“Justice League” is coming later this year, and you’ve gotta wonder how long Warner Bros. are going to play the “Superman is dead” card. With fan artwork of the revived Man Of Steel already floating around, plus the knowledge that Henry Cavill is in the movie, we all know that Superman’s “death” at the end of “Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice” wasn’t going to last, and the film closes with the very clear tease that he’ll be back. But for now, we have to pretend like that isn’t happening.
A new, longer synopsis for “Justice League” has surfaced (via Comic Book), confirming that Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Cyborg and Aquaman will be around to fight Steppenwolf and Darkseid, but no mention of Superman returning from the grave:
In the wake of Clark Kent/Superman’s (Cavill) death at the hands of Doomsday in BvS, vigilante Bruce Wayne/Batman (Affleck) reevaluates his extreme methods and begins reaching out to extraordinary heroes to assemble a team of crime-fighters to defend earth from all kinds of threats. Together with Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gadot), Batman seeks out cybernetically enhanced former college football star Vic Stone/Cyborg (Fisher), speedster Barry Allen/The Flash (Miller) and Atlantean warrior king Arthur Curry/Aquaman (Momoa). They face off against Steppenwolf (Hinds), the herald and second-in-command to alien warlord Darkseld, who is charged by Darkseid with hunting down three artefacts hidden on earth.
“Justice League” opens on November 17th.