--- title: Watch the Batman v Superman Rom-Com Trailer description: The trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Just Us introduces a love story of epic proportions. canonical: https://time.com/4259115/batman-v-superman-rom-com-trailer/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-15T16:40:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:56.293Z og:title: The Batman v Superman Rom-Com Is the Movie You Didn't Know You Wanted og:description: "Two heroes must decide what's really worth fighting for" og:url: https://time.com/4259115/batman-v-superman-rom-com-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Batman v Superman Rom-Com Is the Movie You Didn't Know You Wanted twitter:description: "Two heroes must decide what's really worth fighting for" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The _Batman v Superman_ Rom-Com Is the Movie You Didn't Know You Wanted > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 15, 2016 4:40 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 15, 2016 4:40 PM UTC [_Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_](http://time.com/3954690/batman-superman-dawn-justice-trailer/)promises to be a dark and action-packed look at the conflict between two of the world’s most popular superheroes. But what if that’s all just a cover for a different sort of tale? The trailer for _Batman v Superman: Dawn of Just Us_ suggests that what’s really happening between Bruce Wayne and [Clark Kent](http://time.com/4233093/henry-cavill-try-asks-kids-batman-v-superman/) is a love story of epic proportions. > [](https://twitter.com/captaindeadpooI/status/707792117607739392) **Read More:** [Here’s 11 Minutes Of _Batman v Superman_ For Your Viewing Pleasure](http://time.com/4257616/batman-superman-supercut/?xid=homepage) The rom-com preview, created by [Wired](http://www.wired.com/2016/03/batman-v-superman-rom-com/), shows DC Comics’s two biggest names [battling it out](http://time.com/4192382/batman-superman-trailer-background-war/) for each other’s hearts after being introduced by Lex Luther at a party. “Now they’ve got to figure out if heroes from two different planets can get vulnerable, get real and even fall in love,” the voiceover says. 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