Supergirl
Based on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King & Bilquis Evely
Superhero
DCU Chapter One
Comic Adaptation
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Director: Craig Gillespie
Screenplay: Ana Nogueira
Studio: DC Studios / Warner Bros. Pictures
Producers: James Gunn & Peter Safran
Release Date: June 26, 2026
The Cast
Milly AlcockKara Zor-El / SupergirlLead
Eve RidleyRuthye Marye KnollCast
Matthias SchoenaertsKrem of the Yellow HillsCast
David CorenswetSupermanCast
Jason MomoaLoboCameo
What the Critics Are Saying
The critical consensus is genuinely split — but one thing almost everyone agrees on is Milly Alcock. The Hollywood Reporter called it "True Grit meets John Wick meets Mad Max" while noting the emotional depth doesn't match the ambition. Variety called the plot "numbingly flat." Roger Ebert's site gave it one and a half stars, calling it a "shallow blockbuster that never takes flight." On the other side, Rolling Stone praised it for going deep where other superhero films play it safe, IndieWire called it genuinely interested in asking big questions, and The Guardian said "there are moments when you'll believe this franchise can fly." Empire put it simply: "Milly Alcock's hungover hero is delightful, even if the film never truly cuts loose." That last line is probably the fairest summary available.
Our Take
Tom King and Bilquis Evely's Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is one of the best superhero comics of the last decade — a genuinely literary work about trauma, justice, and what heroism looks like when it comes without optimism. The film captures some of that, and Milly Alcock is doing something genuinely interesting with a Kara who grew up watching everyone around her die on a drifting chunk of dead Krypton, hardened and jaded in ways her cousin never had to be. The problem is the film around her: a pedestrian revenge narrative that doesn't trust the source material enough to let its more unusual ideas breathe. Craig Gillespie made I, Tonya and Cruella — films about complex, rule-breaking women — which makes the failure to fully realize Kara and Ruthye's relationship all the more frustrating. Worth seeing for Alcock. Read the comic regardless.
