'Supergirl' DC Universe Film Officially Drops Subtitle; Adds Alice Hewkin As Sklarian Raider

It’s just 'Supergirl'. Drop the “Woman of Tomorrow”

I’m It’s official. There is no Woman of Tomorrow. As the press tour for Superman heats up, that means big spotlight pieces in the bigger publications. Rolling Stone finally got the film’s director, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn to explicitly confirm that the next film in line at the studio, formerly known as Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, is now simply known as Supergirl.

When asked, Gunn responded after a brief pause “I think it’s just called Supergirl.” He then elaborated, explaining having done the same for what was Superman: Legacy by the decision’s official announcement in February 2024. “Yeah. I’m always cutting. Legacy was really — we do something called a premortem. A premortem is you get together with your group that’s doing the project. It’s usually about a couple months before shooting, and you go, hypothetically, “If it’s an epic disaster, what are the things that we’re doing today that are going to cause it to be an epic disaster? Everyone here can speak freely.” The things you find on other productions are the things that people are whispering… One of the things I brought up was, it was called Superman: Legacy. Even though I was the one that gave it that title, I just wasn’t sure. First of all, I’m sick of the superhero title, colon, other-name thing. And then also it seemed to be looking back when we’re looking forward, even though it does have to do with legacy in the movie itself. And everybody was like, “Oh, yeah, no, change it.” What more can be said beside it enforcing the studio’s “clean, character-first, and cinematic” branding.

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The shedding was first hinted at with Gunn’s own usage when filming began in January, sharing the first set photo with the caption “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.” It was unclear whether he was doing it out of informal simplicity. When David Krumholtz, who plays Kara’s father Zor-El in the film, wrapped, he showed off his directors’ chair, which had a logo reading simply Supergirl, but again simplicity was at play. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s directors chairs didn’t spell out Quantumania in legible English, but in a circular font it seems no one has gotten a definitive answer for. Like anyone could do what they want with those and it not strictly having to adhere to the whole of its name.

While the film no longer bears the full title of its source material, the plot hasn’t been completely rewritten to break free of it. In fact it may have already incorporated story elements from other Supergirl stories from the get go that solidified the decision. Character inclusions like Lobo, played by Jason Momoa, even just for a cameo or the more recently reported Sklarian Raiders, or at least one played by Alice Hewkin, both count. She’s an actress with quite the Netflix presence, whether it’s a two-episode role on Sex Education, a single episode of Emily in Paris, or a more substantial six episodes as twins May and June Song on The Brothers Sun. She also has the Doctor Who series 10 episode “Knock Knock” to her name. The Sklarian Raiders are a group of spacefaring female pirates from the planet Sklar, created by Paul Levitz, Bob Wiacek and James Sherman, first appearing in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes No. 223 (1977). They have a morally gray reputation for attacking and pilfering science outposts and research lab searching for high-tech equipment to help their struggling world, though their initial depiction was much more black and white as straight-up thieves. It seems in their near 50 years since debuting, not a single one has been given enough development to be notable for a main body mention on the Sklarian Raiders Wikipedia page, let alone a dedicated individual page. Even the DC Wiki doesn’t have much. Seemingly less. Still no specific Sklarians mentioned.

Gunn initially 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. Supergirl is set to be released on June 26, 2026.

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Sources: Rolling Stone, Nexus Point News