Zack Snyder to Direct Justice League

Warner Bros. has announced that Zack Snyder, who directed Man of Steel and is working on the unofficially titled Batman vs Superman film, will follow the latter with Justice League. With a 2016 date for for the Man of Steel sequel that would likely lead to Justice League landing in 2018.

Justice League of course hopes to tap into the success seen with the Marvel Universe of films that built to the the monster hit Avengers and have made huge properties out of individual characters. It will feature the team-up of from the DC Universe including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and a number of others that WB will be able to decide upon joining in.