Zack Snyder, the director of Man of Steel and the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, has shed light on the "tricky process" of setting up the DC film universe, while also tossing a few jabs at Marvel.

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When addressing Steven Spielberg's recent comments regarding the impending death of superhero movies , Snyder explained why he believes the DC Comics properties may be immune to such a downfall. "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," he told The Daily Beast The director then tossed Marvel's recent superhero film Ant-Man under the bus. "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?" he added.With regard to building the DC film universe, Snyder praised the work of Chris Nolan and his trilogy of Batman films. "It’s a tricky process, setting up the DC universe, or Justice League," he said. "The credit goes to Chris Nolan because he set the dye 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."Snyder also spoke to the reports that Warner Bros. is looking to feature more Batman and less Superman in Dawn of Justice. "Only in that because it’s a different Batman than the Batman that was in the Chris Nolan movies, so we have a little bit more explaining to do—and you just had a whole Superman movie," he said."But I think only in that way," he continued, "because you need to understand where Batman is with everything. And that’s more toward the beginning, but it evens back out as it goes on."The director also dismissed rumors this week that his son will be playing Robin in BvS

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