New ‘Supergirl’ Footage Has Arrived via ODEON Cinemas and Milly Alcock Is Ready to Prove She’s No Sidekick

With just days to go before Kara Zor-El makes her long-awaited solo debut on the big screen, the promotional push for ‘Supergirl’ has reached a fever pitch. DC Studios and Warner Bros. have been steadily building anticipation for the Girl of Steel’s first standalone film in decades, and now fresh footage has arrived through an unlikely but enthusiastic partner in ODEON Cinemas, giving audiences yet another look at what Milly Alcock is bringing to the role.

ODEON has leaned hard into the partnership, positioning itself as the premier destination for the film, and the new featurette dropped through the cinema chain offers a close-up glimpse of Alcock fully inhabiting the suit across multiple filming locations.

The footage captures a grittier, more kinetic energy than fans might expect from a typical superhero origin story, and the overall tone reinforces something the creative team has been saying for months.

The featurette makes clear that ‘Supergirl’ is not interested in playing it safe or positioning Kara as a footnote to her cousin’s legacy. James Gunn, who serves as DC Studios co-CEO and producer on the film, said in the featurette that “Supergirl was raised on a chunk of a disintegrated planet, people were dying all around her, she’s not Superman and she’s definitely not Clark Kent,” while director Craig Gillespie added, “Milly is absolutely killing it. She’s really inhabited this character in the best way. I couldn’t imagine anybody else in this role.”

If there is one message Alcock has been consistent about throughout the press campaign, it is the importance of walking into this film without preconceptions. Speaking to ODEON directly, Alcock said, “I think people are expecting a sidekick film to Superman, like, she’s kind of in the periphery of his film. But what they’re actually gonna get is a really kick-ass Supergirl.” It is a sentiment that speaks to both the character’s emotional stakes and the ambition behind the project as a whole.

Alcock also described the character’s driving force in the featurette, saying, “Supergirl’s fueled by this pain, fueled by this hurt,” while Jason Momoa, who plays Lobo in the film, added his own memorable verdict on his co-star’s performance: “She’s not afraid to punch everyone in the face.” For a film that has positioned itself as a cosmic road trip wrapped around themes of grief and identity, that combination of raw emotion and physical ferocity says a great deal about what director Craig Gillespie has been constructing.

The source material underpinning ‘Supergirl’ is one of the most celebrated comic runs in recent memory. The film is adapted from a 2022 comic book series by Tom King and Bilquis Evely, following Kara Zor-El as she travels through the cosmos with Krypto the Superdog, encountering an alien girl named Ruthye who is bent on revenge for the death of her father and recruits Supergirl to help her. The film has clearly taken creative liberties with that source material, but the emotional spine of the story appears intact.

Gunn has attributed the decision to make ‘Supergirl’ the second film in the new DCU directly to the quality of Ana Nogueira’s script, saying, “The reason is because the script by Ana Nogueira was the best script I’d read in a long time. And at the end of the day, everything we do at DC is story driven.” That kind of unambiguous praise from the person steering the entire DC slate carries real weight, particularly for a property that could so easily have been treated as secondary.

Before a single frame was shot, Gunn made his feelings about Alcock’s suitability for the role abundantly clear. Appearing on The Howard Stern Show in September 2025, Gunn described Alcock’s performance as “absolutely stunning” and went further, saying she “might be the best bit of casting I think I’ve ever done in my entire life.” Those are not words a filmmaker throws around lightly, and early footage has only reinforced the confidence behind that declaration.

The film’s ensemble cast includes Matthias Schoenaerts as the villain Krem of the Yellow Hills, Eve Ridley as Ruthye Mary Knolle, David Krumholtz and Emily Beecham as Kara’s parents Zor-El and Alura, and Jason Momoa as the unpredictable Lobo, with each addition suggesting a film with real texture and range beyond its central hero.

‘Supergirl’ opens in theaters and IMAX on June 26, and the ODEON featurette is just the latest sign that DC Studios is taking absolutely nothing for granted in its final promotional sprint.

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