The Supergirl film arrives in cinemas next June — meantime we have a teaser trailer to watch. Whatever.

It’s been a good few years since we first mentioned the idea of a Supergirl film (back in 2018 in fact). Now, with the DCU reorganised, we know it will hit cinemas next June 26. Depending then on who actually owns Warner Bros (see here), it will arrive on a streaming platform at some stage. It may be just over six months away, but to help tide us over we have the official teaser trailer.

What is the Supergirl film about and who stars

There’s a handy summary in the DC press release:

It’s been over forty years since Kara Zor-El took her first and only flight on the big screen, but that’s about to change. Next summer will see the release of Supergirl, the second film in the new DC Universe after this year’s Superman (in which the Maid of Might — as played by House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock—made a cameo). Supergirl, based on the 2021 eight-issue Tom King and Bilquis Evely limited series Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, is due in theaters on June 26, 2026 and is directed by Craig Gillespie (who helmed I, Tonya and Cruella) with a script by Ana Nogueira.

You get a sense of the tone of the film from the poster:

The film is adapted from the comic books, but doesn’t slavishly follow. For example: the film finds Kara celebrating her birthday with Krypto on a planet with a red sun (where, as stated in Superman, her powers don’t work, allowing her to get drunk). She then meets young Ruthye Marye Knoll, a farmer’s daughter who, in King and Evely’s 2022 Eisner Award-winning comic, seeks justice for her father’s murder. Unlike the TV series (still available on ITVX), this Kara has no desire at all to be a hero. We’ll see how that works out. Here’s the teaser trailer: