Zack Snyder Treads Cautiously on Justice League

Ah, Justice League.

Living in an environment where The Avengers is the third-biggest movie of all-time, Warner Brothers is lagging behind. Badly. Much worse offense considering they own DC Comics. Disney still has to share meaty portions of the Marvel pie with Sony and 20^th Century Fox. Yet they can still yield Earth's Mightiest Heroes on the silver screen.

No reason why they can't figure it out. But they haven't. Not one to tarnish their relationship with Christopher Nolan, they left him alone to "do his thing" on the Dark Knight trilogy. They tried, and failed, to ignite Green Lantern. That puts all the pressure on The Man of Steel. It's not enough to ask if the Superman relaunch warrants a sequel. Not anymore it isn't. The Brothers Warner must ponder if Henry Cavill's Kryptonian do-gooder can be what Robert Downey Jr. is for Disney/Marvel, what Hugh Jackman is for X-Men. Can he be the face of the Warner Brothers/DC cinematic universe?

Hey! U Guys were the first to approach the subject to helmer Zack Snyder. He shot it down. It was the early days however. Cavill just cast, principal photography long from starting and no idea how the material would come together on set and in the edit bay.

His answer fine-turned, more open-ended, shall we shall, and less dismissive for the New York Post:

"'I don't know how 'Justice League' is going to be handled. Honestly, I don't,' Snyder says. 'But 'The Man of Steel' exists, and Superman is in it. I don't know how you'd move forward without acknowledging that.'

When asked whether he had conversations with the studio about integrating 'Man of Steel' into a larger superhero universe, Snyder treads carefully.

'Um, how can I answer that?' he wonders. 'I can't really say anything to that, because that's a big spoiler. I will say, yeah, they trust me to keep them on course.'"

The marketing blitz for The Man of Steel begins soon; a trailer in front of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, more production stills (Likely the "Exclusive Reward" touted for sharing The Dark Knight Rises' DVD/Blu-Ray release on Facebook) and we're hearing its presence will be felt at next year's Super Bowl.

But it comes down to how the new Superman is received in June. Until then. It's all talk, answers and, in most cases, non-answers.