Captain America to Battle Superman, Batman at Box Office

7 April 2014 9:40 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

Disney and Marvel have officially dated “Captain America 3″ for May 6, 2016 — the same date as Warner Bros.’ untitled Superman-Batman movie.

Marvel made the announcement on its web site following a record-setting U.S. debut for “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”

The move comes three months after Warner Bros. had announced it would release its Superman-Batman movie on May 6, 2016 — moving it back from July 17, 2015 — meaning that Superman-Batman would square off against a Marvel film which Marvel had not yet announced.

At the time, Warners said the decision was made to “help fully realize the vision.”

Speculation had emerged since then that the third “Captain America” would be the Disney-Marvel title on the date.

Production is currently under way in Michigan on the Superman-Batman film starring Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck and Zach Snyder directing. The tentpole also stars Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane, in addition to »

- Dave McNary

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