The First Trailer for ‘Supergirl’ Welcomes Superman’s Mighty Mess of a Cousin

The primary trailer for Supergirl is a rollicking highway journey blast, giving us a glimpse of Kara’s quarter-life disaster throughout house with Krypto in tow.

A Blondie needle drop smash-cuts right into a scene displaying us what Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) has been as much as since we final noticed her in Superman. The cool music selection from director Craig Gillespie emphasizes that Kara is not her cousin Clark. There are not any rousing instrumentals right here setting the stage for a hero; that is pure get together, on-a-bender vitality. For a enjoyable time raging throughout the celebrities, Kara is who you name.

The film relies on DC Comics’ Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and from what we’ve seen, Alcock (Home of the Dragon) brings a refreshing tackle the character. Supergirl isn’t spic and span like Superman; she’s messy—a 23-year-old Kryptonian dissociating from the trauma of watching her residence planet, folks, and oldsters die.

It’s not till she finds one other galactic displaced lady that she’s reminded of issues she won’t need to face, however as destiny would have it, it’s time for her to sober up and face actuality. “He sees the nice in everybody, and I see the reality,” she says, stopping any Superman comparisons of their tracks.

We’re excited for Gillespie’s imaginative and prescient as followers of his work with Emma Stone in Cruella and Margot Robbie in I, Tonya, each movies about imperfect folks you may’t assist however root for. Gillespie has a aptitude for letting female-fronted tales take heart stage, enhanced by his stylistic selections.

That shot of Kara reaching out for Krypto—seeing herself mirrored in her greatest good friend’s eyes in what may very well be his final moments—offers me a lot “does the canine die?” nervousness, so thanks, DC Studios, for placing that shot in there. Fortunately, the trailer additionally exhibits us Kara kicking some critical ass when she takes up the Supergirl mantle.

We’re prepared for Kara and Krypto’s house odyssey, and summer season can’t come quickly sufficient! Supergirl will hit theaters June 26, 2026.

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