With a fresh start, Man of Steel relaunched the DC film universe, paving the way for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League.
According to director Zack Snyder, there was once a possibility of his 2013 Superman film Man of Steel being set in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight cinematic universe.
However, the ultimate reason this idea ended up in the developmental stages was due to The Dark Knight Rises’ ending.
The final film in Nolan’s Batman trilogy concludes with John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) taking over the Batman mantle from Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale).