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, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Benedict Cummerbatch as the voice of Brainiac, 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 Superman: Brainiac Attacks.

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, CEO of rival company LexCorp, start building weapons for a counteroffensive against Superman. Bruce Wayne 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.

Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are sent to one of Lex Luthor's laboratories after Brainiac arrives on Earth on a meteor, successfully dodging the attempts made by Luthor's satellite to destroy any potential damage to the Earth (in an attempt to boost his popularity against Superman as the true hero of the people). Superman shortly arrives and finds Brainiac downloading data from the computers with information relating the various forms of weaponry from LexCorp, including the laser-equipped meteor shield that had attempted to destroy Brainiac earlier. Using his newly discovered ice-breath, Superman is able to seemingly destroy Brainiac, after Superman and Brainiac had engaged in battle.

Witnessing the incident, and how his satellite could be used as an effective weapon against Superman, Luthor gathers a piece of Brainiac's remains and takes it to LexCorp where Brainiac is revived. There, Luthor proposes that Brainiac, with the technology of LexCorp as well as Kryptonite, defeat Superman, and then Luthor step in to chase Brainiac away from the Earth, in front of the world to make him appear as Earth's true hero, where he will then be free to conquer other planets. Brainiac accepts the agreement, and proceeds to rebuilding and improving himself.

After the fight, Luthor arranges a meeting with Superman in Gotham City under the pretense of forming a pact. This results in a battle between Luthor and Superman, and the latter is overcome when Luthor uses his Kryptonite mech suit to subdue Superman. Batman intervenes, and defeats Luthor. Batman interrogates Luthor in the hopes to find and take down Brainiac, 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 disappears during the fight.

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.

Later, Clark Kent contemplates the idea of revealing his secret identity to Lois. The opportunity presents itself when editor, Perry White, due to staff shortages, send both Kent and Lane to review a restaurant in Metropolis. However, it is during this time that Brainiac returns. Among his improvements is the ability to track down Superman based on his DNA. After another fight between Superman and Brainiac, Superman has been significantly injured, and infected, by Brainiac's power rays and Lois is injured in the process where it is revealed that her blood has been infected with a metallic-based poison, that if not treated would prove fatal. Batman rescues them and takes them to the bat cave, but is unable to heal them.

However, Brainiac is able to locate Superman in his Arctic retreat, and attempts to download the information of Krypton from Superman's computer. Superman then initiates a self-destruct sequence. Brainiac, not being able to locate Superman, presumes that he has been killed in the explosion.

Brainiac returns to Metropolis where Luthor awaits in order to fulfill their agreement. Brainiac however, intends to kill Luthor in order to conquer Earth, and had even removed the self-destruct component that Luthor had planted should Brainiac double cross him. Returning to Metropolis, Superman and Brainiac fight, while Batman fights Luthor with Wonder Woman. Superman seemingly defeats Brainiac and then returns to the hospital in order to cure the ailing Lois. However, Brainiac is able to destroy the chemical that would cure Lois, before Wonder Woman finally destroys Brainiac. Superman presumably dies from his injuries attained from Brainiac, despite Batman knowing on the inside that Superman is still alive.

Wonder Woman and Batman are able to use Amazon technology to heal Lois, and return her to Superman, but are too late. Lex Luthor, meanwhile, attempts to buy the Daily Planet for personal reasons.

Later back in the arctic, Superman recovers a piece of his destroyed Kryptonian technology where he aims to rebuild his fortress. He then vows to quit his job at the Daily Planet, and is now in exile. Batman and Superman form a pact in secret, both vowing to help each other when in need.

The film ends with Luthor facing criminal prosecution after the discovery of LexCorp's involvement with the Brainiac attack, and Lois Lane racing to cover the appearance of Batman in Metroplois, despite mourning the "death" of Superman. the last few minutes show Superman in exile, and going to Martha Kent for advice.

Cast:
Superman- Henry Cavill

Batman - Ben Affleck

Wonder Woman- Gal Gadot

Lex Luthor- Jesse Eisenberg

Brainiac (voice)- Benedict Cummerbatch

Lois Lane- Amy Adams

Alfred Pennyworth- Jeremy Irons

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).
 * most of the film is based on Superman: Brainiac attacks
 * Wonder Woman is in the film for a total of 10 minutes, excluding her screen time as alter ego Diana Prince.