Marvel is the king of comic book movies right now, but DC is trying to punch back.

DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. recently announced that they’re using “Man of Steel” and 2016′s “Superman Vs. Batman” as the springboard from which DC will launch its own cinematic universe, starting with Zach Snyder‘s “Justice League.” But DC is in uncharted territory here. Not only has it never had its movie properties exist in the same universe, but it’s also playing as the underdog.

If they’re going to succeed, DC is going to have to avoid some dangers from the pages of its own comic books to translate them into worldwide phenomena, just like Marvel has done. Here are six dangers the studio faces, and how it can avoid them.

6) So … Many … Storylines
DC was founded in 1934, and launched its first superhero — Superman — in 1938. That’s over 75 years of content to draw from for movies, from one character alone! It could be very, very easy for DC to get lost in a sea of its own history, trying to cram in villains and storylines from almost 3/4 of a century of superhero history.

Avoid Through A Singular Vision

Instead of getting sucked down the rabbit hole of content, DC needs to make sure it has a clear idea of what tone it wants to take for “Justice League,” what era of comics it’s invoking, and which writers it wants to emulate. Having Zack Snyder at the helm of both “Superman Vs. Batman” and “Justice League” will help insure that ...

Just days after getting out of the hospital following a a week-long stay to deal with a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics, Miley Cyrus is back on her grind … and the proud owner of some seriously weird impulse buys.

The singer officially left the hospital on Friday and on Monday morning (April 28) she told Ryan Seacrest that she’s on the mend and really excited to get back to performing, while simultaneously horrified to find out what kind of pain med-induced impulse purchases she made while trying to kill time in her hospital bed.

“I’m doing good, I’m much better,” she told Seacrest on his radio show. “I’m happy to be getting back on the road … you have no idea.” The singer explained that she got sick with a cold/flu in the midst of her Bangerz tour, which forced her to postpone a show in North Carolina at the beginning of the month.

But what felt like a lingering cough got worse, so doctors gave her some antibiotics she’d never taken before. “I was on this medicine for five days, everything was all good and on the sixth day just I woke up … it was so scary … When you’re allergic to something you’re literally poisoning in yourself. I had basically been poisoning myself for a week with something I was really scary allergic to.”

And if you know Miley, you know she’s not one to sit around and not work if she can help it. “[Some] people [got] mad at me for bailing,” she said of the ...

Liam Payne is finally on Instagram, and Directioners are already trying to take him down.

It sounds weird, but after much anticipation, the One Direction singer founded @fakeliampayne and has posted six photos. Perhaps adding “fake” to his name is some sort of reverse psychology to hackers? NOTHING TO SEE HERE. I’M FAKE.

But handle name aside, Payne is getting quite the swell of emails telling him that people are trying to guess his password. (I already tried pa$$w0rd, 123abc and 1Dhottie93 and they don’t work. Just saving you guys some time).

“Right I’m gunna try figure this Instagram sh– out I sound like a granddad,” Payne had said last night.

That said, here are Liam’s six best Instagrams. Get it? Because there’s only six and they’re ALL the best? Sigh… I’ll get back to guessing his password now. I don’t suppose it’s iloveemilee…

Da boyyyzzzzzZ

Instagram be like

Sunday dinner In Peru who would have thought it :D

Just lost another hat here’s the new one!

I love all my tour shoes ahhhhh

What a showwwwwwwwwww ahhhhh I love my job… MUTHAF@#!IN CRAZZZYYYYYY

Emilee Lindner

By Christina Garibaldi

He’s got those boyish good looks, a killer smile and a British accent to boot. All in all, Andrew Garfield is pretty amazing, which is why he is MTV News’ pick as #ManCrushMonday.

Andrew reprises his role as Spider-Man in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ on Friday, but Emma Stone’s long-time love got our spidey-senses tingling long before that.

The 30-year-old actor made us all take notice when co-founded Facebook, along with Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network.” From there, he transformed into Peter Parker, where he took on the task to save New York City in “The Amazing Spider-Man.”

With every jaw-dropping scene, spidey-web whip and epic on-screen kiss, Andrew proved he was made to play the superhero and, more importantly, totally own that skin-tight suit.

Need more convincing as to why Andrew should be our Man Crush of the week? Well, take a look at the pictures below and be prepared to get caught up in a tangled web of emotions.

He’s Got A Million Dollar Smile

He’s Not Afraid To Bust Out Some Dance Skills

Seriously, Look At Those Moves

He Knows How To Give A Memorable Kiss

He Can Whip It…Whip It Good

Makes Time For All His Fans…No Matter What Age

MTV News Staff

After a series of shows in the U.K. and U.S., Australian boy band 5 Seconds of Summer have returned to their motherland and couldn’t be more pumped. In celebration of their return, Calum’s mom dressed his bed with a new set of “really girly” sheets (insert thoughts of yourself rolling in them here), but even more exciting, the guys released the album artwork for their new single “Don’t Stop.” And it’s adorable – eek!

5 Seconds Of Summer’s New York City Fans Are Like ‘A Good Version’ Of Tinder.

While “Don’t Stop” won’t be obtainable in North America, the guys have promised new music for all of us living in this region of the globe “SOON!!!!” For everyone else, it will be available for pre-order Wednesday.

This Wednesday also marks the kick-off of the foursome’s seven-date No Place Like Home Tour in Australia, but don’t fret, 5SOS will be back in the States this summer when they open for One Direction. See those dates here.

Cory Midgarden

Whenever there’s a big announcement in the world of cinematic superheroes, attention quickly turns to how it affects the other side of the equation.

Like when Warner Bros. reveals that Zack Snyder is signed on to direct a “Justice League” movie, the question becomes “How does this affect Marvel’s plans?”

The place to start is the release date. The initial Wall Street Journal article announcing the director choice wagered that 2018 would be the earliest that a “Justice League” movie could grace the big screen.

But there are less conservative estimations out there. Both Latino Review and the Hollywood Reporter suggest Warner Bros. and Snyder are looking to quickly turn around the team-up movie for a 2017 release date, possibly even less than a year after “Batman Vs. Superman.”

That would require the next two DC Comics movies to shoot back to back, something that’s been rumored before.

So now the big question is which summer Marvel plans to land its third crossover movie. “The Avengers 3,” if it follows the timeline set by the first two, would hit in 2018, but that’s not a sure bet either.

In an interview with Variety ahead of the release of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” Chris Evans guessed that he would be done with his six-movie contract by 2017. With a third solo Cap movie already set for a face-off with “Batman Vs. Superman” in 2016, placing “Avengers 3″ in the following year would make sense based on Evans’ comments.

A one-year turnaround on a superhero follow-up would be tough ...

Sure Drake can get a little emotional with his music, but does that make the YMCMB hitmaker soft? Well, Katy Perry thinks so.

While promoting her new video for “Birthday,” KP phoned into New York’s Power 105 “The Breakfast Club” show this past week and made a little jokey joke about Drizzy. Katy started out praising her “Dark Horse” co-star Juicy J, before jabbing at the Young Money star. “Awwww he’s so sweet. He’s such a sweet, genuine guy and an amazing, hard worker,” she gushed about Juice.

“I’ve worked with a lot of people that have done little pieces on songs and not that they have egos, but Juicy’s the kindest,” she continued, before stopping herself. “He’s like the most kindest, empathetic, sweet — I don’t want to make him out to be softer than Drake.”

The comment drew excitement and laughter from the show’s hosts, before Perry tried to clean things up a bit. “I love Drake; he’s like my secret diary,” she backpedaled (or, depending on how you heard it, threw another shot).

“I really love Drake, so get off my D,” she later said.

Rob Markman

By Kat Rosenfield

The wonderfully sassy Jennifer Lawrence was caught over the weekend making a, um, certain gesture in the direction of the paparazzi — and we’re not talking about that three-fingered salute from “The Hunger Games.”

Although Jennifer is often happy to pose for photos with fans, a pack of relentless photographers got on her last nerve in London this weekend, where the star was attempting to enjoy some quality time with boyfriend Nicholas Hoult.

After being chased into a taxi by the camera-wielding crowd, she made a last-minute show of her displeasure by flipping photographers a serious bird out the back window. And how much do we love the resulting snapshot? Let us count the ways!

1. J-Law’s look!
The sleek hair, the simple earrings, the eyeliner; even though we can only see her from the chin up, the actress looks typically flawless.

2. Also, J-Law’s look.
She’s famous for her funny faces, but this might just be the first time that Jennifer has been photographed looking legitimately murderous.

3. The part where cutie-pie boyfriend Nicholas Hoult is gently trying to discourage her.
He’s reaching for her hand, and we can practically hear him saying, “C’mon, babe, they’re not worth it. Now put down the finger, and let’s go home and cuddle in our pajamas whilst eating Jammy Dodgers.”

4. And the part where he’s nevertheless totally getting a kick out of it.
You can just see the corner of a tweaky little smile on the Englishman’s lips — because no matter who you are, you can’t not find Jennifer’s feistiness adorable.

5. The part where even the taxicab ...