Prior to this unprecedented announcement which spilt the beans on everything DC has planned for the next decade or so, there was a heck of a lot of scuttlebutt at quite how big a part the upcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice was going to play in setting up their own Cinematic Universe. The main event is, obviously, the Man Of Steel squaring off against the Caped Crusader in a confrontation that's being compared to Frank Miller's classic The Dark Knight Returns comics, and the prospect of seeing Ben Affleck as an older, grizzled Batman is pretty cool. There's going to be a lot more to it than just fisticuffs and stylish stubble, mind. The title of the film is a little misleading. Well, the bit that claims only Batman and Superman will be showing up, anyway; the Dawn Of Justice part seems a little more on the money, since the film is set to introduce not only B-Fleck's Bats but also Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ray Fisher as the robotic superhero Cyborg, and Jason Momoa from Game Of Thrones as Aquaman. That's quite the cast list, and a whole bunch of capes to be introducing in a film that's only meant to feature two. Why? Because this is gonna set up the Justice League.
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