DC heroes not like flavour of the week Ant-Man: Zack Snyder

Los Angeles: Filmmaker Zack Snyder says Superman and Batman are more mythological superheroes unlike Ant-Man which is "flavour of the week."

Snyder, 49, who is currently working on "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" addressed filmmaker Steven Spielberg's comments that the superhero genre ultimately will go the way of the Western, reported Entertainment Weekly.

"I feel like he's right. But I feel like "Batman" and "Superman" are transcendent of superhero movies in a way, because they're Batman and Superman.

"They're not just, like, the flavor of the week Ant-Man not to be mean, but whatever it is. What is the next, 'Blank-

Snyder said he considers both, Superman and Batman to be the "most" mythological superheroes.

"I look at it as more being mythological than, say, bubblegum. And I think that that's appropriate for Batman and Superman because they're the most mythological of our superheroes," he said.

"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg among others. The movie is scheduled to release on March 25, 2016.