At CinemaCon 2026, producer Peter Safran, stars Milly Alcock, Jason Momoa, and director Craig Gillespie played a full scene from the upcoming DC film Supergirl, and it gave a good sense of what the tone and story of the film will be.
As expected, it draws heavily from the Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comic series from writer Tom King and artist Bilquis Evely. In the clip, we see Supergirl (Milly Alcock) aboard an intergalactic transport. This glorified taxi cab is filled with all sorts of gross creatures, including a creepy guy smoking through his entire face. Supergirl offers him some gum, asking him to stop smoking, but it doesn’t happen. Meanwhile, her seat neighbor is resting his head on her shoulder. It’s a lot.
A young woman, Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), is getting pushed around by a larger alien, and Supergirl steps in to save her, speaking the awkward, screeching language of the alien. “You put a bag near her feet, which is basically calling her mother a whore,” she explains to the girl.
Ruthye says she’s there to stop the evil Krem, which Supergirl says she already turned down once. They chat a bit more when the transport is stopped in mid-air. A group of pirates, armed with some very capable robots, takes over the vehicle, intent on robbing everyone blind.
Little spider robots controlled by the pirates scan people looking for their valuables. If people don’t comply, they get tased. Quickly, they get to Supergirl and take her watch, followed by Ruthye’s sword. Supergirl explains that she has a plan, kind of, asking the young girl to trust her.
Kara antagonizes the pirates, revealing that she stole one of their transport devices. You see, what makes these pirates special is their ability to disappear and reappear very quickly, but now Kara has that power too. She then uses it to engage in a long teleport battle within the transport.
Supergirl is nowhere near full strength, though, and asks the pilots how close they are to a yellow sun. A tiny alien pilot (with big Babu Frik vibes) tells her they’re close. But how to get there? She finds an old space suit and starts to put it on when one of the pirates finds her and blows her out of the airlock, seemingly dooming her to death.
But of course, it only helps Kara to float closer to the yellow sun, restoring her powers. Now things are about to get real.
Sipergirl immediately flies back to the transport and destroys all the robots. She gets hit with a massive laser from the pirate’s ship, forcing her back into the debris field… which also happens to be closer to the sun. And so, she recharges again, and the next time they shoot at her, Supergirl meets them with her own heat vision blast and disables all their engines. The passengers on the transport, including Ruthye, look on with great amazement.
It’s a fun scene, combining a lot of great elements and winks from the comics. But, to be honest, it lacked a little energy and style compared to what we could see a character like Kara do already in James Gunn’s Superman. Fingers crossed, though, that it all comes together in the bigger picture by Supergirl‘s June release.
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