Craig Gillespie In Talks To Be 'Supergirl' Director Of Tomorrow
'Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow' is expected to fly into production in the final months of this year
The new DC Universe has taken an I, Kara turn. Australian director Craig Gillespie, whose recent credits include Dumb Money, I, Tonya, and Cruella, is in talks to direct Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow for DC Studios.
Based on Tom King’s 2022 comic book series of the same name, illustrated by Bilquis Evely, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow will star Milly Alcock and is written by Ana Nogueira. Alcock is reportedly set to make an appearance in a project prior to her headlining film. DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran are producing while executive vice president Chantal Nong is executive producing. Filming is planned for the final quarter of 2024, once Superman, directed by Gunn, has completed its filming. Deadline, who had the exclusive, wrote their piece as if the film had dropped its subtitle, as the film formerly known as Superman: Legacy had done, but for this film has not been confirmed.
In addition to the Tonya Harding mockumentary starring Margot Robbie and Allison Janney, earning Oscar nominations for both and a win for the latter, the 101 Dalmatians villain origin story starring Emma Stone, and last year’s chronicling of the GameStop short squeeze starring Paul Dano and Pete Davidson along with Vincent D’Onofrio as New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, Gillespie’s career began with Mr. Woodcock with Seann William Scott and Billy Bob Thornton and Lars and the Real Girl with Ryan Gosling. It continued with 2011’s Fright Night remake, and then two Disney flicks: 2014’s Million Dollar Arm with Jon Hamm, and 2016’s The Finest Hours with Chris Pine.
When announcing the film’s place as part DC Studios’s initial “Gods and Monsters” slate at the end of January 2023, Gunn described this version of the Girl of Steel would allow audiences to “see the difference between Superman who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he was an infant, versus Supergirl who was raised on a rock, a chip off Krypton, and watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life, and then came to Earth when she was a young girl. She’s much more hardcore; she’s not exactly the Supergirl we’re used to seeing.” There, it was initially listed fourth, but Gunn recently reiterated that “We won’t green light a film until we have a finished script we’re happy with and, in general, we won’t cast a film until the script is finished,” answering a fan about why news on the front of The Authority, which was initially placed second, has been so quiet. “This is why some projects are moving faster than anticipated and others more slowly. It’s always gonna be quality first no matter what.” It is certainly most apparent that Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is one of the faster-moving projects and will likely bump The Authority down in release order. Clearly, everything behind Superman is in such a flux that release dates for any of them will be a while before they’re set.
