Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice 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 3 years after the events of Man of Steel, and 4 years after the Dark Knight Rises. 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, Callan Mulvey motion-capturing and voicing John Corben/Metallo, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Tao Okamoto as Lex's unnamed Assistant (based on Mercy Graves), and Holly Hunter as Dr. Leslie Tompkins. This article is merely speculation based on rumors, as well as some official announcements.

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 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, who had been studying all super-powered beings, first makes a deal with ARGUS to never let Superman destroy another city to prevent any violence between Superman and LexCorp. ARGUS trusts Batman with brass knuckles made from Kryptonian atmosphere, a rock called Kryptonite. Meanwhile, head of the EPA, Arthur Curry, is aggravated at the fact that the world engine has done something to ocean life. Clark Kent interviews Arthur, who tells him that Arthur is going to stop at nothing to help ocean life. Batman, meanwhile, talks with Leslie Tompkins and Alfred, asking for advice, after being betrayed by Dick Grayson, who wants to forge his own path.

Superman makes his entrance when saving a cruise liner that was hit by a plane (later revealed to be from and ARGUS plane ordered by Lex Luthor to suicide bomb it) from crashing into Metropolis harbor. On the cruise was Lois Lane and Vic Stone. 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 30 average men, plus limited shapeshifting abilities. Lex tells Corben of a plan he has to kill Superman.

Meanwhile, LexCorp, Luthor's company, merges with Wayne Enterprises in order to help fund the rebuilding of Metropolis. Wonder Woman, sent from Themyscira, 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.

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 most of Batman's weaponry is proved useless and armor destroyed. Batman pulls out his Kryptonite Brass knuckles and continues the fight, and is then joined by Wonder Woman, who sees Superman as a threat, and attacks him with the Lasso of Truth and her sword while defending Batman. Batman ends the fight when he calls the Man of Steel "Clark", and Superman retaliates and uses X-Ray vision to discover Batman as Bruce Wayne. Luthor disappears after the heroes (or just Superman) apologize for the attack.

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 captured by Lex and an ARGUS unit. Superman is placed in an area, filled with kryptonian atmosphere, and Is strapped to a gurney, modeled from Kryptonite. Lex is also wearing a mech suit similar to Zod's, only painted in his own image. Lex sets powerful traps in his base where Superman is kept.

Lois Lane, looking into the mysterious CEO, later discovers that Luthor has secretly been taking a serum composed of liquid kryptonite and Mirakuru, making him lose whatever rationality he had left. Luthor intends to take over the city after using ARGUS, whom he had struck a deal with, to bomb it with drones, and will start by killing Superman, an alien that must be killed. He tells Lois that he plans to kill Superman himself, by letting him die in the Kryptonian atmosphere. Lex then reveals his powerful and various traps, all of which are more than a match for Superman, and in the air is kryptonian atmosphere. He and ARGUS 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 set the two against each other, and leading to Batman's "inevitable death". Lex then attempts to kill the reporter so she doesn't spread the secret plan that Lex has, but Batman intervenes, and subdues Luthor, who escapes with his supplies. Batman placed an untraceable tracking device on Luthor's suit, and tracks him to the base, and frees Superman, who is in a coma due to the atmosphere, after taking out dozens of guards.

During the coma, Superman has nightmarish flashbacks to when he killed General Zod and doomed his race. He comes to when Batman shuts down the place where Superman is kept, and sees Lois at his side.

Lois Lane informs Superman of Lex's entire plan to bomb and take over Metropolis and Gotham. Superman goes to Gotham once again, and decides with Batman that they must put their differences aside and work together. They head to Metropolis to stop Luthor from unleashing his plan to bomb the city using several ARGUS units, joined later by Wonder Woman.

Batman and Wonder Woman fend off many ARGUS agents, while 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, exposing Luthor and ARGUS to the public. Batman, meanwhile, fights Metallo, and proves to Clark and Wonder Woman that he does not kill when Wonder Woman insists Batman to kill Metallo, but refuses. However, Metallo breaks free, and attacks Lois 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, then cutting off his head with the sword. Lex later buys the daily planet for his own personal benefit, but is faced with criminal prosecution and sentenced to life. Clark Kent is presumed dead and Superman disappears. The general populace is angered at Wonder Woman and Batman due to collateral damage, and ARGUS is exploited and shut down by the US government.

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

A mid-credits scene shoes Amanda Waller, revealed to have survived the destruction of the ARGUS base, talking to star athlete Vic Stone, who had lost one of his legs in the plane explosion. She shows him some robotic equipment. She says that it's his "insurance policy".

A post-credits scene shows a Kryptonian AI, called brainiac, is the one who supplied Luthor and ARGUS with their Robotic equipment for Corben and Vic. He is shown making a deal with two strange beings on a planet named "Apokolips". He is given the power of what they call the "Omega Force".

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

Leslie Thompkins- Holly Hunter

Lex's unnamed assistant(based on Mercy Graves)- Tao Okamoto

Vic Stone- (cameo)- Ray Fisher

Arthur Curry (Cameo)- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

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 four most likely choices for the secondary villain are Metallo, Bizarro, 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).
 * The movie WILL tie in to the Arrow and Flash TV Series (neither characters appear in this movie, however)
 * Arthur Curry's cameo is uncredited, as it is very brief
 * Batman at this point has already learned the identity of Superman (in Justice League, it is revealed that he also had learned the true identities of Arrow, Green Lantern, and the Flash as well)
 * A few months Earlier, Dick Grayson (at the age of 22 at the time) had left Gotham, becoming Nightwing. Batman blames himself for Dick's leaving, feeling like a faliure, which is why he is a recluse in the beginning of the movie.
 * The movie takes place 3 Years after Man of Steel (and 1 year before Justice League)
 * At this point prior to the movie, Bruce Wayne (40) has been Batman for 15 years, Oliver Queen (31) has been Arrow for 4 years, Clark Kent (36) has been Superman for 3 years, Barry Allen (27) has been the Flash for 2 years, and Hal Jordan (29) has been a Green Lantern for 1 year. Several more heroes (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Booster Gold, Huntress, Black Canary) exist aroud the world in secret.
 * Wonder Woman is in the film for a total of 15 minutes, excluding her screen time as alter ego Diana Prince.