It's set for release on May 6th, 2016, but fans everywhere are still clamouring for a glimpse of news or anything to do with the upcoming Batman Vs. Superman film. Zack Snyder spoke recently to Forbes about how the film's been progressing and even how the Caped Crusader ended up in the Man of Steel sequel.

Snyder admits that Batman wasn't necessarily the first option. Here's what Snyder had to say on the matter. 

"Maybe at the end of the second movie, some Kryptonite gets delivered to Bruce Wayne’s house or something. Like in a cryptic way, that’s the first time we see him. But then, once you say it out loud, right? You’re in a story meeting talking about, like, who should [Superman] fight if he fought this giant alien threat Zod who was basically his equal physically, from his planet, fighting on our turf… You know, who to fight next?"

"The problem is, once you say it out loud, then it’s kind of hard to go back, right? Once you say, “What about Batman?” then you realize, “Okay, that’s a cool idea. What else?” I mean, what do you say after that?"

Whatever you thought of Man of Steel, you have to admit it's pretty cool to see Batman and Superman on the same screen together. DC are keen to get something along the lines of Marvel's shared universe and this is the first step towards it. Snyder went on to talk about seeing the suit for the first time.

"The thing also that’s really fascinating for me is that, even just in the tests we’ve been doing, the costumes, right? You basically have Batman and Superman — and this is without Ben [Affleck] and Henry [Cavill] in the costumes, but just like the stand-ins, just testing to see what the costumes look like. And you have them standing there and they’re standing in the same shot — and then we have Wonder Woman, you know, all three of them in the same shot."

"Even just for a test, you really have to go, “Wow, that’s crazy!” Not only is it the first time that I’m seeing them, it’s the first time they’ve ever existed together on screen in a movie. And that’s kind of a huge deal.....Unfortunately, I don’t even know the timeline… Because the movie takes place so far from now, it’s hard to know exactly. That all gets tied to marketing and strategies for the movie. It’s not just a free-for-all, which I’d love it to be."

"Because I take a picture of the suit with my camera– I’m actually staring at one right now in my office. And it’s just massive on my wall in my office and it’s epic, let me tell you! And I’m like, “God, I want to send this to the Internet immediately.” But I know I’m not allowed to!" 

Initial thoughts? It's good that Snyder's excited about the film. He may have been rushed into Man of Steel as the film had to start production before the characters rights reverted back to their original owners, but now he's got a bit of breathing space. Hopefully, he can come up with a better film than Man of Steel.