Zack Snyder's "Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice" which evolved from a sequel to "Man of Steel" into an introduction for the "Justice League" has moved its release date earlier to March 25, 2016. This is the second time they have changed the release date of the movie.

Variety has the first report:

"Warner Bros.' "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" has moved its release date from May 6, 2016, to March 25, 2016.

The superhero hybrid, starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill, was supposed to challenge "Captain America 3″ during the first weekend of May, but will instead spring forward to avoid a blockbuster confrontation.

The earlier months of March and April have proven fertile ground for Hollywood tentpoles in recent years.  "The Hunger Games" and "Captain America: Winter Soldier" both opened to stellar results in March, as did several Zack Snyder-helmed films like "300," another WB release."

The first week of May has been Marvel territory although this included the Marvel films from Fox and Sony. However, since Marvel Studios started to regularly produce movies annually, they have often reserved the first weekend of May for what they expect to be their grandest production of the year.

This year, they experimented with Captain America: The Winter Soldier opening one month earlier on April 4 but they will take the May 1, 2015 with probably their biggest film to date-"Avengers: Age Of Ultron."

Warner was supposed to release "Batman V Superman" on July 2015 but they delayed it to May 6, 2016, a date already reserved for a then unnamed Marvel Studios movie. Warner was sure that it was not an Avengers movie and they felt "BvS" can take on any other Marvel franchise.

After the strong showing of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" at the box office, Marvel officially declared that it was "Captain America 3" who will take the May 2016 playdate. The showdown was set as Marvel declared they were not going to change their release date.

Eventually, it was Warner who blinked.