they was going to be conflict, and lines like "Tell me, do you bleed?" let us know it likely isn't going to be pretty. Either way, in this type of often deliberately misleading marketing-driven tease, it's always important to