James Gunn Reveals Updates for “Superman,” “Supergirl,” and “Lanterns”
At this past weekend’s New York Comic Con, DC Studios co-chief James Gunn had a lot to say. He, his fellow Creature Commands executive producer Dean Lorey, and cast members from DC’s upcoming animated series revealed the wild first trailer, and while he was there, Gunn dished on some of the studios’ most marquee upcoming projects.
Those projects include his big-time reboot, Superman,
“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.
“Supergirl” Movie Finds Its Director in Craig Gillespie
Milly Alcock’s Supergirl is going to take flight with the man behind I, Tonya and Cruella.
Craig Gillespie has been tapped to direct Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which will star Alcock as Kara Zor-El, a Kryptonian with immense powers and a family connection to Superman. Gillespie will direct from a script by Ana Nogueira in a story that will be at least partially based on the comic series by Tom King and Bilquis Evely.
New Supergirl Milly Alcock Had James Gunn’s Attention Long Before She Auditioned
Arguably the biggest news in the film world yesterday was the announcement that Milly Alcock had landed the highly-coveted role of Supergirl for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new-look DC Studios. Alcock and Meg Donnelly were the final two people vying for the role and had both done screen tests last week. Supergirl has a very bright future ahead of her, as Gunn and Safran plan to deploy her in at least one upcoming film or series (possibly Gunn’s Superman: Legacy,
“House of the Dragon” Star Milly Alcock Lands Supergirl Role
Milly Alcock is making the move from Westeros to Krypton.
Alcock won the highly coveted role of Supergirl after screen testing for DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran last week, edging out Meg Donnelly. Alcock is expected to appear in possibly two DC Studios projects before starring in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which will be the character’s full-throated entrance into the new-look, unified DC Universe.
One of the first questions is whether Alcock will appear in Gunn’s upcoming Superman: Legacy,
Supergirl Casting Narrows as James Gunn Looks to Land DC Studios’ New Superheroine
The casting process for DC Studio’s next Supergirl is heating up and narrowing down as the search for the Kryptonian reaches its final phases.
Supergirl will play a huge part in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new-look DC Studios, appearing in Gunn’s upcoming Superman: Legacy and then starring in her own standalone Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
The latest scoop from The Hollywood Reporter is that Milly Alcock and Meg Donnelly have recently taken screen tests in Atlanta for the role and stand as the two finalists.
DC Studios Taps Ana Nogueria to Pen “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” Script
The upcoming feature Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, part of the first batch of movies coming out of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new-look DC Studios, has nabbed its writer.
Playwright and actress Ana Nogueria will be scripting the upcoming film, which will be a standalone feature focused on Superman’s cousin, a fellow Kryptonian with immense powers all her own.
Nogueria has actually been circling a Supergirl project for a while now—she was previously tapped to write a Supergirl film back in 2022 when it was being developed as a spinoff from Andy Muschietti’s The Flash,
