Director Zack Snyder’s much anticipated Batman v Superman sums it up with this line, “Bruce Wayne meets Clark Kent. Ha! I love it!” from none other than the protagonist Lex Luthor (played by Jesse Eisenberg).
As with Captain America Civil War’s first official trailer launch, this latest update premiered on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday evening, introduced by the film’s star Ben Affleck.
FIRST LOOK at the NEW #BatmanvSuperman trailer with @BenAffleck… https://t.co/Ox7m5F7trN
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) December 3, 2015
The first trailer showed only the fight scenes of Batman and Superman, this time though it starts from a glamorous Gotham party, where Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) meets Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) for the first time.
The clip also shows Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Amy Adams as Lois Lane and Holly Hunter as Senator Finch, a character newly created by Sydner for the film.
The director recently stressed he had wanted to “pay homage” to Frank Miller’s graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, rather than a direct adaptation.
The superhero face-off comes three years after Cavill’s first outing as Superman in Man of Steel, but now all eyes are on Affleck’s debut as an older, grey-haired Batman.
“The greatest gladiator match in the history of the world,” says Lex Luthor in one scene to Lois Lane.
The trailer ends in the ‘Trinity’ of Superman and Batman joined by Wonder Woman played by Gal Gadot.
Watch the latest trailer here: