USA Today today posted a promotional photo for Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice, featuring actor Henry Cavill in full Superman regalia, with his hair slicked back, standing in the rain, atop a city the color of charcoal. (Cheery, huh?) Here’s the full picture:

But for fans of the D.C. superheroes, USA Today’s article is more noteworthy for the comments that Zack Snyder made to reporter Brian Truitt about how the shoot is going in Detroit (“It’s not un-fun”), and about the nature of this Batman/Superman pairing (which will also include Wonder Woman and Cyborg). Specifically, Snyder says that he was developing the movie originally as just a Superman story, saying, “I was in no rush to put Batman in the movie. … But on the other hand it seemed organic the way our story was unfolding to start to feather him in.” Snyder adds that Ben Affleck is playing Batman as older and meaner. “It's cooler to see a crusty old Batman beating the snot out of guys.”

For those familiar with Batman comics, Snyder’s description of the character almost sounds like he’s doing the Batman/Superman fight from Frank Miller’s seminal graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, but from Superman’s point of view. Snyder though says that fans shouldn’t read too much into his movie’s antagonistic title. “Suffice it to say there is a 'V' in between their names,” Snyder tells USA Today. And that’s “to keep it from being a straight ‘versus’ movie, even in the most subtle way.”

So I guess this torpedoes my dream of a Batman/Superman/V For Vendetta crossover.