The movie isn't arriving until late June of 2026, but we have our first trailer for the upcoming movie, Supergirl.
For comics readers, we're going to recognize this is a loose adaptation of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely. It's a pastiche on revisionist westerns, especially True Grit. So she comes by the duster thematically and honestly.
Yes, this is a different Supergirl that Helen Slater or Melissa Benoist. And I shock myself to say this - but that's okay. I adore Silver Age Supergirl, and Bronze Age Supergirl, but Supergirl, with her story, was in need of a serious overhaul, which I think she got locked in via comics scribe Sterling Gates several years ago now.
The basic idea is - she's not Superman. He was an infant foundling, she was a survivor of a catastrophe she saw first hand. She is walking trauma. Ma and Pa taught Clark to be kind and love everyone, Kara learned the world will literally explode beneath you. Anyone who thought Superman was a bit too sunshine-y now has their flip side of the coin.
Milly Alcock seems a solid choice for this Kara from her appearance to her spirit, and I think The Youths will like Alcock and her Kara Zor-El. I've seen nothing that makes me anything less enthused about her as the choice.
Here's that trailer:
A lot of nerds are going to run to their webcams to tell you what to think - be excited! Be mad! Wimmin scare me! Best movie EVAH! - but I hope to God that's not what I'm doing.
Frankly, I don't get excited about trailers anymore, but I am happy that it doesn't look like a disaster! That's pretty nice. I like what I've seen by the same director, and the original book is solid as heck. And, so far, I like what I'm seeing. It's not like I won't see it opening weekend. But I also don't know. I've seen many trailers for movies that were quite bad.
DC hasn't really adapted direct storylines before - they pull primo parts from the overall history and whatnot (Superman was such a mish-mash of inspirations, it took several posts to just start to get through it), but they don't do a straight take on any particular runs. But now they are. With what I am sure will be wild deviations from the comic, while keeping the core intact.
My greatest concern is that the rush to give Kara edge will be a little silly. The comic totally managed to avoid any cringe by showing Kara though Ruthye's eyes, and also not making her "cool". She just was what she was. But movies need to convince a skeptical youth audience that superheroes can be cool (what a horseshoe turn this took since 2019. I'm 26 all over again for all new reasons.), so you get a Supergirl who may have a hint of Poochie-ness.
My suspicion is that's the marketing department but we'll see.
Here's hoping for a good time at the movies this June.
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