Milly Alcock, Emilia Jones, More Competing to Play Supergirl: Report

James Gunn is reportedly attempting to find a Supergirl, who would seem in his revised DC Universe continuity. As per Deadline, the filmmaker and co-CEO of DC Studios is about to screentest three actresses for the function — Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon), Emilia Jones (CODA), and Meg Donnelly (Zombies); the final of them beforehand voiced Supergirl within the animated Legion of Super-Heroes movie. The checks are scheduled to happen throughout the ‘subsequent month or so’, with the character first making a cameo look in a DC challenge earlier than taking centre stage within the standalone Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow movie.

DC Studios co-chairs Gunn and Peter Safran first introduced Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow in early 2023, when detailing how their revamped DC Universe chapter ‘Gods and Monsters’ would run for the following 8-10 years, connecting storylines throughout films, TV reveals, animation, and video video games. Drawing from writer Tom King’s model, the movie will current a jaded model of Kara Zor-El, who grew up on a floating chunk of planet Krypton and watched individuals round her die in devastating methods for 14 straight years, earlier than coming to Earth. “She’s much more hardcore. She’s not exactly the Supergirl we’re used to seeing,” Gunn described on the time. However, her cousin Clark Kent/ Kal-el arrived when he was simply an toddler and was raised by loving mother and father, finally turning into a logo of hope for Metropolis.

For now, there isn’t a phrase on who’s directing Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, although the group has reportedly fixated on actress-playwright Ana Nogueira to pen the script. Interestingly, the scribe was initially employed to write a script for a Supergirl spin-off film that will tie into The Flash movie and add to the now-defunct DC Extended universe with Sasha Calle enjoying the lead. However, these plans received cancelled when Gunn and Safran got here on board to chart a wholly new course for the franchise, which included the aforementioned standalone DC Universe film — reducing all ties with current characters and tales. Having appreciated Nogueira’s work on the axed Supergirl challenge, the executives ‘quietly’ introduced her again to work on the brand new movie.

Meanwhile, Gunn is getting ready to movie Superman: Legacy, the primary live-action challenge of DCU, in the course of the American Spring season. It’s slated to launch July 11, 2025, and stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent/ Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicolas Hoult as Lex Luthor. Other key future tasks embrace an Arkham Asylum sequence, a Creature Commandos animated present, Booster Gold, a restricted sequence primarily based on Amanda Waller, and extra.

Currently, there isn’t a launch window for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.