With the still-untitled Batman vs. Superman gearing up for production in 2014, and most of the main cast set in place including Henry Cavill returning as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, and Joaquin Phoenix being talked about for the role of Lex Luthor.

Now, Man of Steel producer Wesley Coller, who has worked with Zack Snyder on several of his previous projects, is talking about returning to Batman vs. Superman and his thoughts on the feedback being generated so far.

After reporting that Warner Brothers has expressed interest in casting Joaquin Phoenix for an unknown role in Zack Snyder‘s Batman vs. Superman, we are learning that the film is bringing in another talent of Oscar-winning caliber on board.

THR reports that Chris Terrio, who won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Argo, is being brought in to polish David S. Goyer‘s first draft of the superhero sequel. It comes as no surprise that Terrio joins the team, considering that he has already worked with Argo star Ben Affleck, who stars as Bruce Wayne/Batman.

We see rumors like this come and go with every big name blockbuster—some of them end up being real; some of them end up being fake. This one, however, happens to come from Variety. So it’s at least worth sharing.

According to the trade, after delivering a strong performance for Warner Brothers in Her, a new movie that’s receiving much praise and garnering plenty of awards chatter, Joaquin Phoenix could be the studio’s choice to play a villain in their upcoming megaflick Batman vs. Superman. Details are not yet known and nothing is official, but it’s thought that this role would be a one Mr. Lex Luthor.

Nothing is official yet, but it’s being reported that Jason Momoa, star of HBO’s Game of Thrones and the Conan the Barbarian remake, is in talks to join the Man of Steel sequel, which is currently known only as Batman vs. Superman.

Who the actor is in talks to play is not yet known, but if Momoa were to sign on, he’d join returning stars like Henry Cavill and Amy Adams as Superman and Lois Lane, Ben Affleck taking over the role of Batman from Christian Bale, and newcomer Gal Godot, who was recently announced as the brand new Wonder Woman.

So while we wait to find out who Momoa could be playing, it seems a perfect opportunity for a little geek discussion.

When it comes to building cohesive “shared” comic book universes on the big screen, there can be only one. Very likely, it will always be Marvel Studios. They got there first, taking a gaggle of second-tier superhero characters whose movie rights they battled and bribed to reattain and turning them into a veritable mint that breathes, eats, and craps out lackluster imitators. Phase One had its share of troubling moments: Iron Man 2 had vast amounts of potential, but Marvel’s shaky long-term strategy and its sudden rush to get the sequel in front of the cameras — even if it meant starting without a completed script — resulted in what could have been a superior franchise installment devolving into an uninspired bit of wheel spinning.

The first Thor felt too earthbound and the side business with S.H.I.E.L.D. was obviously shoehorned into a narrative that would have worked much better without it. The studio took a major gamble with their first four movies and when The Avengers premiered in May of last year it paid off handsomely in ways few could have ever thought possible. The success of that film paved the way in grand fashion for Phase Two to take Marvel’s blockbuster bullpen of celluloid superheroes into bold and creatively rewarding territory and allow for characters like Ant-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy to get their own big-budget movie adventures coming our way sooner than we think.