‘Batman v Superman’ Runtime Revealed

Don’t go to the bathroom, or you’ll miss the Aquaman cameo. 

We could have told you months ago that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will be a long movie, as DC and Zack Snyder films have a track record of running, well, long. 

However, now we know exactly how big this behemoth of film will be, as AMC Theaters confirmed that Batman v Superman will run for two hours and 31 minutes. 

While longer than any MCU film, and only a couple of minutes longer than Man of Steel, this definitely isn’t the longest film to star the Caped Crusader, as Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises clocked in at 2 hours and 45 minutes. 

Two and a half hours makes for a long movie, but will it be long enough? Warner Bros. and DC have lots of characters and plot points to establish as they to jump-start this cinematic universe, and also setup the upcoming Justice League films. 

So for fun, here’s everything we know the film will (try) to cover in its runtime: 

• Flashback to Superman fighting Zod in Man of Steel, from the perspective of Bruce Wayne.
• Explain what has happened to Metropolis following its destruction in Man of Steel. 
• Establish Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor; his business, motives, etc. 
• Check in with Clark Kent, and his job at Daily Planet, and Perry White too, I guess. 
• Check in with Ma Kent, see how she’s be holding up. 
• Check in with Lois Lane, further the relationship between her and Clark. 
• Establish Gotham City.
• Establish Ben Affleck’s Batman. Who is he? How is he different from previous versions of the character?
• Establish Alfred. Same questions. 
• Flashback to Bruce Wayne’s parents dying…again. 
• Hint at the Joker, and Batman’s old partners, like Robin or Barbara Gordon. 
• Speaking of Barbara Gordon, reveal Jenna Malone’s character. 
• Establish Holly Hunter’s senator character.
• Establish the conflict between Superman and Batman. Duh. 
• Establish Diana Prince/Wonder Woman. 
• Weird dream sequence that hints at Darkseid. 
• Zod’s corpse. 
• The actual fight between Batman and Superman. 
• The creation of Doomsday.
• Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman fighting Doomsday. 
• Lex Luthor loosing his hair.
• Aquaman cameo. 
• Cyborg cameo.
• The Flash cameo. 
• Justice League tease.
• And (hopefully) some  things we don’t know about.

Needless to say, this film has a lot of stuff going on, and lots going for it, so let’s hope it makes the most of its runtime. 

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice hits theaters on March 25. 

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