Batman v Superman trailer: Wonder Woman, Doomsday, Lex Luthor and 18 other things you need to see

Batman v Superman: trailer breakdown

• 1/22 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

  Here's our guide to all the juicy details in the latest trailer

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• 2/22 Roving reporter

  Henry Cavill is back as Clark Kent / Superman – seemingly the only reporter in the world who doesn’t know who billionaire Bruce Wayne is

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• 3/22 The Grey Knight

  Here’s Ben Affleck as an older version of Bruce Wayne – when we meet Batman this time around, he’s been dispensing his own sense of justice in Gotham for a long time

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• 4/22 Tensions

  Superman, the original optimistic American boy scout, doesn’t appear to be happy about the extent to which Batman takes the law into his own hands

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• 5/22 Ground Zero

  Superman’s fight with Zod at the end of Man Of Steel destroyed a lot of Metropolis – see the buildings being rebuilt in the background, while a huge statue of Supes has been built as a memorial

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• 6/22 Rocket Man

  Superman is still doing his whole ‘saving the world’ thing, here seen trying to save people from a rocket disaster

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• 7/22 Messianic

  The religious imagery that has often surrounded Superman is well and truly intact here

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• 8/22 No joke

  “I just have a bad history with freaks dressed like clowns,” says Bruce Wayne, delivering an epic burn to Superman. Anyway, here’s Robin’s costume – it looks like a previous tragic encounter with Jared Leto’s Joker is still a sore point for Batman

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• 9/22 Let’s talk about Lex

  Jesse Eisenberg is taking on the role of legendary Superman baddie Lex Luthor. While he starts the film with luscious locks, set photos indicate he’ll have his famous bald look by the end of the film. It’s a curious version of the character, with Eisenberg giving the super genius / businessman / mad scientist a squeaky voice and odd wisecracks

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• 10/22 Haters gonna hate

  Not everyone is a fan of Superman – the fact of the matter is, his fight with Zod will have killed a lot of people. Note the placards in the background: ‘God Hates Aliens’ (an allusion to the Westboro Baptist Church signs), and ‘This is OUR world not yours!’

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• 11/22 Hi-tech Batcave

  Look closely and you’ll see that this is the Batcave – a chamber on the right holds the Batsuit, while the Batmobile has a sheet draped over it. Pretty snazzy digs, Wayne

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• 12/22 Alfred Begins

  While Affleck plays an older Bruce Wayne, here’s Jeremy Irons as a much younger Alfred than we’re typically used to

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• 13/22 Flashback

  This is a new perspective on the Zod fight from Man of Steel – Bruce Wayne witnessed the destruction, which included a building full of Wayne Enterprises employees. This is where his feud with Superman starts

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• 14/22 Power-up

  How does Batman stand a chance against the highly-powered alien? This metal Batsuit should at least give him a fighting chance

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• 15/22 Ripped from the pages

  A brilliant Easter Egg for comic fans – this shot references an iconic panel from Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. That story also features an older Batman who fights Superman, and was a key inspiration for Dawn of Justice

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• 16/22 Lois Lane

  Amy Adams returns as Lois Lane – here’s hoping she gets more to do this time around

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• 17/22 Alien attack

  We’ll be honest – we’re not entirely sure what these creepy winged creatures are. However, that’s Batman being taken down by Superman’s army – note the S logo on the soldier’s arm

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• 18/22 Military involvement

  Here you go, acronym fans: USAMRIID is the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases. Well, that can’t be good

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• 19/22 Oh my Zod

  That’s Zod’s corpse, and whatever Lex Luthor plans to do with it, it won’t be a party

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• 20/22 Doomsday

  Here’s the big baddie, mutated creature Doomsday. In the comics, he’s the result of Kryptonian experimentation. Our guess? This might be what Lex Luthor creates from the remains of Zod

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• 21/22 Woman of the hour

  Just as Batman is almost blown away by Doomsday, enter Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman to save the day

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• 22/22 Justice League, assemble!

  Witness the beginnings of the Justice League – DC’s equivalent of The Avengers – with Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman joining forces to take down Doomsday. It looks like the whole ‘Batman v Superman’ feud will be put to one side in the end

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