‘Batman v Superman’ News: Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor to Steal Film's Spotlight? [VIDEO]

Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor may end up stealing the "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" spotlight from the film's heroes.

DC Entertainment released the "Batman v Superman" official trailer Wednesday night during "Jimmy Kimmel Live," with Jesse Eisenberg portrayed as being the underlying force pitting both Superman and Batman against each other.

During the 60-second teaser DC Comics released Tuesday, Dec. 1, both Batman and Superman were shown to have already declared war.

With the movie's full trailer finally airing, Eisenberg's Luthor is seen as delighted at having brought both Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent together at his fundraiser, without making it seem he knows who their superhero alter egos are.

"I love it!" I love bringing people together," he exclaims in the trailer, giving audiences the impression he has engineered Wayne and Kent's meeting from the start, with the end goal of accelerating the impending war between them.

According to Cinema Blend, Eisenberg characterizes his Luthor with menace masked by humor. Seeing the two heroes as a threat to his criminal plans, he has decided to let them get rid of each other without any harm to himself.

The trailer shows massive damage to the city's infrastructure, and Eisenberg's Luthor is making himself out as the hero of the story as he and his company, LuthorCorp publicly lead the relief efforts to rebuild the city the two have destroyed, Movie Pilot points out.

Henry Cavill's Superman and Ben Affleck's Batman appear to be limited by their roles as stalwart, aggressive superheroes on the side of goodness.

Eisenberg, on the other hand, is using the freedom afforded to Luthor's villain persona to manipulate the protagonists to his own ends, while portraying his character as a well-meaning philanthropist with a flair for drama.

"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is scheduled to premiere in theaters on March 25, 2016.