Zack Snyder: 'Batman v Superman is Man Of Steel 2'

One of the regular frustrations that's being voiced already about next summer's Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice is that it shortchanges Superman in the DC movie universe.

The project started out as a follow-up to Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel, but since its evolved into Batman v Superman, Snyder has admitted that it's weighted slightly more towards the former than the latter. Furthermore, while there's no shortage of talk about further standalone Batman movies, things are much quieter on the Superman front.

Snyder has addressed this to some degree in an interview with Canoe, saying, "I think in a way Batman v Superman is Man Of Steel 2. Justice League is kind of the transcendent knights-of-the-round-table story. It'd be interesting to think about what a standalone Superman movie might be."

Whatever it is, if indeed it happens, Snyder is unlikely to be making it. Once he's finally done with Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, he's got a pair of Justice Leaguemovies to make.

With regards to Justice League, Snyder said, "We really have to figure out the 'why' of them, and I think that we have. That's the one thing that's cool to me about Batman v Superman -- it's all about the mythology of these two massive icons. And I think that's compelling."

Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice is set for release in March 2016. Justice League: Part One is set to arrive in November 2017. Justice League: Part Two, meanwhile, is set for June 2019.