Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

Man of Steel: Shadow of the Bat is an American Superhero movie, sequel to the 2013 Man of Steel. directed by Zach Snyder. Originally titled 'Batman vs. Superman', the movie was released on May 6, 2016. the setting takes place over 1 year after the events of Man of Steel. the recurring cast includes Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, and Laurence Fishburne as Perry White. Joining the cast is Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince, Michael Fassbender as Aquaman, Joaquin Phoenix as Lex Luthor, Callan Mulvey as John Corben/Metallo, and Timothy Dalton as Alfred Pennyworth. this article is merely speculation based on rumors, as well as some official announcements. the movie is based primarily on the dark knight returns, and public enemies.

Plot:
The stroy begins when Lex Luthor and John Corben, CEOs of the company Lexcorp, promises the people of Metropolis to "clean up the mess" caused by Superman and General Zod during the events of Man of Steel. A semi-retired Bruce Wayne, who had resorted to using drones in Gotham rather than going out himself, feels very suspicious about Lex. This is forcing Bruce to come out of being a recluse after the death of both Jason Todd and The Joker, as well as a fallout between Dick Grayson and Bruce. Batman, now all alone, makes a deal with the UN to never let Superman or Lex destroy another city, and the UN trusts batman with brass knuckles made from an element made from kryptonian atmosphere called Kryptonite.

Superman makes his entrance when saving Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, and several others from a deadly explosion in Metropolis. It is revealed later that the explosion was an attempt by Lex Luthor to drive Superman mad by killing his friends. Superman believes that Batman caused the explosion, and goes to Gotham to investigate. Meanwhile Vice President of Lexcorp John Corben is caught in the explosion and nearly killed. Lex Luthor gives him a robotic body, supplied by a mysterious helper, and powers Corben's robotic body with a large chunk of Kryptonite. It is unknown where he received the Kryptonite.

Luthor arranges a meeting with Superman in Gotham City under the pretense of forming a pact. This results in a battle between John Corben, now named Metallo and Superman, and the latter is overcome when Metallo uses his Kryptonite heart to subdue Superman. Batman intervenes, and defeats Metallo. Batman interrogates Metallo in the hopes to find and take down Luthor, but Superman, disagreeing with Batman's tactics, tries to intervene. A brief fight breaks out, and although most of Batman's weaponry is proved useless and armor destroyed, Batman escapes. Luthor disappears as well.

The mysterious CEO Luthor is shown in the shadows a lot over the next few months, hiding as a manipulator. Batman and Superman, meanwhile, have gone their separate ways.

Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, looking into the mysterious CEO, later discovers that Luthor has secretly been taking a serum composed of liquid kryptonite and Steroids, making him lose whatever rationality he had left. Luthor intends to take over the planet with his Kyptonite-fueled Robot army, in which Metallo was the prototype. He tells Lois and Jimmy that he plans to kill Superman himself, and his robot army is going to help him. He had also planned to get rid of the Batman, which is why he attempted to form a pact with Superman in the first place: to label the Batman as a public enemy. Lex then attempts to kill the two reporters so they don't spread the secret plan that Lex has, but Batman intervenes, and subdues Luthor, who escapes with his supplies, as well as a very powerful mech suit modeled after General Zod's armor, only painted in his own image.

Meanwhile, Arthur Curry (who is mad at Superman because the world engine did something to Atlantis) and Superman fight. Aquaman tells Superman that a great lesson is coming, and Superman won't be able to avert it. Aquaman escapes. It is revealed that Batman had sent Aquaman to tell Superman the message, as Batman has discovered Luthor's plan.

Meanwhile, Lexcorp, Luthor's company, merges with Wayne Enterprises in order to help fund the rebuilding of Metropolis. Wonder Woman, sent from themiscyra, is disguised as a normal woman in Wayne Enterprises named Diana Prince. She is at a party at Wayne manor, celebrating the merge between Lexcorp and Wayne Enterprises. She discovers a crown/tiara artifact in Wayne manor, which is supposed to belong to the Amazons. She steals it, but on her way out of the reception, she sees Luthor in the background, acting very suspicious.

Lois Lane informs Superman of Lex's entire plan to undermine Metropolis and Gotham. Superman goes to Gotham once again, and decides with Batman that they must work together. They head to metropolis to stop Luthor from unleashing his robot army, joined later by Wonder Woman.

Lex Luthor fights Superman in his mech suit, where Superman is severely weakened by him, but is still able to defeat him. He strips Luthor of his armor, and disappears and returns in the disguise of Clark Kent, so he can record this for the daily planet. Batman fights Metallo, and proves to Clark and Wonder Woman that he does not kill when Wonder Woman insists Batman to kill Metallo, but refuses, and then attempts to shut down Metallo with an EMP batarang. However, Metallo breaks free, and attacks Lois, Jimmy, and several bystanders. Clark gets in the way, and Metallo "kills" Clark Kent, who faked his death. After watching the disgust, Wonder Woman kills Metallo by ripping out his Kryptonite heart. Lex later tries to buy the daily planet for his own personal benefit, but is charged for attempted murder and sentenced to life in Stryker's island. Clark Kent is presumed dead and Superman disappears.

The final scenes in the movie show Superman in exile after the fight. He goes to Martha Kent for advice.

Meanwhile, Batman gathers Wonder Woman and Aquaman to go over something he's called the "Justice League".

In an after credits scene, the man who supplied Luthor with all if his equipment and Kryptonite is revealed to be a kryptonian AI named "Brainiac". He mentions that he is here to kill the planet, and that J'onn J'onnz, the last Martian, has escaped here.

Cast:
Superman- Henry Cavill

Batman - Ben Affleck

Wonder Woman- Gal Gadot

Lex Luthor- Joaquin Phoenix

Metallo- Callan Mulvey

Lois Lane- Amy Adams

Alfred Pennyworth- Timothy Dalton

Aquaman- Micheal Fassbender

Trivia:

 * The Movie was originally going to be released on July 17, 2015
 * There are going to be 2 villains, one is Lex Luthor, the other is unknown at this point
 * the five most likely choices for the secondary villain are Metallo, Bizarro, The Joker, Doomsday, and Braniac (one would be used. and whichever ones that were not used would be in other movies, like justice league and more solo superman movies).
 * some of the film is based on the premise of public enemies, but most of Batman's ort is based onb the Dark Knight Returns.
 * Wonder Woman is in the film for a total of 12 minutes, including her brief screen time as Diana Prince, and Aquaman has an even shorter cameo, one about half as long as Wonder Woman's.