Man of Steel director Zack Snyder just tweeted out the first official photo of Ben Affleck as Batman, along with a peek at one of the Dark Knight's new vehicles. Say what you will about the casting decision, but Affleck does at least look the square-jawed part.

With Ben Affleck signing up to play Batman in the Man of Steel sequel and Bryan Cranston heavily rumored to join him as archvillain Lex Luthor, there was no way the Internet was going to wait patiently until next year to catch its first glimpse of what that might look like.

Here's some news that seems to be surprising just about everyone on Twitter: Ben Affleck will play Batman in the sequel to Man of Steel. The news, announced Thursday evening by Warner Brothers, has apparently upset many who still remember his performance in 2003's Daredevil.

There’s nothing like superhero flicks to make a moviegoer feel powerless. They are as inevitable as the changing of the seasons, and the changing of the seasons into summer triggers a bunch of them. Welcome to summer, here is your Superman.

Man of Steel, the new Superman movie, whose trailer you can view above, is directed by Zack Snyder, the terrible hack-bro who foisted Watchmen upon an unsuspecting public, resulting in a warrant for his arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (just kidding, unfortunately), and it seems exceedingly likely, based on precedent, that this will be similarly bad. And yet: the whispery Malick-does-Superman-as-Levi's-ad vibe of the teaser trailer, and of this, make me kind of hopeful. At least it'll look fantastic.

Who would win in a battle to make you cry — Batman or Superman?

After years of oppression, rich people in LA are at last going to get the treatment they deserve. Also today: Superman has a new mom, Game of Thrones has a new queen, David O. Russell likes lookin' at the ladies, and some Good Wife news.