News culture This House of The Dragon leading lady will play Supergirl in the DCU films!
New twist in the DCU overhaul, orchestrated by duo James Gunn (former Guardians of the Galaxy director) and Peter Safran! As the two friends work on the foundations of the new DC Comics cinematic universe, the casting decisions for the various characters adopted by the tandem are officially announced. After Superman, Lois Lane and Lex Luthor, it’s Supergirl’s turn to show us her new face, that of one of the stars of House of the Dragon, spin-off of Game of Thrones!
The revival of the DC Comics universe in the cinema is becoming more and more concrete!
The month of December will have marked a turning point in the universe DC comics projected into dark rooms. In fact, the release of the second part of the adventures of Aquaman (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom) marked the end of the Snyderverse… and a new failure for superhero rival Marvel. even if he is doing better than some of his colleagues. Now the way is clear for the new boss DC Universe (DCU), namely James Gunn (former flagship director of the Marvel team), who is currently hard at work laying the groundwork for this new building: Superman legacy.
For this new impetus given to the legendary Superman by DC comics and in a broader sense DCU Brand new, The plaster is skinned ! Therefore, just like the character of Geralt of Rivia, Henry Cavill bows and leaves room for a young actor who still looks a lot like him. As the weeks went by, more names came up: for example, Rachel Brosnahan (Loïs Lane) and Nicholas Hoult (Lex Luthor). However, a big unknown remained in this regard DCU : the identity of the performer of Supergirl. Because yes, Clark Kent/Kal-El won’t be the only star in James Gunn’s DCU and Supergirl won’t just be a simple cameo – A scourge that the director now wants to fight against – in one of the films of this new cinematic universe.
James Gunn gives you wings: The young star of “House of the Dragon” no longer needs a kite to fly
At the moment we don’t know if Supergirl will actually join the cast of Superman legacy or whether his very first appearance will be in his own film, viz Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. In any case, and even though this feature film does not yet have a permanent director and the script that was started in November has not yet been finalized, James Gunn and Peter Safran already wanted to complete the Supergirl file by finding the actress who will give her features. After many weeks of thought and discussion with the participating artists, we now have the name of the lucky lady, and her face is very familiar indeed!
For Milly Alcock, a young actress of almost 24 years, her career is experiencing a meteoric rise. After the dragons of the universe game of Thrones, the one who played Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in five episodes of the series House of the Dragon will transform into a superhero ! Although we already had the right to different versions of the feature film “Kara Zor-el”, as her real name is Supergirl under the supervision of James Gunn should provide a face” Much harder “to the female counterpart to Superman and will not be” exactly the superhero we are used to ».
