Batman V Superman Director Blasts Marvel: 'What Is The Next Blank-Man?'

Just over six months away from the release of arguably the most anticipated superhero film of all time in Batman V Superman, director Zack Snyder may have just started an off-screen war with rival studio Marvel by taking a sledge at some of the superhero films they have produced in recent times.

In an interview with The Daily Beast, the 49-year-old film-maker addressed comments made by fellow director Steven Spielberg, who believes that superhero movies have a used by date, similar to that of Western flicks. 

"I feel like he’s right. But I feel like Batman and Superman are transcendent of superhero movies in a way, because they’re Batman and Superman," Snyder explained. 

"They’re not just, like, the flavor of the week Ant-Man—not to be mean, but whatever it is. What is the next Blank-Man?"

Similar to that of The Avengers, the new film will launch 10 more superhero films from DC, which will eventually lead up to a Justice League movie. 

"It’s a tricky process, setting up the DC universe, or Justice League," Snyder said.

"The credit goes to [Batman Begins director] Chris Nolan because he set the die for the DC Universe in a great way that I tried to emulate. I look at it as more being mythological than, say, bubblegum. And I think that that’s appropriate for Batman and Superman because they’re the most mythological of our superheroes."

Batman V Superman is due for release on 25 March next year — check out the full trailer below.