Thee years later, he went up against Batman, Lex Luthor and Doomsday in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Superman kicked off the DC Extended Universe in 2013 with Man of Steel, his origin story.
Justice League will see the superheroes battling Steppenwolf and his Parademon army when they come to Earth in search of the three Mother Boxes, but it remains to be seen whether Steppenwolf will have something to do with Superman’s resurrection or the Kryptonian will come back to life on his own.
That movie ended with Superman sacrificing himself to stop Doomsday, but in the finale seconds of the story, the dirt atop Clark Kent’s coffin began to levitate, foreshadowing that his death isn’t permanent.