- Filming of the DCU film Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is formally underway
- DC Studios co-chief James Gunn has revealed the primary picture from the movie’s set
- The Milly Alcock-starring superhero flick shall be launched in July 2026
Principal pictures has formally begun on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow – and, to rejoice the event, DC Studios co-chief James Gunn has launched a brand new behind-the-scenes picture from the film’s UK-based set.
Taking to Instagram yesterday (January 23), Gunn confirmed that filming was lastly underway on the hotly-anticipated DC Universe (DCU) film. With the cameras rolling on the Milly Alcock-fronted comedian e-book film, Gunn shared a picture from the movie’s set that’ll look very acquainted to DC devotees.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow was considered one of many DCU tasks introduced by Gunn in January 2023. The film was initially revealed and not using a launch date, and we needed to wait till final May for Gunn to substantiate that Supergirl’s subsequent big-screen journey would take flight in theaters on June 26, 2026. That means it’s going to be the second DCU movie to reach in cinemas worldwide after Gunn’s Superman film, which is because of be launched on July 11, 2025.
Plot particulars are skinny on the bottom for the primary Supergirl film in over 40 years. However, the superhero flick’s title is similar to Tom King and Bilquis Eveley’s eight-issue comedian sequence that ran from August 2021 to April 2022. The duo’s acclaimed literary works adopted Kara as she launched into a mission to assist a younger alien lady – named Ruthye Marye Knoll – get revenge on the person who killed her dad and mom. Woman of Tomorrow‘s movie adaptation ought to largely inform the story depicted in its book-based namesake, then.
Alcock, who was named as considered one of two Supergirl casting finalists final January earlier than Gunn confirmed that she’d secured the coveted position, will comply with within the footsteps of Melissa Benoit, Helen Slater, and Sasha Calle, who’ve beforehand performed the character in a live-action capability. The House of the Dragon star shall be joined by 3 Body Problem‘s Eve Ridley, who’s set to play Ruthye. Jason Momoa, who portrayed Aquaman within the now-defunct DC Extended Universe (DCEU), can have a small position as fan-favorite anti-hero/villain Lobo. Krypto the Superdog, who stole everybody’s hearts within the first trailer for Gunn’s Superman movie final December, may even function.
What does Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’s first picture inform us concerning the movie?
Not a lot, actually. If something, it is merely a behind-the-scenes shot of Alcock sitting along with her again to the digicam in a chair that is adorned with the Supergirl brand.
While it could look like a nothingburger of an image, long-time DC comedian e-book followers will acknowledge the fictional location that Alcock is sitting in. As some followers identified in threads posted on the DCU Reddit and DCU Leaks Reddit pages, the set appears near-identical to the house bar-restaurant that Kara and Ruthye go to in some unspecified time in the future within the comics.
Comment from r/DCULeaks
Clearly, Gunn and firm are going all-out to adapt Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow as intently as attainable, and that simply makes me much more excited for the DCU Chapter One movie.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow‘s script has been penned by Ana Nogueira (High Town, We Win) and shall be directed by Craig Gillespie (Cruella, I, Tonya) so we all know it is in good palms, too. Is it subsequent June but?
