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, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Callan Mulvey as John Corben/Metallo, and Jeremy Irons 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 story begins when Bruce Wayne, CEO of Wayne Enterprises, promises the people of Metropolis to "clean up the mess" caused by Superman and General Zod during the events of Man of Steel. As a response, Lex Luthor and John Corben, CEOs of rival company Lexcorp, start building weapons for a counteroffensive against Superman. Bruce Wayne, who had resorted to using drones in Gotham rather than going out himself, feels very suspicious about Lex. He goes to Metropolis, telling Luthor that Superman is an excellent specimen, but Luthor says that Superman is an Alien that must be killed, opposed to the peaceful idea that Bruce had. Batman, now all alone, first makes a deal with the UN to never let Superman destroy another city to prevent any violence between Superman and Lexcorp. The UN trusts Batman with brass knuckles made from kryptonian atmosphere, a rock 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. The body Corben is now in allows him to have the strength of 20 average men. Lex tells Corben of a plan he has to kill Superman.

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 pulls out his Kryptonite brass knuckles. He manages to weaken Superman, but Superman nearly kills him, but it finally stops when Batman calls the Man of Steel “Clark”. Superman, in return, uses his x-ray vision and recognizes Batman as Bruce Wayne. Luthor and Metallo disappear during the fight.

The mysterious CEO Luthor is shown in the shadows a lot over the next few months, hiding as a manipulator. Another fight between Superman and Metallo breaks out, but the US military intervenes, and breaks up the fight. Metallo is arrested, and Superman is shunned by the general populace, and several bystanders threaten him. As it turns out, Lex Luthor had hired and bribed the corrupt military unit to stop superman, only if Metallo had failed to kill Superman. He had manipulated the general populace of metropolis on his favor, so Superman would be disliked.

Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, looking into the mysterious CEO, later discover 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 city, and will start by killing Superman. He tells Lois and Jimmy that he plans to kill Superman himself, and his robot Metallo 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.

Arthur Curry, an Atlantean, attacks Superman. He tells him that his people have been affected by the world engine, and things "haven't been the same since". A fight breaks out, and Arthur's final words before disappearing is "A great lesson is coming, Superman. You will not avert it."

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 plan, 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 buys the daily planet for his own personal benefit. 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.

Cast:
Superman- Henry Cavill

Batman - Ben Affleck

Wonder Woman- Gal Gadot

Lex Luthor- Jesse Eisenberg

Metallo- Callan Mulvey

Lois Lane- Amy Adams

Alfred Pennyworth- Jeremy Irons

Aquaman- Matthew Goode

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
 * Wonder Woman is in the film for a total of 10 minutes, excluding her screen time as alter ego Diana Prince, and Aquaman has an even shorter cameo, one about half as long as Wonder Woman's.