Henry Cavill Cavill reprised the role of Superman in "", a 2016 sequel which featured a crossover with Batman and Wonder Woman. In 2017, Cavill returned as Superman in "Justice League". According to his manager Dany Garcia, Cavill is working on a new standalone Superman movie. Shortly after the release of "Justice League", Cavill revealed he is under contract to play Superman in one more film. Cavill has expressed interest in taking over the role of James Bond when Daniel Craig gives it up. He co-starred with Armie Hammer in the film version of spy series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E". He appeared
Superhero film of episodes of that same series released theatrically, and "Batman" (1966) a big-screen extension of the "Batman" television series starring Adam West. In 1957 Japan, Shintoho produced the first film serial featuring the "tokusatsu" superhero character Super Giant, signaling a shift in Japanese popular culture towards "tokusatsu" masked superheroes over "kaiju" giant monsters. Along with "Astro Boy", the "Super Giant" film serials had a profound effect on the Japanese "tokusatsu" superhero genre. Another early superhero film was "Ōgon Bat" (1966), a Japanese film starring Sonny Chiba based on the 1930 Kamishibai superhero Ōgon Bat. Original superhero characters emerged in other,