The new Justice League trailer dropped today and while it brought fans their first look at Clark Kent in the film, it also posed a new question about Superman's role in the movie.

We've known that Henry Cavill would return for Justice League, despite Superman being killed in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Fans have mostly assumed that this meant Superman would be resurrected and come to the Justice League's aid in their battle against Steppenwolf. But what if Cavill is only actually in the movie as Lois Lane's memory of Clark Kent?

The trailer show Lois (Amy Adams) standing on the porch of the Kent family farm. She looks out at a field of grain and sees Clark standing there. He asks if she said yes, in regards to the ring on her finger. It's then that Lois wakes up alone in bed, revealing the entire scene was just a dream.

Could this be Superman's entire role in Justice League? Not necessarily confined to that particular scene, but as a series of dreams or memories in Lois' head. That would mean no resurrection for the Man of Steel in Justice League, but perhaps in a film that seems as much about Superman's legacy as anything else, this would make sense.

This isn't to say that Superman isn't going to be resurrected eventually. There's is no way that Warner Bros. is going to continue with the DC Extended Universe movies without bringing one of its most iconic symbols, and most profitable merchandising properties, back to the forefront. Justice League just may not be when it happens.

Another scene in the Justice League trailer shows the front page of a newspaper with the headline "World Without Hope." This seems to be a reference to World Without A Superman, which started off as the tagline for the "Funeral for a Friend" storyline that followed Death of Superman and was then later used as the title for the collected edition of the story.