Brandon Routh will be doing double duty, having technically played ... the Kingdom Come storyline. Routh's Superman that time around actually faced off with Hoeclin's Supes but eventually teamed ...

Superman is kicking off the DCU in style, and this is the best idea that DC Studios could have had. Superman is the first superhero, and kicking off a series of DC movies with him feels right.

We'll see, but Lex won't be the only villain in Superman. As well as Ultraman, it appears the hero will also face off with The Engineer...and whoever or whatever is powering that orb over Metropolis.