With "Man of Steel" already breaking box office records and well on it's way to a phenomenal run both state side and world wide, Warner Bros. Pictures have already begun the process of fast-tracking a sequel to the Superman film-franchise reboot.

In a recent interview with BBC4, director Zack Snyder discussed what has to happen in the sequel and how Superman's responsibilities will certainly change:

"He has no choice but to become global... That literally has to happen," stated Snyder. "But for me I was really interested in - and maybe it's because Barack Obama's president now - it's okay for Superman to be American. He's quintessentially an American creature and creation. I wanted to pay homage to the superhero as coming from the heartland of America, and the 'Why?' of that."

In a seperate interview with Bleeding Cool, screenwriter David Goyer also elaborated on the challenges Superman will face in the sequel:

"The challenge for us moving forward is how to depict Superman in a world like this, in a world where Twitter exists, in a world with social media. To me, the interesting challenge is 'Could he solve hunger in the horn of Africa? What would he do with the Arab Spring? What would he do in Syria?... Does he have the wherewithal or the knowledge to intervene in something like this?"

In regard to a villian, fans have long speculated that Lex Luthor will arrive at some point in the sequel which Goyer touched on as well:

"There is musing about Lex Luthor, conversations that Zack and I have had on set, but it all depends on what happens over the next month. There are obviously those Lexcorp easter eggs in the film and clearly you can see from that, to the extent to which we can intuit things about Lex, it's not the Gene Hackman version. This is a Bill Gates-like Lex that is probably worth 50, 60, 70 billion dollars. It's a very different Lex."

Read more from each interview at ScreenRant.com.