First, the Man of Steel, then the Girl of Steel — it seems even superheroes aren’t immune to retitled character stories in the DC Universe. Following the name change of Superman: Legacy to Superman, DC Studios co-head James Gunn has confirmed that Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is now called Supergirl.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, the filmmaker explained that the reason comes from getting tired of the naming convention for movies in the genre, comprising “the superhero title, colon, [and] other-name thing”.
“I think it’s just called Supergirl,” Gunn said. “I’m always cutting. Legacy was really – we do something called a premortem. A premortem is you get together with your group that’s doing the project. 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.'”
“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.'”
The initial title has its roots in the first issue of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, written by Tom King and illustrated by Bilquis Evely. While story specifics about the film remain scarce, the graphic novel follows a young alien girl, Ruthye Marye Knoll, who enlists Supergirl’s help to avenge her father’s murder by the villain Krem of the Yellow Hills.
House of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock leads the cast as the titular superheroine, with Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone) and Eve Ridley (3 Body Problem) playing Kren and Ruthye, respectively. David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer) and Emily Beecham (Hail, Caesar!) will portray Kara’s Kryptonian parents, Zor-El and Alura, while Aquaman star Jason Momoa is set to return as anti-hero Lobo.
Craig Gillespie of Cruella and I, Tonya fame is directing the project, which began production back in January. It will be the second entry in Gunn and Peter Safran’s rebooted DC Universe following Superman and is slated for release on 26 June 2026.
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