James Gunn’s Superman will kick of the movie aspect of the DC Universe franchise this summer time on the 2025 motion pictures schedule, then subsequent 12 months will come Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow, specializing in the Man of Metal’s Kryptonian cousin. Home of the Dragon’s Milly Alcock will carry Kara Zor-El to life on this shared continuity, and new casting data for the character’s upcoming DC film. Nevertheless, now I’ve an necessary query relating to the DCU dealing with the Superman mythology: are we going to see Krypton explored in any respect on this franchise?
Let’s get the brand new castings out of the way in which first. Oppenheimer’s David Krumholtz and Into the Badlands’ Emily Beecham have been added to the Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow solid. They’ll be a part of Eve Ridley and Matthias Schoenaerts, who’re respectively taking part in Ruthye Marye Knoll and Krem of the Yellow Hills. Moreover, Jason Momoa is predicted to cameo as Lobo, and Krypto the Tremendous-Canine can even seem following his debut in Superman.
What wasn’t clarified by THR is whether or not Krumtholtz and Beecham are taking part in Kara Zor-El’s Kryptonian mother and father, Zor-El and Alura In-Ze, or her adoptive Earth mother and father, Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers. For now, I’m betting it’ll be the latter couple. With Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow going down within the current, the one approach Zor-El and Alura In-Ze might seem is both by means of flashbacks, goals/visions or holographic representations. That’s undoubtedly not unlikely to occur, however contemplating that Lady of Tomorrow begins with Kara celebrating her twenty first birthday, I’m extra inclined to assume that Krumtholtz and Beecham are taking part in Jeremiah and Eliza. They might clearly be current for these festivities earlier than Kara heads off to her journey in area.
So let’s assume I’m proper about this. That will imply that, for now not less than, Zor-El and Alura In-Ze aren’t showing in Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow. Let’s additionally not overlook that Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell are respectively taking part in Jonathan and Martha Kent, Clark Kent’s adoptive mother and father, in Superman, however there’s been no phrase his Kryptonian mother and father, Jor-El and Lara, displaying up. James Gunn, who’s additionally operating DC Studios with Peter Safran, has additionally mentioned he received’t retell Superman and Batman origin tales within the DCU, so perhaps that can even be the case with Supergirl.
I don’t essentially thoughts this, each as a longtime DC fan who’s properly conscious of Kara’s previous, and as somebody who, frankly, doesn’t need an excessive amount of beneficial display time in Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow devoted to chronicling the circumstances that. That being mentioned, it’s unusual to me that the DCU wouldn’t discover Kryptonian tradition by means of, so far as we all know, the planet’s solely two survivors. I’m not saying we have to see Krypton explode and watch Kal-El and Kara Zor-El be launched off of their rockets, however I do hope the DCU does not less than present some glimpses into what life on Krypton was like. Going a step additional, perhaps we might see how sure actions taken by Kryptonians like Joe-El and Zor-El are having ramifications within the current day… you understand, apart from sending their youngsters to Earth.
My query might be answered, not less than partially, when Superman comes out on July 11, 2025, and Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow will comply with on June 26, 2026. Moreover, following Creature Commandos concluding its first season earlier this month, subsequent up on the upcoming DC TV reveals slate is Peacemaker Season 2, which can even be streamable with a Max subscription.