{"id":43153,"date":"2024-01-30T07:28:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=43153"},"modified":"2024-04-11T06:46:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:46:55","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-star-milly-alcock-officially-casted-as-the-dcus-supergirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=43153","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;House Of The Dragon&#8217; Star Milly Alcock Officially Casted as the DCU&#8217;s Supergirl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4134.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4134.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4134-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4134-768x438.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>When&nbsp;<strong>James Gunn<\/strong>&nbsp;revealed some of the projects that will usher in the&nbsp;<strong>DCU&#8217;s Chapter One: Gods &amp; Monsters<\/strong>, one project that stood out in particular was the announcement of a&nbsp;<strong><em>Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;film. The film, which is expected to be heavily influenced by&nbsp;<strong>Tom King&#8217;s<\/strong> acclaimed run with the character, hasn&#8217;t had major developments besides tapping&nbsp;<strong>Ana Nogueria<\/strong>&nbsp;as the scribe for the film.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, rumors have circulated that Supergirl will have a role in Gunn&#8217;s inaugural DCU film,<strong><em>&nbsp;Superman: Legacy,<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;and we now have confirmation on who will play&nbsp;<strong>Kara Zor-El<\/strong>. Last night, Gunn confirmed on social media that&nbsp;<strong>Milly Alcock<\/strong>, best known for her work on&nbsp;<strong>HBO&#8217;s Game of Thrones<\/strong>&nbsp;spinoff&nbsp;<strong><em>House of the Dragon<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<strong>Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen<\/strong>, will play the cousin of<strong>&nbsp;David Corenswet&#8217;s Superman<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2s_DqNvqHL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2s_DqNvqHL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2s_DqNvqHL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by James Gunn (@jamesgunn)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>There was a slew of rumors this past week that Alcock and&nbsp;<strong>Meg Donnelly<\/strong>, who starred in&nbsp;<strong>Disney Channel&#8217;s<\/strong> hit musical franchise&nbsp;<strong><em>Zombies&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>and who also voices Supergirl in recent DC animated movies (<strong><em>Legion of Superheroes;&nbsp;Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One<\/em><\/strong>), both tested in Atlanta this past week for the role.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it is widely expected that Alcock&#8217;s Supergirl will make her debut&nbsp;in <em>Superman: Legacy<\/em>&nbsp;next year,&nbsp;<strong>Deadline&nbsp;<\/strong>notes that may not be the plan right now, and it is entirely possible that her debut may come&nbsp;in a separate DC project before taking center stage in&nbsp;<em>Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow<\/em>. With&nbsp;<em>Superman: Legacy<\/em>&nbsp;expected to start filming in Atlanta in the Spring,&nbsp;we should get a pretty good idea of the DCU and its future very soon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alcock&#8217;s Supergirl casting has mainly been praised by the fans, with Tom King (who penned the series with which this movie shares a name and premise) taking to social media to share his approval of Alcock&#8217;s casting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2tO3hSuEJi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2tO3hSuEJi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Tom King (@tomking_tk)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>While King is thought to be part of the team of writers Gunn and&nbsp;<strong>Peter Safran<\/strong>&nbsp;have assembled to help shape the new DCU, it&#8217;s currently unknown what role, if any, he&#8217;ll play in this adaptation of the critically acclaimed comic book series, which saw Supergirl leave Earth to embark on an epic sci-fi adventure.&nbsp;Nevertheless, it appears that the dawn of the DCU is upon us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4136.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4136.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4136-273x300.jpeg 273w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4136-768x843.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Superman: Legacy<\/em>&nbsp;will be released in theaters on July 11,&nbsp;2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>What do you think of Milly Alcock being cast as the DCU&#8217;s Kara Zor-El? What DCU project do you believe Alcock&#8217;s Supergirl will debut in? 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