This story discusses major plot developments, including the ending, in "Superman," currently playing in theaters. In the climax of "Superman" - the first feature film under the DC Studios banner, and the official big screen launch of the new DC Universe - the city of Metropolis is split in two.

The director James Gunn reboots the DC Universe with "Superman," and smartly skips the character's over-told origin story.

If there is one thing we can be sure of, it is an impending extinction event in our lifetime due to human waste and pollution that someone, somewhere, will always make a Superman movie. And a Batman movie.