Supergirl doesn’t arrive in theaters until June 26th, but Milly Alcock’s DCU superhero is already flying high in a new trailer that also stars her beloved dog Krypto from last year’s blockbuster Superman, and fan-favorite anti-hero Lobo (played with obvious revel by Jason Momoa, hot off his stint as the former DCEU’s Aquaman).
Milly Alcock stars in “Supergirl.”
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From director Craig Gillespie and a screenplay by Ana Nogueira, Supergirl continues DC Studio’s live-action relaunch of their superhero slate, leading into Clayface later this year and Man of Tomorrow next year.
This will mean three our of the first four live-action new DCU movies will feature the Super-family cast of characters and villains, centering the Kryptonians to make a powerful case that anyone pretending Superman or Supergirl aren’t relevant to modern audiences is seriously mistaken.
Supergirl – The Trailer
Before we dive deeper into how and why Supergirl looks to continue the audience re-embrace of DC superheroes, watch the new trailer below…
This trailer is the best thing we’ve seen for the film so far, putting all of the fun and epic space adventure, emotional heart, and eye-popping visual action on full display this time.
Milly Alcock seems to have dug deep to embrace this character and deliver a serious heartfelt performance full of angst and survivor’s guilt, revenge, and a need to belong and find purpose. That, more than the terrifically entertaining moments of humorous partying and catchy soundtrack we’ve seen previously, positions this as a much bigger summer blockbuster that resonates with viewers.
Especially important right off the bat is how much more of Krypto we get in this Supergirl trailer, because the dog and his relationship with his beloved [super]human friends was among the best parts of 2025’s Superman and helped turn that film into much more of a family film appealing to all ages.
Krypto’s own arc and importance to the plot of Supergirl seems to get as much emotional weight and attention as it deserves, which means we could see even more turnout for this latest film than Superman if word of mouth is positive.
Lobo is likewise the sort of fan-favorite who can add additional buzz and repeat business if those fans are happy with the character’s treatment on screen. Sony’s Venom franchise for example leaned heavily into its fanbase to deliver blockbuster box office. And Momoa has made no secret of his personal love of this character and desire to play him on camera.
Momoa’s DCEU connection via Aquaman might even help lure over some of the most otherwise reluctant fans of that former iteration of live-action DC. This being the 10th anniversary of Batman v Superman, and also the five-year anniversary of the long awaited and hard-fought release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, there could be some cross-promotional tie-ins via even simple splash-page anniversary “celebrations” for those two films on HBO Max for just one example, and even a rerelease of their trailers with updated text/voiceover about the anniversaries.
Those sorts of simple tie-in promos could drive traffic and attention to the older films, while serving to further promote Supergirl and the appearance of Momoa as Lobo (including a promotional video of Momoa in costume is another example of easy short steps that would probably resonate in the desired fanbase demographic here, too).
There’s also the 20-year anniversary of Superman: The Richard Donner Cut, for some additional easy promotional tie-in opportunities and connecting the modern Superman and Supergirl films to the legacy of the beloved and blockbuster original Richard Donner Superman films.
It’s important that Supergirl be another box office hit for the DCU, although the expectations and bar for success are probably still somewhere in the $600 million range currently. But I think the film will leap that bar in a single bound, as long as the final film is as good as this new trailer.
Because this reminds me of the original Guardians of the Galaxy situation, where the initial word of the film and teasers were good but still didn’t demonstrate this was something mainstream audiences wanted and were going to embrace. But once the full trailer arrived, from that moment on any talk of “who asked for this?” sounded like sour grapes.
So too does Supergirl now look like a big, bold, bright entry in a fresh superhero cinematic universe that offers us the same sort of wonder and “what if” promise, not to mention emotional stakes we can care about and plenty for audiences of all ages, we got from Marvel Studio’s original MCU Infinity Saga, and which everyone’s been chasing ever since. I think the DCU has hit upon the right combination and approach, and the right team of creatives, to bring that magic back to the big screen.
Of course, Marvel has their own efforts underway to reignite box office interest in their superheroes with back to back sequels Avengers: Doomsday this December and Avengers: Secret Wars the following Christmas season, with the return of the early cast who delivered those consistent one- to two-billion dollar outcomes in the MCU’s glory days. And before that comes Spider-Man: Brand New Day on July 31st this year.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be the first superhero challenger to Supergirl’s box office run, but there are additional competitors making this summer a tight race for theatergoers’ dollars. Minions arrives on July 1st, while the live-action Moana hits theaters July 10th. Then comes The Odyssey on July 17th, just to be sure all of the various audience demographics young and old are up for grabs.
Still, Supergirl has something most of those other films don’t have – newness. We’ve seen plenty of this Spider-Man, plenty of these Minions, and two Moana films (one just two years ago). Supergirl’s “S” might be familiar, but otherwise she’s a new character in a newly-launched world. And she brought her dog.
Supergirl’s 6-26-2026 release is the same forward and backward. Whether there’s anything meaningful to that in the film itself, who knows? But it makes it easy enough to remember, and this trailer is the sort that makes audiences who haven’t noticed yet finally sit up and take notice.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2026/03/31/watch-supergirl-fly-high-in-new-trailer-with-krypto-lobo-and-more/
