James Gunn and Peter Safran are currently building out a new DC Cinematic Universe, which will kick off in earnest with a new Superman movie, directed by Gunn, this July. (Technically, the first "official" entry in the new DCU was the surprisingly good Max series Creature Commandos, which wrapped up last week.) The Superman movie will costar House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock (Young Rhaenyra Targaryen) as Supergirl, who will then get her own solo feature.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which is based on Tom King's comic book of the same name, is scheduled to hit theaters on June 26, 2026. According to Screen Daily, it's not begun filming at Leavesden Studios in England. Leavesden Studios is also where a lot of House of the Dragon is filmed, so maybe Alcock will be able to hang out with some of her old castmates when the third season of that show starts shooting soon.
Alcock isn't the only veteran of the Game of Thrones universe. Jason Momoa, who played the intimidating Khal Drogo on HBO's fantasy megahit, will play Lobo, a space bounty hunter with a wild, give-no-f**ks attitude. It's the role Momoa was born to play.
Interestingly, Drogo previously played Aquaman in the old DC Cinematic Universe, the one started by Zack Snyder with his 2013 film Man of Steel. But again, this is a whole new DCU. Will that prove confusing for audiences? We'll find out in 2026.
The whole endeavor from Gunn and Safran is risky, but Warner Bros. Discovery figured it had little choice but to scrap the DC universe they had built and start again after their films kept producing diminishing returns. So far, response to the first Superman trailer has been very positive, so things are at least off to a good start. But a trailer is a trailer and the movie is the movie, so we'll see.
Supergirl won't be directed by Gunn, but rather Craig Gillespie, working off a script from Ana Nogueira. If this new cinematic universe is going to work, different directors must be able to put their stamp on individual projects without any one of them going so far afield of the central vision that it feels weird. It's a delicate balancing act that Marvel managed to do for a straight decade, although they've had less luck in recent years. The old DC Cinematic Universe didn't last nearly as long. How will this new one fare?
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