Supergirl opens in US cinemas on 26 June 2026, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
It is the second theatrical release in James Gunn and Peter Safran's rebooted DC Universe, following Superman, which arrived in July 2025. Craig Gillespie directs from a script by Ana Nogueira, with Gunn serving as producer rather than director this time.
Milly Alcock plays Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, in her first lead film role after breakout supporting work on House of the Dragon. The screenplay adapts Tom King and Bilquis Evely's 2021-22 comic miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, sending Kara across the galaxy on a revenge mission accompanied by a young warrior and her super-powered dog, Krypto. Matthias Schoenaerts plays the villain Krem, with David Corenswet reprising Superman and Jason Momoa appearing as the bounty hunter Lobo.
The draw here is the tonal swing: early trade reactions describe a dystopian, road-movie register with Mad Max-inflected violence, a marked departure from the brighter Superman that opened the DCU. Adapting King and Evely's miniseries also means Supergirl skips the character's familiar Silver Age origin story entirely, starting instead from an older, weary, more morally compromised Kara on a revenge quest.
Confirmed: the June 26 theatrical date, Alcock's casting as Kara, Gillespie's direction, Nogueira's script, the Woman of Tomorrow source material, and supporting turns from Corenswet and Momoa. Unconfirmed at the time of writing: the final runtime and how explicitly the film sets up future DCU installments.
