First Look at Superman From Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

There isn’t much evidence of the tinkering filmmakers had said they were going to do to the Man of Steel costume; the belt looks slightly different and there is a brighter, more yellow field behind the “S” shield but that seems at first glance to be just about it.

“We’ve both created this guy and we can push him around a little bit,” director Zack Snyder said of Cavill and Superman. “The more time I spend with Henry, the more he’s Superman to me.”

The article was particularly interesting on the nature of the Batman/Superman relationship:

Instead of using several movies to define [Ben] Affleck’s Batman, Snyder felt the character’s 75-year mythology is so deep in culture now that they can just jump to an older, road-weary take on the Dark Knight. Plus, he says, “it’s cooler to see a crusty old Batman beating the snot out of guys.”

The director can’t say exactly how the relationship between the two superheroes evolves, “but suffice it to say there is a ‘v’ in between their names” in the movie title, Snyder says. He explains that having the “v” instead of “vs.” is a way “to keep it from being a straight ‘versus’ movie, even in the most subtle way.”

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is expected in U.S. theaters on May 6, 2016. Cavill and Affleck will be joined by Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Ray Fisher as Cyborg.

Incidentally: does the nighttime setting and all the rain in this image suggest that this is also our first image of the film’s take on Gotham City?