Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow has a release date, and it’ll arrive almost one year after James Gunn’s Superman movie
Supergirl has also found its director, too
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Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrowhas an official launch date – and it’ll fly into theaters almost one year after 2025’sSupermanflick is released.
PerDeadline, the DC Cinematic Universe (DCU) project will make its way into cinemas worldwide onJune 26, 2026. That meansSupergirl: Woman of Tomorrowwill be the next film to debut on the big screen afterJames Gunn’sSupermanmovie, which will be released on July 11, 2025. Gunn, who is co-head of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, confirmed Deadline’s report to be accurate today (May 15) via Instagram (see below).
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That’s not the only important piece of news to drop aboutSupergirl’s latest silver screen adventure. Deadline’s report – and later corroborated in Gunn’s Instagram post – also confirmed that Craig Gillespie, who has helmed Disney’s live-actionCruellamovie and the Margo Robbie-starringI, Tonyain recent years, has officially signed on asWoman of Tomorrow’s director. Gillespie’s rumored involvement was first reported byDeadlinein early April.
Gillespie will team up with Ana Nogueira, who was confirmed as the film’s lead writer in November 2023 – an announcement thatproved that Gunn was learning from the DC Extended Universe’s (DCEU) mistakes. The pair are joined by Gunn and Safran as among the film’s chief creators.House of the Dragonalumnus Milly Alcock wasannounced as the DCU’s Supergirl following a two-way battlewithDCvoice actor Meg Donnelly in January 2024.
What is the plot of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow?
An official story synopsis hasn’t been revealed yet, but theDCU Chapter Onemovie is based on the Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s 2022 graphic novel of the same name. Armed with that information, plus a brief rundownprovided by Gunn when he revealed the DCU Chapter One’s full line-upin January 2023, we have a pretty clear idea about what its plot will entail.
“One of my favorite comic book series from last year was Tom King’s run onSupergirl: Woman of Tomorrow,” Gunn said at the time. “So we’re gonna turn that into a big science fiction epic film. Now, Superman is a guy who is sent to Earth and raised by loving parents, whereas Supergirl, in this story, she’s a character who is raised on a chunk of Krypton [Superman and Supergirl’s home planet]. She watched everybody around her perish in some terrible way, so she’s a much more jaded character.”
As for what happens in the graphic novel, Supergirl – real name Kara Zor-El – embarks on a spacefaring adventure to help an alien girl seek revenge against those who destroyed the latter’s planet. Krypto the Superdog also features prominently throughout the comic series, so expect Supergirl and Superman’s canine sidekick to appear in the live-action adaptation, too.
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Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of DC Comics and DC Studios, is set to hold its Upfronts 2024 presentation later today (May 15), so we might learn more about other in-development DCU projects, includingCreature Commandos, which is expected to debut on Max (in the US) before 2024 ends. Keep an eye on TechRadar for more details as and when they arrive.
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