Following on from the fresh stills earlier this week, Empire has now published their feature story about Zack Snyder's upcoming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" film and the greater overall DC cinematic universe initiative. First up, let's look at the new details revealed about "Batman v Superman". Ben Affleck's Bruce Wayne is being played as a mid-40s version who has been working as the Caped Crusader for around twenty years and has "lost those near and dear to him, and not necessarily from old age of disease." Snyder says the arrival of Superman changes Wayne's perspective: "We want to assume that Batman has reached this point in his life and career as a superhero, and Superman represents a sort of philosophical change.