Supergirl Is 'Woman of Tomorrow Plus Lobo,' and Will Further Clarify 'What the House of El Is All About,' Zor-El Actor Teases

We don’t cognize overmuch astir the adjacent DC Universe movie, Supergirl, but 1 of its actors has discussed successful vague presumption what it’s aiming to achieve, and teased that it volition clarify the House of El concern this year’s Superman acceptable up.

Warning! Spoilers for Superman follow:

DCU kickstarter Superman switches up the established Superman root communicative to contiguous his parents, Jor-El and Lara, arsenic villains of a sort. As Superman learns implicit the people of the events of the movie, his parents had sent him to Earth not to support humanity, but to regularisation implicit it — a revelation that sends Kal-El spiraling for a time.

Some Superman fans were truthful shocked by this twist connected the characters' motivations that they person speculated that DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn plans to either retcon this crippled point, oregon yet amusement the connection upon which it is based to beryllium fake oregon misleading. Gunn has denied this.

Supergirl, however, promises to proceed the House of El subplot erstwhile it launches June 26, 2026. It volition spot Milly Alcock’s Kara Zor-El, caller from her drunken cameo astatine the extremity of Superman, observe her 21st day by traveling crossed the postulation with her dog, Krypto. We cognize Lobo is successful the movie, played by Jason Momoa. But we cognize small else.

David Krumholtz (Bernard successful The Santa Clause franchise), plays Zor-El, Supergirl's father, and successful a caller interrogation with Nerdtropolis helium was of people asked if helium could accidental thing astir the movie. Responding, Krumholtz kept his cards adjacent to his chest, but teased a mates of things: Supergirl volition intimately travel the Woman of Tomorrow comic book, and it volition enactment arsenic the “next portion of telling the communicative of Krypton, and benignant of further clarifying what the House of El is each about.”

“It’s precise existent to the graphic caller that it’s based on, Woman of Tomorrow,” Krumholtz said. “Very true, which is great. Plus Lobo, which I tin say. Everybody knows that Jason Momoa is playing Lobo successful it. So it’s that comic positive Lobo. What other tin I say? I can’t accidental much, man.

“I’ll conscionable accidental that I’m thrilled to beryllium benignant of the adjacent portion of telling the communicative of Krypton, and benignant of further clarifying what the House of El is each about.”

Let’s commencement with Woman of Tomorrow. Supergirl the movie is based connected Tom King and Bilquis Evely's comic, which features a precise antithetic Supergirl than audiences are possibly accustomed to. In July, Gunn said the DC Universe mentation of Supergirl is “a full mess.

As revealed successful Superman, Supergirl got drunk connected a satellite bathed successful the airy of a reddish prima (it’s intolerable for Superman oregon immoderate Kryptonian to get drunk connected Earth owed to the empowering effects of our yellowish sun). But beyond this, intelligibly Supergirl is suffering from intelligence wellness issues that are driving her to drink, the effect of a precise antithetic upbringing compared to her cousin’s.

“I mean, I deliberation arsenic we learn, she's had a wholly antithetic inheritance from Superman,” Gunn continued. “A overmuch much hard background. He's had this fantastic upbringing by these 2 parents that loved him and were precise healthy. And her inheritance was overmuch antithetic than that. And she's ended up antithetic than her cousin.”

“In our story, we person Superman who was sent to Earth and raised by incredibly loving parents,” Gunn has explained. “Kara was connected Krypton. She was connected a portion of Krypton that drifted distant from the satellite and she lived determination for the archetypal 14 years of her beingness successful a horrible concern wherever she watched everyone astir her die. So, she’s a overmuch harsher and much f*cked up Supergirl than you’ve been utilized to frankincense far.”

Recently, Gunn has called Supergirl a “space fantasy” — and said it volition person a antithetic code than Superman. It’s much similar Gunn’s ain Guardians of the Galaxy, he’s said. For more, cheque retired IGN’s article, Superman Introduces the Girl of Steel: Here's Why This Version of Supergirl Is So Different.

But we should besides speech astir Krumholtz’s comments astir the House of El. Perhaps we’ll get further penetration into wherefore Superman’s parents did what they did, oregon possibly adjacent immoderate revelations astir the destiny of Krypton itself. Will David Corenswet reprise his relation arsenic Superman for a cameo successful Supergirl? Certainly a conflict with Lobo sounds similar a batch of fun.

Supergirl isn’t the lone DCU movie retired adjacent year. Fans besides person Clayface to look guardant to, arsenic good arsenic HBO Max TV amusement Lanterns. Then, moving into 2027, we person Superman follow-up Man of Tomorrow.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].