DC Studios’ Supergirl movie, which appears to be the next installment in the rebooted universe after James Gunn’s Superman, is progressing quickly, and now we’ve learned that Me, Tonya, and Cruella director K. Reg Gillespie will direct the long-awaited film. adapt.
Deadline dropped the news on April 3, saying the director was in advanced talks with the studio to direct the Anna Nogueira-written big-screen debut of the character, who will be joined by House of the Dragon‘s Millie Played by Alcock.
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The film is reportedly based on Tom King’s Supergirl: The Girl of Tomorrow (2021) comic series, which shows Kara Zor-El’s “revenge on the bad guys who destroyed her world.” According to Gunn, who leads all film and television efforts for both Warner and DC, the Supergirl will be “more hardcore; she’s not quite the Supergirl we’re used to seeing.”
Take a look at the DC Studios film lineup for Chapter One (a phase similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe), which includes Superman, Supergirl, The Authority, Swamp Thing, Teen Titans, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold , it seems logical that Supergirl would go to a female filmmaker to give it a real perspective following Nogueira’s recently submitted (and seemingly noteworthy) script of. But based on past Washington picks, that might be a mistake on our end. Regardless, Gillespie is definitely not a bad choice to captain this ship as he has great style and made a stunning film in I, Tonya starring Margot Robbie A mockumentary biopic that centers on women and helps elevate Cruella’s rather middling script.
It sounds like both Warner executives and Gunn are happy with the current version of Nogueira’s script, as Deadline also reports that current “DC plans to shoot the film in the fourth quarter after wrapping James Gunn’s Superman.” Unless plans change, the David Corronthwaite-led reboot will hit theaters on July 11, 2025.
In case you haven’t noticed, this new DC Universe isn’t tied in any way to Matt Reeves’ The Batman and its sequels and spinoffs, nor to Todd Phillips’ Joker movie Together, these films are what Gunn defines as “other worlds.”
