“Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” Casts Matthias Schoenaerts as the Villain
One of the biggest movies not named Superman currently brewing in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios is director Craig Gillespie’s (I, Tonya, Cruella) Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. The upcoming feature stars House of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock as Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El, in a film inspired by Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s well-regarded, rough-around-the-edges comic about Kara’s hard-scrabble life and her immense powers. The film has landed Matthias Schoenaerts in the villain role, a performer of considerable charisma and gravitas. It feels like a casting coup, as did putting Alcock in the lead role.
King and Evely’s story of a young alien girl tormented by the killing of her family is decidedly a less heroic and more tortured piece of storytelling than the usual superhero fare, something that has generated excitement among DC fans eager to see what Gunn and Safran are cooking up for their newly united DC Universe. Gunn’s Superman will fly first out of the gate when it arrives on July 2, 2025.
We don’t yet know how much of the Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow script, written by Ana Nogueira, will adapt from the comic. It’s worth noting that in King and Evely’s story, Supergirl seeks out her cousin Superman to help her exact revenge on the people who killed her family. The villain in the comic was the man who killed Supergirl’s father, Krem of the Yellow Hills. Krem makes the grievous mistake of hurting her super-pet, Krypto. There will be blood.
Schoenaerts most recently starred alongside Kate Winslet in HBO’s miniseries The Regime. He was sensational opposite Marion Cotillard in director Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone and has plenty of experience in big-budget movies, having co-starred in the Jennifer Lawrence-led spy thriller Red Sparrow and the Gina Prince-Bythewood directed and Charlize Theron-led action epic The Old Guard.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is due to soar into the theaters on June 26, 2026.
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Featured image: PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 31: Actor Matthias Schoenaerts attends the “The Mustang” Premiere during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 31, 2019 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
