SUPERGIRL CinemaCon Preview Delivers Action, Attitude, and Cosmic Chaos
DC rolled into CinemaCon with a fresh look at Supergirl, and the footage gave fans a solid taste of just how intense, chaotic, and fun this new take on Kara Zor-El is going to be. Milly Alcock steps into the role with a version of Supergirl that feels scrappier, tougher, and a bit more unpredictable than what we’ve seen before.
The preview leans heavily into the tone of the Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comics, tossing Kara into a strange, grimy corner of the cosmos.
In the footage, she’s riding what’s basically a sketchy alien bus packed with bizarre passengers, including one guy casually smoking through his entire face. Kara, clearly over it, offers him gum and asks him to stop. It doesn’t work. Meanwhile, another passenger is passed out on her shoulder.
Things shift when she notices Ruthye Marye Knoll, played by Eve Ridley, getting harassed by a larger alien. Kara steps in, speaking the creature’s harsh, screeching language to shut it down. She later explains, “You put a bag near her feet, which is basically calling her mother a whore.”
Ruthye reveals she’s hunting a villain named Krem, someone Kara already refused to help track down. Before that conversation can go anywhere, pirates hijack the transport. They deploy spider-like robots that scan passengers for valuables and zap anyone who resists. Kara lets them take her watch and even Ruthye’s sword, hinting she’s got a plan… sort of.
That plan kicks off when Kara reveals she swiped one of the pirates’ teleportation devices. What follows is a chaotic, fast-moving fight where she blinks in and out of space, battling across the transport. It’s messy, and she’s clearly not at full strength. When she realizes they’re near a yellow sun, everything changes.
After getting blasted out of an airlock, Kara drifts toward the yellow sunlight, recharging. That’s when the real Supergirl shows up.
She rockets back into the fight, tearing through the pirates’ robots. Even when their ship hits her with a massive laser, she uses the debris field to get closer to the sun and power up again. The next attack doesn’t go their way. Kara fires back with heat vision, crippling their engines while the stunned passengers watch.
It’s a fun, comic-inspired sequence packed with wild ideas, though it doesn’t fully hit the visual punch some fans might expect just yet. Still, it sets the stage for something bigger.
Director Craig Gillespie made it clear that Alcock didn’t take the role lightly. She learned five different fictional languages for the part and even performed emotional scenes in Kryptonian. On top of that, she trained every single day before filming. “It was so much fun,” Alcock enthused.
Meanwhile, DC Studios co-head James Gunn has already described the film as “much more hardcore” than past versions of the character.
This story follows Kara as she travels across space with Krypto the Superdog, trying to carve out her own identity separate from Superman while helping Ruthye pursue justice.
The cast also includes Matthias Schoenaerts, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, and Jason Momoa as Lobo. Momoa, who previously played Aquaman, joked about a possible crossover, saying if his two characters ever met, they wouldn’t fight, they’d just knock back a “few hundred beers.” DC’s Peter Safran fired back with, “Coming to a theater near you in 2031, ‘The Aquaman Lobo Movie.’”
Supergirl lands in theaters on June 26 and marks the second chapter in DC’s new cinematic universe following Superman, starring David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan. Whether this cosmic adventure fully sticks the landing remains to be seen, but one thing is clear, it’s going to be a fun ride.
