Man of Steel (film) move the final battle with Zod away from the heavily populated Metropolis, as the character did at the end of "Superman II". The success of "Man of Steel" started Warner Bros. plans of a cinematic universe featuring other DC Comics characters. In June 2013, Goyer was hired to write the sequel to "Man of Steel", as well as a "Justice League" script, with the previous draft being scrapped. In July 2013, Snyder announced at San Diego Comic-Con International that the sequel to "Man of Steel" would have Superman and Batman meeting for the first time in the next film. Cavill,
Machine Man Machine Man Machine Man (also known as Aaron Stack, Mister Machine, and serial number Z2P45-9-X-51 or X-51 for short) is a fictional character, an android superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Jack Kirby for "" #8 (July 1977), a comic written and drawn by Kirby featuring concepts based on the eponymous Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke . Shortly thereafter, Machine Man spun off into his own Kirby-created series. He is a robot, the only survivor of a series, raised as a human son of scientist Abel Stack, who was killed