Supergirl Film Star Reveals The DCU Film Will Deal with Superman’s Controversial Retcon

The Supergirl film would be the subsequent movie in James Gunn’s DC Universe, following Milly Alcock’s debut in David Corenswet’s 2025 installment. The DCU’s Chapter 1: “Gods and Monsters” is losing no time getting its Kryptonian icons up and working, as Kara Zor-El may have the highlight subsequent yr.

In an interview with @Nerdtropolis, David Krumholtz, who’s enjoying Kara’s father, Zor-El, in Supergirl, elaborated on how the 2026 entry will honor the Lady of Tomorrow ebook that the movie relies on. He started by stating, “It’s very true to the graphic novel that it’s primarily based on, Lady of Tomorrow, very true, which is nice. Plus Lobo, which I can say, all people is aware of that Jason Momoa is enjoying Lobo in it. So it is that comedian plus Lobo.”

Whereas he could not say a lot, Krumholtz added, “I’ll simply say that I’m thrilled to be the subsequent piece of telling the story of Krypton and additional clarifying what the Home of El is all about.” One other Kryptonian who might be featured within the movie is Emily Beecham, who has been tapped to play Kara’s mom, Alura In-Ze.

Within the Superman film, it was revealed by way of an enormous twist with Jor-El and Lara that that they had despatched Kal-El to Earth with a purpose to rule and make the planet the subsequent Krypton, following Lex Luthor’s publicity of their message to the world. With Zor-El being Jor-El’s brother, Supergirl could also be utilizing him, Alura, and Kara to additional set up the DCU’s Home of El historical past.

Craig Gillespie directed the superhero installment primarily based on a script by Ana Nogueira, who tailored Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow from Tom King and Bilquis Evely, which turned certainly one of DC Comics’ most well-received miniseries. This would be the heroine’s first solo movie since 1984, when Helen Slater introduced her to the massive display screen.

The Supergirl film forged may even characteristic key gamers from the unique comedian, with Matthias Schoenaerts as Krem of the Yellow Hills and Eve Ridley as Ruthye Marye Knoll. Alcock’s DCU installment will not be the one outing from DC Studios in 2026, as Clayface might be launched on September 11.

Supergirl will arrive in theaters on June 26, 2026.