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Superman is coming back, and he’ll have acaped costar. Man of Steel director Zack Snyder made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con inSan Diego on Saturday to announce he is making another Superman film and it will include Batman - the first time the two superheroes will be united on the big screen. He declined to reveal many details, saying the script is just being written. He then invited an actor onstage to read a passage hinting at the film’s storyline. “I am the man who beat you,” read Harry Lennox, before an image of the Superman logo, backed by the Batman symbol, flashed on the screen. Warner Bros. confirmed the first-ever pairing in a statement.Snyder reimagined Superman in his June blockbuster Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill and Amy Adams. The film has grossed more than $630 million worldwide. Cavill and Adams will appear in the sequel, Warner Bros. said. Production on the Superman sequel is set to begin next year, and the film is expected to be released in summer 2015. Saturday’s announcement about the film follows DC Entertainment’s debut last month of the Greg Pak-written Batman/Superman comic. The book pairs the two characters together at a time in their lives when they’re both young and still adapting to being superheroes.

Glee executive producer Ryan Murphy is planning a tribute episode to honor the series’ deceased star, Cory Monteith. In remarks to news outlets published Saturday, Murphy said the tribute would address the death of Finn, the character Monteith played on the Fox network high-school musical series. That show will be the season’s third episode, following two episodes that had already been written. The series will then go on a hiatus to reassess its direction, Murphy said. The body of 31-year-old Monteith was found last weekend in a Vancouver, British Columbia, hotel room.Tests showed he died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol. Monteith had been candid about his struggles with addiction, which included a rehab stint several months before his death. Murphy said he helped stage an intervention in his office for Monteith in March. “He wanted to continue working and we said, ‘That’s not an option. No. The TV show doesn’t matter, your life matters,’” Murphy told the Eonline website. Monteith’s rehab began soon thereafter.