- Filming the DCU movie Supergirl: Tomorrow Woman is officially underway
- DC Studios co-head James Gunn has revealed the first image from the film’s set
- The Milly Alcock-starring Superhero Flick will release in July 2026
Principal photography has officially begun Supergirl: Tomorrow Woman -And to celebrate the occasion, DC Studios co-head James Gunn has released a new behind-the-scenes image from the film’s UK-based set.
Taking to Instagram yesterday (January 23), Gunn confirmed that filming was finally underway on the hotly anticipated DC Universe (DCU) movie. With cameras rolling on the Milly Alcock-fronted comic book film, Gunn shared a photo from the film’s set that looks very familiar to DC devotees.
Supergirl: Tomorrow Woman was one of many DCU projects announced by Gunn in January 2023. The film was initially revealed without a release date, and we had to wait until last May for Gunn to confirm that Supergirl’s next big-screen adventure would take flight in theaters on the 26th. June , 2026. This means it will be the second DCU film to arrive in theaters worldwide after Gunn’s Superman Movie to be released on July 11, 2025.
Plot details are thin on the ground for the first Supergirl movie in over 40 years. However, the superhero flick’s title is identical to Tom King and Bilquis Eveley’s eight-issue comic that ran from August 2021 to April 2022. The duo’s acclaimed literary works followed Kara as she embarked on a mission to help a young alien girl named Ruthye Marye Knoll – Avenge the man who killed her parents. Woman tomorrowThe film adaptation was supposed to largely tell the story depicted in its book-based namesake.
Alcock, who was named one of two Supergirl casting finalists last January before Gunn confirmed she had secured the coveted role, will join Melissa Benoit, Helen Slater and Sasha Calle, who have previously played the character in a live-action capacity. The Dragon House Star gets along with 3 body problem‘s Eve Ridley, who is set to play Ruthye. Jason Momoa, who portrayed Aquaman in the now-defunct DC Extended Universe (DCEU), will have a small role as fan-favorite Anti-Hero/villain Lobo. Krypto the Superdog who stole everyone’s hearts in the first trailer for Gunn’s Superman Movies last December, will also play.
What Does Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’s First Image Tell Us About the Movie?
Not much, really. If anything, it’s simply a behind-the-scenes shot of Alcock sitting with her back to the camera in a chair emblazoned with the Supergirl logo.
While it may seem like a nothingburger of an image, longtime DC comics fans will recognize the fictional location that Alcock sits in. As some fans pointed out in threads posted on the DCU Reddit and DCU Leaks Reddit pages, the set looks almost identical to the spacebar restaurant that Kara and Ruthye visit at one point in the comics.
Comment from r/dculeaks
Clearly, Gunn and Company are going all out to adapt Supergirl: Tomorrow Woman As close as possible, and it just makes me even more excited for the DCU Chapter One movie.
Supergirl: Tomorrow Woman‘s script has been written by Ana Nogueira (High city, We win) and will be directed by Craig Gillespie (Cruella, I, Tonya) So we know it’s in good hands too. Is it next June yet?
