Earlier this year a report suggested the upcoming DC Studios film Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow may drop its subtitle, so it should come as no surprise then that DC Studios co-head James Gunn has now confirmed that will indeed be the case, rebranding the film simply as Supergirl.
A similar change was made for Gunn’s Superman, which was originally announced as Superman: Legacy before dropping the subtitle from the name. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gunn revealed the same would also happen for Supergirl and explained his reasons why, relating it back to the same thought process for Superman as he and the DC Studios team did what he calls a “premortem.”
“A premortem is you get together with your group that’s doing the project,” explained Gunn. “It’s usually about a couple months before shooting, and you go, hypothetically, ‘If it’s an epic disaster, what are the things that we’re doing today that are going to cause it to be an epic disaster? Everyone here can speak freely.’ The things you find on other productions are the things that people are whispering. ‘Oh, God, I don’t know why they cast that actor — he doesn’t fit the role.’ Or, ‘The production designer’s never on time.'”
“One of the things I brought up was, it was called Superman: Legacy. Even though I was the one that gave it that title, I just wasn’t sure. First of all, I’m sick of the superhero title, colon, other-name thing. And then also it seemed to be looking back when we’re looking forward, even though it does have to do with legacy in the movie itself. And everybody was like, ‘Oh, yeah, no, change it.'”
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Supergirl is based on the graphic novel Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow written by Tom King and illustrated by Bilquis Evely which follows Supergirl on a cosmic journey as she meets Ruthye Mary Knolle, a young girl whose father had recently been murdered and has begun a quest to avenge his death. Together they set out chasing the villainous Krem of the Yellow Hills, the man who killed Ruthye’s father, across the galaxy in their attempts to bring him to justice and save other innocents.
Craig Gillespie (Cruella) is directing Supergirl from a script by Ana Nogueira. The film stars Milly Alcock as Supergirl/Kara Zor-El, with Matthias Schoenaerts as the villain Krem of the Yellow Hill, Eve Ridley as Ruthye Mary Knolle, Jason Momoa as Lobo, Alice Hewkin as a Sklarian Raider and David Krumholtz and Emily Beecham as the parents of Kara Zor-El.
Supergirl is set for release on June 26th 2026.
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