{"id":416870,"date":"2025-09-11T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/416870\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T22:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:15:20","slug":"james-gunn-gives-supergirl-update-praises-milly-alcock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/416870\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Gives &#8216;Supergirl&#8217; Update, Praises Milly Alcock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/milly-alcock\/\">Milly Alcock<\/a> crashed <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-gunn\/\">James Gunn<\/a>\u2018s new <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dcu\/\">DCU<\/a> in a surprise appearance as Supergirl, he recently praised her performance as the Man of Steel\u2019s cousin Kara Zor-El.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dc-studios\/\">DC Studios<\/a> boss recently gave an update on Alcock\u2019s solo outing in the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/supergirl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supergirl<\/a> movie, while raving about her \u201cstunning\u201d performance after she was introduced at the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/superman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Superman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cSupergirl, the movie, we\u2019re editing it right now,\u201d revealed Gunn on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sternshow\/status\/1965915448467419327\">The Howard Stern Show<\/a>. \u201cMilly Alcock, who plays Supergirl, might be the best bit of casting I\u2019ve ever done in my entire life. I think she\u2019s absolutely stunning in the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/01\/james-gunn-first-look-milly-alcock-supergirl-kara-zor-el-filming-begins-1236265286\/\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/supergirl-james-gunn.jpg\" alt=\"'Supergirl' starts filming\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/04\/supergirl-craig-gillespie-1235875238\/\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Craig-Gillespie.jpg\" alt=\"Craig Gillespie and the Supergirl comic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn January, Gunn announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/01\/james-gunn-first-look-milly-alcock-supergirl-kara-zor-el-filming-begins-1236265286\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">production was underway<\/a> on Supergirl at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the U.K., with Craig Gillespie directing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBased on Tom King\u2019s 2022 comic book series Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which Bilquis Evely illustrated, Ana Nogueira adapted the comic book for the big screen. In the comic, Supergirl and young alien girl Knolle travel across the galaxy to hunt Krem of the Yellow Hill after he kills Knolle\u2019s father in cold blood. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Milly.jpg\" alt=\"James Gunn Shares New BTS Photo Of Milly Alcock As \u2018Supergirl\u2019s Kara Zor-El\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"577\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBehind-the-scenes photo Of Milly Alcock As \u2018Supergirl\u2019s Kara Zor-El<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Gunn Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEve Ridley (Three Body Problem) has been <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/10\/supergirl-eve-ridley-1236163825\/\">cast as Ruthye Mary Knolle<\/a>, and Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/09\/supergirl-matthias-schoenaerts-1236098221\/\">will play Krem<\/a>. Meanwhile, Jason Momoa has been <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/12\/jason-momoa-to-play-lobo-supergirl-woman-of-tomorrow-1236243776\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cast as villain Lobo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Milly Alcock crashed James Gunn\u2018s new DCU in a surprise appearance as Supergirl, he recently praised her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,92927,77,19919,100994,32018,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-416870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dcu","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-james-gunn","12":"tag-milly-alcock","13":"tag-supergirl","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115187975836190226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}