James Gunn And Milly Alcock Mark Start Of 'Supergirl' Filming With First Photo
It’s a girl! In a chair! It’s Supergirl! Have we lost our subtitle?
Is there still a woman of tomorrow? It’s looking less likely, but Supergirl will still be there. DC Studios’s second film in their new DC Universe has started production, and much like when what was Superman: Legacy started production (to become Superman), it seems Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow has dropped its subtitle and simply become Supergirl.
Studio co-CEO James Gunn shared a picture of star Milly Alcock from behind, sitting in a director’s chair with the Crest of the House of El emblazoned. He wrote “Thrilled to see cameras roll at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden on Supergirl, with Craig Gillespie at the helm and the phenomenal millyalcock as our Kara Zor-El. – Craig brings an incredible sensibility to this story, and Milly is every inch the unique #Supergirl envisioned by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Ana Nogueira.” King and Evely’s original comic is the source material, while Nogueira wrote the script. Notice, the “Woman of Tomorrow” part of the title that came from its source material is missing, and I’m starting to believe it’s gone. Now, Gunn hasn’t given a grandiose follow-up message explaining in confirmation why even just the hashtag says #Supergirl like he did with Superman, but he did leave off the subtitle twice and he’s usually very careful. Alcock, whose casting was announced 360 days ago, posted the same photo with the caption “introducing kara 🚀”. David Krumholtz, one of the most recently-announced cast members as Kara’s father Zor-El, commented a shooting star on Gunn’s post, where Bitsie Tulloch, the Arrowverse’s Lois Lane applauded the choice of Gillespie. The official DC Comics Instagram commented on Milly’s upload with “She is HER 😍 Let’s go!”
Nearly two years ago in the original slate reveal, Gunn described Supergirl as allowing 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 not exactly the Supergirl we're used to seeing." She’s hardened from having to survive solely on the remains of the destroyed Krypton, and is enlisted by a noble and honorable alien warrior named Ruthye Marye Knoll. Played by Eve Ridley, Knoll is hunting down Krem of the Yellow Hill, played by Matthias Schoenerts, across the galaxy after he killed her father. Emily Beecham is set to play Kara’s mother Alura In-Ze, and Jason Momoa is set to cameo as Lobo. Krypto might be involved too as per the original comic but it’s unclear. Supergirl, with original subtitle or not, is set to be released on June 26, 2026.
