DC Studios officially pulled back the curtain on its new Supergirl on December 11, 2025, releasing the first trailer for the upcoming movie and making one thing very clear: This is not your shiny, smiling superhero story! After a brief cameo in James Gunn’s Super Man, Milly Alcock’s Kara Zor El takes center stage in a trailer set to Blondie’s “Call Me.” The trailer opens with Kara alone on her birthday, blowing out a candle and saying that turning 23 should be better than this.
Director Craig Gillespie described the film as an anti-hero story, explaining that Kara enters the movie carrying heavy emotional weight and inner demons that sharply contrast Superman’s hopeful mindset. The trailer leans into that energy, sending Supergirl bouncing through intergalactic colonies with sketchy aliens and chaotic moments that might as well reference Guardians of the Galaxy. The trailer also gives a “blink-and-you-miss-it” glimpse into Jason Momoa as Lobo.
#Supergirl director Craig Gillespie calls Kara’s character arc “an anti-hero story” and teases that her inner turmoil will define the film:
“This is really an anti-hero story. She’s got a lot of baggage and a lot of demons coming into this, which is very different from where… pic.twitter.com/BGdj03AIri
— Variety (@Variety) December 11, 2025
“This is really an anti-hero story. She’s got a lot of baggage and a lot of demons coming into this, which is very different from where Superman is in his life.”
James Gunn says this version of Supergirl is intentionally imperfect and “punk” at heart, a stark contrast from the female superhero trope. Gillespie directs from a script by Ana Nogueira, inspired by the comic Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow. The movie will land in theaters on June 26, and it’s already shaping up to be an iconic spinoff ready to shake things up in its own way.
