The Marvel Cinematic Universe is working to get its toes again below it with the field workplace debut of Captain America: Courageous New World. Nevertheless, even when Marvel continues to battle, there’s hope on the horizon for superhero followers within the type of James Gunn’s new DCU. This summer season will get the primary of the upcoming DC films set on this new world with Superman, however I’m additionally already trying ahead to subsequent summer season and Supergirl: World of Tomorrow.
There are plenty of cause to be excited in regards to the upcoming Supergirl film. It’s the primary movie starring the character in a long time, which can set it other than the earlier DC universe in an enormous method proper out of the gate. Additionally, the Supergirl forged contains an impressed alternative with Jason Momoa taking up the function of Lobo – and a brand new fan-created film poster on Instagram appears to be like like simply what I hope this film will appear to be.
It is a easy picture, nevertheless it makes me need to see extra. Seeing these characters collectively – who is perhaps antagonists within the story however may simply as simply find yourself unlikely allies – goes to be superb.
James Gunn’s Superman film appears to be like to be a fairly conventional tackle the character, a non secular successor to the Richard Donner movies proper all the way down to the reuse of the unique John Williams theme within the trailers. Supergirl: World of Tomorrow, nevertheless, is ready to be an outer house story, with Superman’s cousin discovering a really totally different post-Krypton life.
The affirmation that Jason Momoa was on board to play Lobo made this film considerably extra intriguing. Momoa had beforehand indicated that whereas he was achieved taking part in Aquaman, James Gunn had requested him to do… one thing within the DCU. He had beforehand expressed a need to play Lobo, the intergalactic bounty hunter of DC Comics, and we knew that no matter Gunn wished made Momoa very excited. Plenty of followers have been guessing that precisely this was going to occur, however the affirmation was nonetheless improbable.
Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow has solely just lately began filming forward of a launch date in the summertime of 2026. It is going to be hitting theaters a few full 12 months after Superman, it is going to be the second DC film on the large display screen and certain the fourth venture of the bigger DC universe. Creature Commandos was the primary official entry within the franchise and Peacemaker Season 2 is anticipated to drop later this 12 months – although an official launch date hasn’t been introduced but.
With different DC initiatives, like the 2 totally different Batman films (Matt Reeves’ The Batman: Half II and the DCU’s Batman: The Courageous And The Daring) seemingly in infinite growth, it’s thrilling that one other film is on the best way. Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow is one thing that ought to be totally different sufficient from Superman that regardless of the characters being related, it might attraction to a section of the viewers that the opposite massive film might not. There’s plenty of totally different stuff to get enthusiastic about within the DC universe.