Batman V Superman Takes Over the Cover of Empire Magazine

07/26/2015 01:39 pm EDT

Empire have released a first look at the cover of their upcoming issue, which features new (albeit familiar-looking) photos from Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.

In the accompanying feature, which will also feature a full-page look at Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent in their civilian identities, filmmakers gave fans a taste of the big-picture take on the heroes.

"There is just this gravitas to Batman," director Zack Snyder said. "He is operatic."

" In this movie, everyone has split into different directions as to how they feel about this alien," Henry Cavill, who plays the character, explained. "Some people love him, some hate him. Other people fear him. Is he a tyrant?"

Cavill's take on Superman, of course, sounds quite a bit like what you would get from The New 52's take on the character -- where people in the DC Universe are incredibly suspicious of aliens in general and Superman in specific.

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