Part of the new DC Universe direction under James Gunn and Peter Safran, the film sees Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl as an antiheroine type with a penchant for partying and getting drunk.<\/p>\n
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Related: Best streaming services UK 2026 \u2013 including Disney Plus, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV<\/a> The protagonist is recruited by Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), a young girl who’s looking to avenge her family’s death at the hands of the film’s villain, space pirate and human trafficker Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts).<\/p>\n Supergirl also stars Jason Momoa in his new DC role as Lobo after he previously portrayed Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe. Emily Beecham and David Krumholtz appear as Kara’s mum and dad, Zor-El and Alura In-Ze, while David Corenswet returns as Kal-El aka Superman from his 2025’s debut in James Gunn’s Superman, as does Krypto, Kara’s adorable, super-powered pup.<\/p>\n Warner Bros.<\/p>\n Addressing the film’s poor box-office performance<\/a>, Safran defended DC Studio’s larger strategy moving forward.<\/p>\n “While Supergirl didn’t meet our box office expectations, it’s just one component of a broader, long-term strategy at DC Studios that we remain confident in,” the co-chairman and co-chief executive of DC Studios told The New York Times<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n Supergirl is released on digital on 27 July.<\/p>\n Visit our Streaming Guide<\/a> now to see at a glance where you can view ALL your favourite shows and movies.<\/p>\n The new edition of Living Legends, celebrating the global phenomenon of BTS, is here! Buy this ultimate fan guide in newsagents or online<\/a>. Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n Stefania is a freelance writer specialising in TV and movies. After graduating from City University, London, she covered LGBTQ+ news and pursued a career in entertainment journalism, with her work appearing in outlets including Little White Lies, The Skinny, Radio Times<\/a> and Digital Spy<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Her beats are horror films and period dramas, especially if fronted by queer women. She can argue why Scream is the best slasher in four languages (and a half).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you’ve missed Supergirl in cinemas or would like to take another look, the film directed by Cruella’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[219677,131124,219678,1105,238537,1107,93,1110,61,60,184510,1135,270,238536,223989],"class_list":["post-564698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-collection-dc-universe","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-collection-supergirl","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-4423c432-b336-48c7-8f43-850fe9f46478","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-supergirl-gets-digital-release-date-a-month-after-release","tag-sponsored-false"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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