There's no studio more secretive than Marvel. Case in point – Spider-Man: Brand New Day star Sadie Sink reportedly wasn't given a script until she landed in London to shoot the Spidey sequel.

In a new conversation with Nylon, the culture brand claims that despite being offered the (still mysterious) role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day without an audition, the Stranger Things alum "didn't receive a script until she landed in London."

It's not clear if Sink read a script prior to receiving her own copy, as Sink isn't quoted directly on the matter in the piece, but either way, it's further evidence that Marvel is taking no chances in letting the secrets of Brand New Day slip before it releases at the end of the month.

Despite the second Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer leaking a week before it eventually dropped online, Marvel Studios and Sony have done a good job keeping the movie's finer details in the shadows. We still don't actually know who Sink is playing in the movie. All the signs point to future member of the X-Men, Jean Grey, but we have our own theories as well.

Sink, not realizing how much speculation there would be, has spent the bulk of the Spider-Man: Brand New Day press tour so far on deflection duty, fending off questions about the identity of her mystery character. Over eight years on Stranger Things at least prepped her for the responsibility of staying schtum, with Sink telling Nylon that the key to keeping a secret is: “You just don’t share the secret. It’s not that hard.” Tom Holland, take note.

With less than a month to go till Brand New Day releases, Holland recently revealed that the movie's ultimate villain is still a secret. "The villain that we have in this new movie, which is still very much a secret, is, I think, unlike anything we've seen in one of these movies before."

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives in cinemas in the UK on July 29 and in US theaters on July 31. For more upcoming superhero movies, check out our guides to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows that have been confirmed.

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the first film shot from start to finish in full-frame IMAX – a landmark moment for the premium large format of choice. And it turns out Nolan had been dreaming about making a movie this way since he was just 16 years old.

Speaking to Pay or Wait over on YouTube, Nolan explained how the process of shooting The Odyssey on IMAX film has evolved even since his experience making Oppenheimer just a few years ago. But he also revealed a fascinating tidbit about his first encounter with IMAX 40 years ago.

"It's something I've really wanted to do since I was 16 and I first saw an IMAX film at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago," Nolan recalls. "I was like, 'Well, why can't you make a dramatic feature, an action film, an adventure film this way, because the format is so incredible.'"

Now, you might be thinking: "Isn't IMAX a recent thing?" Not exactly. The company was founded in 1967, and first developed IMAX theatre projection standards in the late 60s and early 70s. So IMAX has been around for almost 60 years at this stage. For decades, however, it was the reserve of documentaries and experiential shorts; releasing Hollywood movies in the IMAX format is a more recent development. The first theatrical movie released in IMAX was Fantasia 2000 in, well, 2000, while the 2003 Matrix sequels were among the first live-action movies to go through the IMAX process.

Nolan saw the future at a very young age, then, and finally realized his dream with The Dark Knight in 2008 – the first of his movies to feature sequences shot for IMAX screens. Now, he's practically synonymous with IMAX, with Oppenheimer and The Odyssey selling out on IMAX screens across the UK and US, particularly in the very few theaters globally equipped to project the film in IMAX 70mm.

As for the decision to shoot one of his movies entirely on IMAX film for the first time, Nolan says The Odyssey was a story that justified the challenge. "It's like, we're going to make a film of The Odyssey. That's the movie… if ever you were going to film a story completely on IMAX, you know, this is the story to do it with."

With The Odyssey now a little over two weeks away, interviews have started to trickle out from Nolan and his cast. Speaking to the New York Times last month, Nolan made an interesting comparison between Matt Damon's Odysseus and a key Star Wars character. "Odysseus is a very complex character – a trickster, somebody who's smart and wily. In Star Wars terms, it's Han Solo – but Han Solo is not the hero of Star Wars, it's Luke Skywalker."

The Odyssey arrives in theaters on July 17, 2026. Check out our ranking of the best Christopher Nolan movies and keep up with all of the new movies heading your way.

It doesn't look like things re going to get much better for Supergirl, as after a disappointing opening weekend, the new DCU movie is expected to drop even further at the box office during its second weekend on the big screen.

As reported by Variety, Supergirl is expected to make just $15 million over its second weekend in theaters. That's a 60% decline in ticket sales from its first weekend.

Supergirl had a rough start after hitting screens on June 26. The DC movie debuted to just $37.1 million, even lower than recent superhero flops Morbius and Joker 2. In fact, Supergirl marks the lowest opening for a DC movie since Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which opened to a measly $27.6 million in December 2023. After its theatrical run, the sequel failed to make back its budget once marketing and theatrical revenue splits are accounted for.

2023 was a rather bleak year for DC Studios, as in addition to the Aquaman sequel blunder, the studio saw a number of flops, including The Flash, which opened to $55 million, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which opened to $30 million, and Blue Beetle, which debuted to an even lower $25 million. Soon after, James Gunn and Peter Safran were brought on board as co-heads to shake up the studio.

Let's hope Gunn's DCU Chapter One doesn't face the same fate, as Supergirl is only the second movie released under the new banner after 2025's Superman, which went down a lot better with fans. The studio has yet to release Clayface this September, before Man of Tomorrow hits screens next year.

As for Supergirl, if box office predictions are right, it doesn't look like the film will be able to make back its $170 million budget, which doesn't account for the tens of millions more spent on marketing. The film has earned $67.7 million worldwide so far.

Supergirl is out in theaters now. For more, check out our Supergirl review and our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows.

There's no denying that Supergirl is currently flopping at the box office, but following yesterday's initial results, the DCU movie's opening weekend take has been confirmed, and it's actually doing worse than we first thought.

On Monday, June 29, many outlets reported that Supergirl had earned $38 million in the US over opening weekend. However, now it looks like the superhero film only scraped $37.1 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

That means that Milly Alcock's first outing as Kara Zor-El is not only doing worse than Sony's Spider-Man spin-off Morbius, which is widely known as one of the worst superhero movies ever, but also DC's Joker 2. Officially titled Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel opened to $37.6 million and scored a measly 31% on Rotten Tomatoes.

This is a pretty hard knock for James Gunn's new DC, as Supergirl is just the second movie in DCU Chapter One. But, the team still seems confident in their overall plan. On June 28, DC Studios co-head Peter Safran made a statement, telling The New York Times, "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."

It is not clear why Supergirl is flopping so hard. Yes, it is true that the movie has opened to mixed reviews, and is not as widely loved as last year's Superman, which opened to $125 million domestically and went on to gross over $618 million worldwide. But the film's mediocre 56% score on RT is not the worst in the world. However, many fans are complaining about the lacklustre storyline and one questionable needle drop.

If Supergirl continues to underperform in this way, it will prove to be a loss for the studio. The movie cost around $170 million to make and perhaps tens of millions more to market, which means that the film will have to see a pretty steep incline in ticket sales over the coming weeks. But at this point, that seems unlikely.

Supergirl is out in theaters now. For more, check out our Supergirl review and our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows.

Supergirl screenwriter Ana Nogueira appears to have misinterpreted the ending of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, resulting in a very different fate for a major villain.

Warning: Major spoilers for Supergirl below!

"The ending between Kara and Krem was always in it, from the pitch, truly from the very beginning," Nogueira told Variety. "Because the comic ends with Ruthye killing him, but in the far, far future. We knew we weren’t gonna be able to do that kind of time jump, and I find it’s quite a dark ending of the comic. He essentially has changed, and she kills him anyway, because she still just has this anger, and you understand there’s this element of deserve, right?

"So, we wanted to craft a villain who would deserve this, but we also wanted Kara to really care about preserving Ruthye’s innocence, and to feel like she could take on [killing him], that she could be the one to bring justice to this man, and do it without burdening this child. It’s different for Supergirl, and I think it will feel different for audiences."

The new DC movie is based on the eight-issue limited comic series Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. At the end of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8, Ruthye appears to hit Krem over the head with her cane and leave him there alive.

Woman of Tomorrow writer Tom King confirmed this in a 2024 podcast, stating, "This is not supposed to be ambiguous. He’s supposed to be alive at the end. That’s why he grabs his head. Ruthye does not forgive him, still f***ing hates him, bops him on the head, and walks away" (via ComicBookMovie). You can check out the panel below.

The new movie, which marks the second feature-length entry in the rebooted DCU, currently sits at a 54% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, though the audience score is at a much higher 76%. Milly Alcock will appear again as Kara Zor-El in the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, which is set to hit theaters in 2027.

Supergirl is in theaters now. For more, check out our spoiler-filled breakdown of the Supergirl ending, plus a rundown of all the major differences between the DCU movie and the Woman of Tomorrow comic. You can also read our Supergirl review or see our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order.

Spider-Man star Tom Holland wants to see Miles Morales make his MCU debut.

While Miles is the main character of the animated Spider-Verse movies – and his uncle, played by Donald Glover, appeared in Spider-Man: Homecoming – he has never appeared in the live-action MCU.

"I think at this point in time, we're being really open minded about what the future looks like," Holland told Hobby Consolas. "I know that I have aspirations to bring Miles Morales into the universe, however that works out. We've got a lot of work to do to bring that to life.

"But, yeah, I feel really strongly about – I feel incredibly grateful for the way I was introduced into this world and that I was shepherded by RDJ [Robert Downey Jr.]," he continued. "And I would love to kind of return that favor to the next generation of people that get the luxury of making these movies. So, that is definitely something that I'm really working towards."

This isn't the first time Holland has shared such a sentiment, either. "For whoever's next, whether that is a Miles Morales or a Spider-Gwen or a Spider-Woman or something like that, I would love to be a part of setting up the next chapter," he previously commented. "Whatever that looks like, I don't know. But if I could do what Downey did for me, then I would be so content swinging off into the sunset."

Holland will next play Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, starring opposite the likes of Jon Bernthal's Punisher, Mark Ruffalo's Hulk, and Sadie Sink's mystery character (though Marvel fans are convinced she's playing Jean Grey).

Brand New Day arrives this July 31. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else the MCU has in store.

Debates over Supergirl's divisive needle drop went down to the "very last week" according to director Craig Gillespie.

The moment in question, during Supergirl's final act, features a Kelty Greye cover of 'The Middle' by Jimmy Eat World, a much slower tempo version of the song that audiences largely felt were at odds with the tone of the scene and the movie as a whole.

"There were a lot of options," Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira told Rolling Stone, with Gillespie revealing that "there were probably about 45 songs that went against that scene."

Gillespie said, "That was probably the biggest discussion. And it was down to the very last week, and I gotta give James [Gunn] credit for that one." He added that "a remix of a classic" was also a runner-up for the soundtracked scene – but didn't say what it was.

Reacting to the news, Greye wrote on Instagram, "As a proud nerd who was raised on superhero movies, this is quite literally a dream come true!"

Gunn, of course, is renowned for his deployment of pop and rock songs in his films, from the '80s-heavy Guardians of the Galaxy to the earworms of Peacemaker's opening titles sequences in its first two seasons. Fans may be less pleased with his contributions here, however.

All told, Supergirl has disappointed in its opening weekend. Its global opening of $68 million has led DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran to release a statement.

Safran told The New York Times, "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."

Supergirl is now out in cinemas. For more, check out our spoiler-filled breakdown of the Supergirl ending, plus a rundown of all the major differences between the DCU movie and the Woman of Tomorrow comic.

You can also read our Supergirl review or see our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order.

Hideo Kojima has returned with another film review, and it looks like a pretty positive verdict on Supergirl.

The DC movie has disappointed at the box office so far, but it certainly seems to have the Kojima seal of approval.

"I saw Supergirl in IMAX. It wasn't a 'superhero movie' about saving the Earth through self-sacrifice as 'justice' confronts 'evil.' It was a coming-of-age story about saving oneself, Kara, as she struggles with her own trauma," he wrote on Twitter. "Structurally, it feels less like Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), where everyone is driven purely by survival instinct beyond notions of good and evil, and more like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), where heroes, villains, and scoundrels all converge."

Now, a typical rule of thumb for Kojima's reviews is that, the longer the review, the more positively he feels about the movie or show. His Madame Web review, for example, was just six words long – while he never actually posted his review of The Electric State, which might be even worse.

Plus, Kojima appears to have followed Supergirl actor Milly Alcock on Instagram, as spotted by a fan.

Supergirl stars Alcock as Kara Zor-El, on a mission to save her dog Krypto from a lethal poison.

The film debuted to just $68 million worldwide, lower than notorious flop Morbius's $84 million opening weekend.

"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," DC Studios co-president Peter Safran has said of the result.

The film also scored poorly on Rotten Tomatoes, earning the first rotten score for the DCU. Our own Supergirl review awarded the movie 3.5 stars, with our verdict reading: "Superman's messier younger cousin in every way, Supergirl earns its Guardians of the Galaxy and Mad Max comparisons with a surprisingly dark (and sometimes downright gross) space adventure about revenge and finding your home."

Supergirl is in theaters now. For more, check out our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order to catch up on all the films so far.

Following Superman's successful theatrical run last year, the second movie in James Gunn's DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters is currently flopping at the box office, but co-head Peter Safran says Supergirl is just one piece of a larger picture.

"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," said the co-chairman and co-chief executive of DC Studios to The New York Times.

After debuting to mixed reviews and landing a mediocre 56% score on Rotten Tomatoes, Supergirl went on to earn just $38 million in the US over opening weekend, and a further $30 million internationally. That is pretty disappointing for DC, and is even lower than 2022 Spider-Man spin-off, Morbius, which opened to $39 million.

It is not clear at this point whether Supergirl will prove to be a loss for the studio. The movie cost around $170 million to make, with tens of millions more spent to market the movie worldwide. However, there is no doubt that Supergirl is off to a bad start. Just last year, Superman opened to $125 million domestically and went on to gross over $618 million worldwide against a predicted $350 million production and marketing budget.

So, why is Supergirl flopping so hard? There's no doubt that the new film is receiving a lot of flak online, with many viewers complaining about the pacing and one questionable needle drop. But many superhero fans are enjoying Milly Alcock's debut as Kara Zor-El. In our Supergirl review, we awarded the new DCU movie 3.5 out of 5 stars, saying, "Supergirl earns its Guardians of the Galaxy and Mad Max comparisons with a surprisingly dark space adventure about revenge and finding your home."

However, no matter how Supergirl fares, the DCU lives on, as there are already several projects in the works. Next up, HBO show Lanterns will take us on a True Detective-like adventure, and just in time for Halloween, the DCU will deliver its first horror movie, Clayface. Plus, filming has already started on the Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow.

Supergirl is out in theaters now. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows, or how to watch the DC movies in order.

It feels a little ridiculous to talk about the new movie Supergirl and not discuss the titular character. But with the latest DCU flick now in theaters, all eyes won’t just be on the Maid of Might – they'll be on the Main Man, Lobo, played by Jason Momoa. And thankfully, the actor's long audition as Aquaman in the DCEU properly prepared him for the role Momoa was born to play.

Is that unfair to say about a role Momoa played multiple times, in multiple movies (and TV shows)? Perhaps. Except, ever since the actor was announced as playing Arthur Curry way back in 2014, it seemed like an odd fit. Sure, he had played a ruler before on Game of Thrones, but the monosyllabic Khal Drogo was a far cry from any iteration of Aquaman we had seen before in the comic book source material, let alone his appearances in animated TV shows and live-action on Smallville.

Yet Momoa proceeded to make the role his own from a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, all the way through the cockroach-crunching end of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. But the problem was that Momoa bent Aquaman his way into a brash, joke-slinging bad-ass who shouts "my man," gets into bar fights, and is more Momoa than Curry.

That may not entirely be an issue, because Momoa was one of the highlights of the controversial DCEU/Zack Snyder era, despite his every move seeming to be designed to specifically push back at anyone who made fun of Aquaman for talking to fish. This Aquaman was cool. He was a muscle-bound beefcake. He drinks and fights, and if you say he's anything less than rad, he will beat you up. But it also, curiously, seemed antithetical to what Aquaman is supposed to be.

Ride or die

Which is why this all makes a lot more sense once you realize Momoa was merely paving the way for Lobo. Unlike his Fast & Furious franchise cohort Dwayne Johnson – who attempted his own hostile takeover of the DC cinematic franchise and took Henry "I would just love to play Warhammer 40k if you don't mind" Cavill down with him – Momoa managed to pivot one of the more successful turns in the DCEU into his dream role in the DCU. Reportedly, the very morning James Gunn and Peter Safran were announced as the new heads of DC Studios, Momoa texted Gunn two words: "Fucking Lobo." And Gunn somehow interpreted that mysterious text correctly and agreed, stating that he thought Momoa should have been Lobo for years.

It's clear that through the auditions for Batman and casting as Aquaman, what Momoa really wanted was Lobo. And it's such a better fit, as Momoa basically is Lobo, without the immortality and bloodthirstiness. The Czarnian bounty hunter, created in 1983 by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, is what it says on the tin, but it wasn't until the ‘90s that the character found his niche as a commentary on the over-the-top dark and gritty superhero trend kicked off in part by characters like Wolverine at Marvel and Batman at DC. Momoa himself is like a walking, talking human parody, with his scraggly beard, wild hair, and 6'4 height. He's a wild man who looks like he'd accept an invitation to party any day, any time.

That's Lobo, and that's exactly what Momoa captures on screen with Supergirl. Yes, he physically looks like the character walked off the comic book page, thanks only in small part to black and white makeup, red eyes, and sharp teeth. But honestly, Momoa's inherent physicality does the majority of the work. And his delivery, delighted to see ultra-violence, taking no guff, and coaching a young girl to kill people, feels so much more natural coming out of Lobo than any of Momoa's dialogue did with Aquaman.

The main event

Lobo's the perfect loose cannon running through the new DCU movie, and given his relatively scant screen time, the next question is: when will we see Lobo again? A lot of that potentially depends on how Supergirl does at the box office this weekend – all signs point to "not great" – but Momoa has taken the Lobo ball this far, it's hard to believe his dreams of being the Main Man will stop here, particularly as the actor has the strength of will that would make a Green Lantern jealous.

It's entirely possible Lobo could stop by in the already filming Man of Tomorrow, whether in a cameo or another expanded supporting role, a la Supergirl. But it's tricky to say beyond that because, given James Gunn's laudable unwillingness to greenlight projects before scripts are ready, there are… Not a lot of projects greenlit.

One option? The in-development Wonder Woman reboot, which boasts Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira as screenwriter. While it would be a little weird to see Lobo only pop up as a supporting character in movies with a main, female character, given Nogueira already figured out a way to fuse Lobo into the story from comic book creators Tom King and Bilquis Evely, who is to say she couldn't do the same for Diana?

Lobo would also fit well in the already filmed Lanterns on HBO, given Lobo often tangles with the GLs in the comics. Or he could show up in whatever is following up on the prison planet plotline of Sanctuary from Season 2 of Peacemaker… We've already seen Lobo in jail once, and John Cena is yet another ex-pat from the Fast & Furious franchise Momoa could tangle with. Heck, they were supposed to be in a movie called Killer Vacation together, which we haven't heard a peep about since 2022. So this might be a way of finally getting the duo to team up.

Look, wherever Momoa goes as Lobo next, this is already a much more natural fit than Aquaman, and it's likely audiences will respond positively (regardless of the Supergirl movie's box office fate). So let’s make sure it isn't another decade before we get to see mo' Momoa in the role he was meant to play. Ya bastiches.

Supergirl is in theaters now. For more, dive into our spoiler-free Supergirl review, or catch up on the DCU to date with our guide on how to watch DC movies in order.

Peacemaker star Jennifer Holland has set the bar pretty high for Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow.

"I can tell you that I have seen an enormous, enormous portion of the movie, and I am so excited for Man of Tomorrow," Holland tells GamesRadar+ at a screening of Supergirl. "It is different...I don't wanna say this. Ugh. It might be James's best… my favorite movie of James, and I haven't even seen the whole thing yet. I'm just... I love the movie. I'm really excited about it. It feels like a step up to me in a lot of ways. I'm excited for people to see it, and he's not done filming it yet."

Holland also added that Guardians of the Galaxy 3 might be her favorite Gunn movie... and with the implication that Man of Tomorrow might be even better than Guardians 3, I will absolutely be seated. No word yet if the actor will make an appearance as Emilia Harcourt in the Superman sequel, though that seems to be the rumor, given that we don't know if a third season of Peacemaker will happen.

Man of Tomorrow, written and directed by James Gunn, sees David Corenswet's Superman and Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor team up to take down supervillain Braniac, played by Babylon Berlin star Lars Eidinger. Supergirl is also set to make an appearance.

Man of Tomorrow hits theaters on July 9, 2027. Supergirl is in theaters now. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows for everything else the DCU has in store, or our guide to watching the DC movies in order for a marathon.

As a superhero movie-loving teenager, I had to be content with the fact that not many of my favorite films featured women in top billing. The closest I got during the early 2010s was Black Widow in Iron Man 2, who was a great hero, but felt very catered to the male gaze in that black catsuit…

Don't get me wrong, I still loved watching Iron Man, Captain America, and the Avengers movies. But something always felt missing: where was my version of a kick-ass hero? And where was one who wasn't in a skin-tight suit – and who wasn't constantly being asked in the press about losing weight to fit into said skin-tight suit, for that matter?

Things have started to shift in the past decade, with the release of Wonder Woman, Black Widow's standalone movie, Birds of Prey, and the Captain Marvel films. However, for me, nothing has quite captured my imagination in the way that the DCU's new Supergirl has.

Blasting onto the theater screen in a Blondie T-shirt to an incredible soundtrack, Milly Alcock's new take on Kara Zor-El has immediately become one of my favorite superheroes – and the fact she fronts such a female-led genre movie has healed something in my inner teenager.

Flawed and funny

Written by Ana Nogueira, Supergirl is based on Tom King's comic book run 'Woman of Tomorrow' and tells the story of a young girl called Ruthye whose whole family is killed by villain Krem. This sets her on a mission of revenge and she recruits Kara Zor-El along the way after her dog Krypto is caught in the crossfire and poisoned by Krem.

The premise sets up what those involved have called a "road movie", starring two women as the co-leads and focusing almost exclusively on their story. They're complex characters too, especially Alcock's Kara. Sick of living in the shadow of her "nerd" cousin Superman, we first meet her partying her life away on planets with red suns.

She doesn't have much figured out and she has a lot of trauma from her planet's destruction that she hasn't yet dealt with. As the movie's director Craig Gillespie told us in a recent interview, "She's complex, she's flawed, she's an anti-hero that's rebellious, and she's been through trauma – and that's bizarrely such human traits that you can recognize within yourself."

Alcock brings a lot of heart to the character, embodying all of these things pitch-perfectly, while also being, quite frankly, extremely cool. Not only does she have some awesome powers, but she's more often than not rocking up to a great soundtrack and proving to the many aliens she encounters that they're wrong to underestimate her.

Through her relationship with the young Ruthye, she also really grows throughout the film. Their dynamic forces her to recognise different character traits that she's been holding onto and allows her to navigate her own traumatic past a little better. By giving her someone to care for, she also relates a bit more to her well-meaning cousin, too, setting up a new dynamic with Clark Kent going forward in the DCU.

It's a complex arc and one that is handled thoroughly and satisfyingly by Alcock and Nogueira's script. There are male characters – most notably Matthias Schoenaerts' Krem and Jason Momoa's Lobo – but they are secondary to the story, and thankfully there is not even a whiff of a romantic storyline to be found in Supergirl.

Instead, the meat of the movie is all about its female leads, and even the subplots tackle feminist issues. There's a nasty underlying threat when the pair arrive on Bilquis where young girls are being trafficked as brides for the Brigands, giving extra weight to Kara and Ruthye's fight against Krem.

A new era

There's something to be said about the fact that the second film release in James Gunn and Peter Safran's hugely anticipated DCU is a female-led story. There have been little to no conversations about whether this is a risky strategy or what it could mean for the box office from the co-CEOs, as they have instead fully embraced the importance of women in the creation of their new superhero world.

Not only this, but the investment is already there in Alcock. Aside from her solo movie, she's already signed up for two more movies. As producer Lars P. Winther told The Hollywood Reporter: "So we have Man of Tomorrow, and we already know what the next movie’s going to be after that, and she’s a big part of that."

It feels like what Gunn and Safran are doing with the DCU is righting the wrongs that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has had to claw its way out of in more recent years. Female-led stories and interesting female characters are being woven into this new universe right from the beginning, not as an afterthought.

This all makes me so excited for young superhero-loving women today who get to grow up feeling part of these universes right from the start. I hope that Supergirl's ascent heralds a new era for this on-screen and based on the upcoming slate for the DCU, which features a new story for Wonder Woman on the roster, it's looking positive.

Supergirl is out now. For more, check out our Supergirl review as well as our breakdown of how to watch the DC movies in order and all the upcoming DC movies and shows you need to know about.

The second movie in James Gunn's DCU Chapter One has now hit screens worldwide, but one film critic has revealed that he was shown a cut of Supergirl at a screen test at the start of the year that included more scenes that didn't make the cut.

Warning: the following contains a few spoilers, so turn back now if you haven't seen the film. But make sure to read our Supergirl review first.

"The cut wasn’t very different than the one I saw earlier this week. Besides more scenes on Krypton and an alternate opening, it was the same film," said The Film Frontier's Dan Marcus on Twitter. Krem had more of his backstory cut from the finished film, though."

In the final cut, we first meet Krem as a murderous pirate scavenging for goods and collecting young women as brides to sell on his home planet. However, the movie doesn't really explain why he is the way he is. But according to Marcus, the test screen cut shone a light on Krem's motives. "He talked about how he was abused as a child, but how that upbringing made him stronger," said Marcus. "He revealed he was going to do the same with Ruthye, threatening to make her his wife."

According to Marcus, the original movie "started with the destruction of Krypton," rather than Supergirl waking up in her ship, followed by the harrowing scene showing Krem murdering Ruthye's family. But not all is lost, as the new cut added two more scenes featuring David Corenswet’s Superman, which we think will be important in the future as Supergirl kind of sets up the Superman sequel, 2027's Man of Tomorrow.

However, it doesn't sound as though we missed out on much, as Marcus confirmed the cut he saw was only around 10-15 minutes longer than the final product, and still had no Supergirl post-credits scene. Despite saying the original opening was "better," he added, "The finished film didn’t feel that much different than the cut I saw in February."

So, why did DC cut the movie down even further when it would have still been under 2 hours to begin with? In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director Craig Gillespie said, "I hate a long film. Because it’s this road trip between two women [Milly Alcock and Eve Ridley]... The more that we kept it lean and true to just their mission, the better the film was. There is a ticking clock in this."

Supergirl is out in theaters now. If you have already seen the film, you can find answers to any burning questions you may have in our guides to the Supergirl ending explained, Supergirl Easter eggs and cameos, and differences between Supergirl and the Woman of Tomorrow comic.

Matt Damon's Odysseus is more of a Han Solo than a Luke Skywalker, according to Christopher Nolan.

The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus's long journey home from the Trojan war, which brings him up against fantastical threats like a cyclops, sirens, and a vicious whirlpool in the ocean.

"When I finished the film I was quite struck by that. Every film I do, I like to leave it with questions or unanswered themes that I might carry through to the next film," Nolan told The New York Times, when asked about parallels between Oppenheimer and Odysseus's characters. "There's a lot of ideas of leadership, of mixed motivations, the flaws of people, that idea of where the best of intentions can go horribly wrong. Odysseus is a very complex character – a trickster, somebody who's smart and wily. In Star Wars terms, it's Han Solo – but Han Solo is not the hero of Star Wars, it's Luke Skywalker."

Starring opposite Damon are Anne Hathaway as Odysseus's wife Penelope, Tom Holland as his son Telemachus, Robert Pattinson as one of Penelope's suitors Antinous, Zendaya as the goddess Athena, Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy, Jon Bernthal as her husband Menelaus, and Benny Safdie as his brother and leader of the Greek army Agamemnon.

"Every location we would get there and I would just start laughing like, 'Who thought you should shoot a movie here?'" Damon has said of working with Nolan on the movie. "You know, we're shooting in Nestor's Cave in Greece. It's this incredible place but nobody's ever tried to shoot a film up there. So to see the rigging that they did to basically turn it into a natural sound stage, I don't know any other director who would try it."

The Odyssey arrives this July 17. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the most exciting upcoming movies to fill out your watchlist.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day may not be far away from arriving in theaters but a lot is still unknown about the latest entry in the webbed franchise. Understandably, this has led to a whole load of theorizing from Marvel fans, keen to try and work out what exactly the Marvel Phase 6 movie's big surprises are – and it turns out some of them are actually right.

"Some of the wildest fan theories are like weirdly accurate to what is happening in the movie," Holland told Vanity Fair France. "I feel like I don't want to give any fuel to the flames before the movie comes out." Holland, who has given away some pretty big reveals in the past then added when he was pushed on which ones, "I can't my lips are sealed."

Zendaya agreed, adding to the publication that some fans have been absolutely "spot on" with their ideas. "What Tom and I enjoy is looking at people's fan theories and thinking some are spot on, some are really far off and some have really great ideas," she added. "I'm not sure I can think of any off the top of my head but people are very creative. "

Now, we're racking our brains about what theories Holland and Zendaya might be referring to here as a lot of mysteries still exist around the movie. Chief among them are two questions: who is Sadie Sink playing and who is the movie's main villain?

A lot of speculation, ever since the Stranger Things star was announced, have suggested that Sink will be playing X-Men star Jean Grey. However, the latest trailer only showed a glimpse at her character and it's still not entirely clear who exactly she is.

Meanwhile, Holland recently confirmed that the movie's final villain still has not been confirmed. "The villain that we have in this new movie, which is still very much a secret, is, I think, unlike anything we've seen in one of these movies before," Holland teased to ProSieben.

There are plenty of adversaries that have been teased, including The Hand, Scorpion, Tombstone, Boomerang, Tarantula, and Ramrod. However, it seems none of these will be the main big bad that Holland's Spidey will face.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives in cinemas in the UK on July 29 and in US theaters on July 31. For more upcoming superhero movies, check out our guides to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows that have been confirmed.

The reviews are in for Supergirl, and the new film is the first DCU movie to get a rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes.

That's a feat that took the MCU 13 years and 26 movies: it wasn't until 2021's Eternals that the Rotten Tomatoes score dipped below fresh.

Supergirl currently stands at a rotten score of 57% with 151 reviews. That might change if more reviews come in, of course, but it seems unlikely to cross the 60% fresh threshold, since most reviews are likely live by now (Supergirl previously moved up to a fresh score after debuting in the rotten zone, but dipped back down soon after).

Our own Supergirl review awards the movie 3.5 stars, and our verdict reads: "Superman's messier younger cousin in every way, Supergirl earns its Guardians of the Galaxy and Mad Max comparisons with a surprisingly dark (and sometimes downright gross) space adventure about revenge and finding your home."

Supergirl is only the second DCU movie, so this is an unfortunate milestone to hit so early. Superman stands at a healthier 83%, while Creature Commandos is at 95%, and Peacemaker season 2 is at 94%.

The film stars Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El, who teams up with youngster Ruthye on a quest to save her dog Krypto after he is poisoned by the sadistic brigand Krem.

But, the future still looks bright for Kara. She's confirmed to appear in Man of Tomorrow, a sort-of-sequel to Superman, and she has another confirmed appearance after that, too.

"So we have Man of Tomorrow, and we already know what the next movie's going to be after that, and she's a big part of that," executive producer Lars P. Winther shared recently.

Supergirl is in UK cinemas now and US theaters from June 26. For more, check out our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order.

The second movie in DCU Chapter One is finally here. But, although Supergirl is a standalone movie, it does technically follow on from last year's Superman. But does it set up the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow?

Starring Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El, the new movie picks up around a year after Superman, as Supergirl celebrates her 23rd birthday with more partying. But the hero is soon pulled out of her rut when tragedy strikes too close to home, putting her dog Krypto in grave danger. She must join forces with unlikely companions Jason Momoa's Lobo and Eve Ridley's Ruthye for an interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.

This isn't the first time we have seen Alcock take flight, as the star made her Supergirl debut in Superman, and David Coresnwet returns the favour by making a cameo or two in the new movie. But Superman didn't really set up Supergirl, so does the new movie follow suit? Below, we break down if and how Supergirl sets up Man of Tomorrow. For more, check out our Supergirl review and Supergirl ending explained.

Does Supergirl set up Man of Tomorrow?

Technically speaking, no, Supergirl doesn't really set up Man of Tomorrow in the traditional sense. There is no Supergirl post-credits scene teasing how the Superman sequel starts. Plus, the movie takes place over just three days around Supergirl's 23rd birthday, which would be September 2026 on the DCU timeline. Thanks to James Gunn confirming Man of Tomorrow's timeline, we know it will take place more or less in the present time, in Summer 2027. So, anything could happen in the 10-month gap. However, Supergirl will appear in Man of Tomorrow.

The movie does set up Supergirl's future. Supergirl ends with Kara returning to Earth with Krypto, where she tells her cousin Clark Kent that she is going to stay for a while. Earlier in the movie, we see that Kara didn't take too well to life in Metropolis when she first landed from her home planet, Krypton. After that, she went off on her own into space. But her intergalactic journey hunting Krem must have changed her tune.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Supergirl executive producer Lars P. Winther all but confirmed Supergirl will still be earthside in Man of Tomorrow. "Man of Tomorrow, which is what we’re shooting now, [Alcock] is in that movie," said Winther. "[Supergirl] ends a particular way, and you see where she’s going to end up. She’s done her wild ways, and now she’s going to try to get back in with her cousin and be more on Earth again. That’s where she is in Man of Tomorrow. It’s all more Earth-based."

Now that Supergirl is on Earth, she can help her cousin fight Brainiac in the upcoming sequel. After all, at the end of the movie, Kent tells Kara that he could have used her help on the "last one." We presume the "one" he is referring to is Lex Luthor.

Supergirl is out in cinemas in the UK, and hits US theatres on June 26. For more, check out our guide on how to watch DC movies in order, and keep up with upcoming DC movies and shows.

Supergirl is now out in theaters and given the trend of superhero movies these days, you'll likely be wondering whether or not there is a Supergirl post-credits scene.

This will especially be the case after Superman featured two different stings at the end of its run last year. Well, if you're looking for answers then you're in the right place as below we get into all the details you need to know below.

Not only this, but we have split this guide across spoiler-free and spoiler-heavy sections. This means if you're just about to head to a screening, you'll know whether you need to stick around to the end or not. If you've seen the latest DCU movie as well, then you can skip right ahead to our spoiler section where we get into details about the ending of the movie.

Does Supergirl have a post-credits scene?

No, Supergirl does not have a post-credits scene. Unlike Superman, which had a mid-credits and a post-credits sting, the Milly Alcock-led film ends when the credits roll. You're more than welcome to sit through the whole credits though as if you do, you'll be treated to Claudia Sarne's wonderful score.

Why doesn't Supergirl have a post-credits scene?

This is the million-dollar question. It's not quite clear why Supergirl doesn't have a post-credits scene, as it was teased prior to release that it would. Only one month ago director Craig Gillespie confirmed that Supergirl would have a post-credits scene. Speaking to Collider, he did suggest that the film would have one post-credit scene but said he couldn't "tease" its contents.

There have also been some reports that Supergirl did have a post-credits scene during test screenings, but this was removed before the final cut. However, there has been no confirmation on that either way as of yet.

One possibility is that the events of the post-credits scene might have actually worked their way into the main runtime of the movie. This could be the case as the movie's final scene could also have worked as a post-credits scene.

What happens at the end of Supergirl? *SPOILERS*

Given there is no post-credits scene, it's worth diving into the movie's ending a little bit. After celebrating her birthday with Ruthye, Kara Zor-El heads back to Metropolis where she reunites with her cousin, Kal-El – or Clark Kent. She's brought Krypto along with her and has decided that she's keen to stay awhile.

While this doesn't directly set up the events of Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, we do know that Alcock's Supergirl will be involved in that movie. Therefore, the pair teaming up to fight crime across Earth seems to be where the sequel could begin.

Take a deeper dive into what happens in our Supergirl ending explained.

Supergirl is out in UK cinemas now and arrives in US theaters on June 26. For more, check out our Supergirl review as well as our breakdown of how to watch the DC movies in order and all the upcoming DC movies and shows you need to know about.

Supergirl writer Ana Noguiera has revealed that DCU co-president James Gunn got involved with Superman's appearance in the new DC movie.

"He is protective of Superman," Noguiera confirmed, when asked by Brandon Davis if that was the case. "There is like a couple things in other moments where he was like, 'He wouldn't say that to her.' And I was like, 'Okay cool.' But, mostly we had the same idea."

It makes sense that Gunn would be protective over Kal-El, since he wrote and directed the 2025 film that launched the theatrical side of the DCU.

Superman appears briefly in Supergirl, and he'll next be seen in 2027's Man of Tomorrow. In that film, he'll be forced to team up with his nemesis Lex Luthor in a battle against Braniac.

Supergirl is also set to appear in Man of Tomorrow, and, by the sounds of things, she might be at odds with her cousin Superman.

"I do think that this Supergirl is apart because she's not so much like Superman. She's very, very different from her cousin, which puts them at odds, which is a big part of this movie, and then an even bigger part of Man of Tomorrow, which we're filming now," Gunn has previously teased of the movie.

Supergirl sees Kara Zor-El on a mission to save her dog Krypto from a deadly poison administered by the brigand Krem, while her young companion Ruthye seeks revenge on the same man for slaughtering her family.

The film is in UK cinemas now and US theaters this June 26. In the meantime, check out our Supergirl review for our spoiler-free verdict on the film, or our guides on all the upcoming DC movies and how to watch the DC movies in order.

More details about Avengers: Endgame's upcoming re-release have been revealed – and it sure sounds like it's tying into Avengers: Doomsday in a big way.

As per Deadline, those watching Endgame in Disney's new 'Infinity Vision' large format will be treated to 'a custom introduction, additional new footage, and a special end tag exclusive to Infinity Vision and IMAX releases.' As if to really hammer home the freshness, Mjolnir-style, Avengers: Endgame's re-release comes with its own special title – Avengers: Endgame Encore.

So, those watching in a regular screening (it's currently unclear as of writing which screens will carry Infinity Vision) won't have the end tag included. Hopefully that doesn't mean audiences will be missing out on what appears to be a major link to the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.

Speaking at Sands Film Festival in April (also via Deadline), Doomsday co-director Joe Russo explained that the re-release would be an "opportunity to create a bridge from Endgame to Doomsday in a very unique way."

Russo added, "You don’t always get the chance to re-release because it costs money, so the fact that we can enhance the story of Doomsday by bridging it to Endgame and these characters that we worked with for years that we love so much, and continue their story: It's a really unique opportunity."

Avengers: Doomsday is under six months away and, so far, we've seen precious little of the crossover that will introduce Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom to the MCU.

Four teasers were attached to screenings of Avatar: Fire and Ash across January and December, while a CinemaCon trailer was released behind closed doors. Since then, however, we've had little to go on – except a bizarre coffee pop-up event. Expect San Diego Comic-Con in July to provide the goods. We hope.

If not, it might be a long, long wait until Avengers: Endgame Encore hits cinemas in the fall.

Avengers: Doomsday hits cinemas on December 18. For more, check out the full list of upcoming Marvel movies in the works.

Tom Holland says the new Spidey suit is an homage to all of the live-action Spider-Mans... and this makes me even more stoked for Brand New Day.

"When we decided that we're going to make Spider-Man: Brand New Day, we said, what if we made a suit that was an homage to Tobey and Andrew's designs because my Peter Parker had met those guys. So we kind of created a Spider-Child of all three costumes," Holland explains in a new behind-the-scenes video.

Director Destin Daniel Cretton points out that we can see the "human" beneath the costume, meaning there's no face shield underneath the mask that gives it that weird jawline (and further conceals Spider-Man's identity). You can watch the video below.

With a new suit comes new, uh, features, seeing as Peter Parker can shoot his own webs now rather than rely on web-technology that he created himself (much like Tobey Maguire's Spidey). In the newest trailer, Peter goes to none other than Dr. Bruce Banner for help with his suddenly changing powers, though Bruce warns him that they kinda can't be contained (and he would know, given that he's the Hulk and all).

New suit, new powers, and a brand new villain (who is definitely Sadie Sink), though we still don't know if she's playing Jean Grey or a Dark Phoenix variation or even Madelyne Prior, or what.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31. While we wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies or our breakdown on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order.

Original He-Man actor Dolph Lundgren says he was disappointed that the new Masters of the Universe movie didn't fare better at the box office.

"Yeah, I was a bit disappointed. I mean, everybody told me it’s going to do great," Lundgren told ComicBook. "I’m not a huge believer in looking at the box office and that influencing how I feel that much emotionally about the picture. But I did think about it like, 'Oh, okay. Um that was strange that didn’t do better.' And I don’t know why that is. They did a lot of marketing, they did a lot of press. I was part of it, some of it. I don’t know where it’s at now; I mean, I think it did fairly well overseas as well. I’m not sure what that means really."

It's possible that live-action He-Man adaptations (despite both being very good, campy fun) are cursed given that the 1987 Masters of the Universe movie was also a box office flop. Lundgren played the Prince Adam to Frank Langella's Skeletor in the David Odell-penned film, which only grossed $17 million against a budget of $20 million.

The new Masters of the Universe, which stars Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man/Adam and Jared Leto as Skeletor, has only made $102 million against its $200 million budget so far. However, Amazon seems pretty pleased with the film overall, and the Masters of the Universe post-credits scene (which I stood up and clapped for) does set up a sequel... so there still might be hope yet. Lundgren also makes a super fun cameo in the new film, which may or may not have made me cry a little.

Masters of the Universe is in theaters now and you should absolutely go see it. For more, check out our picks for the best movies on Amazon Prime, or, read our Masters of the Universe review.

As Xbox CEO Asha Sharma continues to expand the publisher's game worlds into the realm of TV and film, she also has some fighting words for the biggest movie franchise of all time. "Call of Duty is bigger than the Marvel Cinematic Universe."

Xbox's new boss took the reins earlier this year and is now overseeing a reset that could potentially lead to studio shutdowns or layoffs, but one thing she's not scaling back on is the company's mammoth expansion to the big screen. Live-action feature films based on Gears of War and Sea of Thieves are going ahead, as is a sequel to A Minecraft Movie. Amazon Prime is also at work developing a third season of Fallout and a Wolfenstein streaming series.

But Call of Duty is maybe the company's biggest bet, with a new live-action film coming from Taylor Sheridan (Sicario writer and Yellowstone creator) and Peter Borg (Deep Water Horizon) currently set for 2028.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Sharma seemed pretty confident about the project's prospects and Xbox's increasing popularity in Hollywood.

"If you think about it, we've got the number two show of all time on Amazon [Fallout], Minecraft was top five in 2025, Call of Duty is bigger than the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So it all measures. [There's] more appetite to work with us on titles than ever before," she says.

How she's qualifying Call of Duty's bigness compared to the MCU isn't totally clear. Movies in the joint Marvel Cinematic Universe have collectively made over $30 billion across 37 or so installments. While we don't have comparable numbers for the total gross of every Call of Duty game, Sharma's statement is still totally believable.

Call of Duty is almost always the best-selling game of any given year, Activision almost always monetizes them until and after the next one comes out, and the series has two free-to-play cash cows in the form of Call of Duty Warzone and Mobile. Whether that translates into box office success is another question. CoD doesn't have an icon to rely on, like a Super Mario or a Jack Black-shaped Steve, after all.

"You won't see us try to become the biggest linear provider in the world or anything like that, but I think great games are culture, and culture is entertainment," Sharma says.

In the meantime, check out every upcoming video game movie on the horizon.

Supergirl crash-landed in 2025's Superman, and now she's back with her own solo film: a suitably grittier, edgier, and rougher second entry in the DCU that puts Milly Alcock's Kara Zor-El on a quest through space to save her dog, Krypto, from a vicious poison.

The trouble begins when sadistic brigand Krem (a near-unrecognizable Matthias Schoenaerts) callously shoots Krypto with a poisoned dart, after slaughtering the family of Ruthye (Eve Ridley), setting the youngster on a revenge mission that leads to her path crossing with Kara's. Since we saw her reclaim Krypto in Superman, Kara has been drinking her way across the galaxy, enjoying the benefits of a red sun (which strips her of her powers), and ignoring calls from her cousin, one Clark Kent, urging her to return to Earth so she can find her feet on the planet.

But when Krypto is critically injured, Kara shifts into gear: the dog isn't just an adorable companion, but her only real link to the family she was forced to leave behind on her dead home planet of Krypton. What follows is a surprisingly dark – and often gross – adventure to save Krypto and stop Krem, with the bond between Ruthye and Kara, two young girls who lost their family too young, at its heart.

Girl of Steel

Tonally, Supergirl is very different to Superman. The DCU has been unafraid to mix it up with its projects, and that ethos continues here – Superman was all about hope and optimism, while Supergirl peels open the galaxy's seedy underbelly. In fact, a surprising amount of the plot revolves around young girls being abducted into sexual slavery, which brings Mad Max: Fury Road to mind (the girls are even called "the brides" by the brigands). Kara encounters more foes than friends on her quest, including tech pirates who hijack a space bus to rob everyone onboard and strip it for parts, and countless brawlers in bars.

There's also a certain gross-out element to the film: Krypto pees on a newspaper article about Superman, Kara and Ruthye eat popcorn that's actually the excrement of an alien creature, and at one point, Kara is forced to make herself chug milk and vomit when she inadvertently drinks poison.

While DC Studios co-president James Gunn doesn't direct – I, Tonya and Cruella's Craig Gillespie is at the helm – the film does recall Guardians of the Galaxy, too: the irreverent tone, messy protagonist, and frequent needle drops all seem to owe something to the Gunn MCU trilogy, though Supergirl has more bite to it.

Kara is indeed a mess, beginning the film as a mix of perpetually drunk or hungover, convinced it's not her problem to help Ruthye get her revenge. She hasn't truly embraced being Supergirl like Clark Kent has embraced being Superman, made most obvious by the fact her iconic suit is lying abandoned on the floor of her spaceship. As the film goes on, flashbacks to Krypton reveal that Kara is this way because she wasn't ready to leave her home. Consequently, she can't find her place on Earth, despite Clark's advice.

But Kara does slowly begin to embrace her role as a protector, which involves getting back to a yellow sun and powering up. The film does a great job at making us understand Kara's pain, with the well-placed flashbacks giving context to some of her quirks, like her penchant for listening to music or her love for Krypto. Still, it feels like a long time until we see Kara truly using her powers, and even longer until she really lets loose without some kind of impairment, be that poison or Kryptonite.

The action is fun if a tad frenetic, and it's certainly satisfying to watch Kara stomp her way through bad guys. The bond between her and young Ruthye flourishes naturally, too, and it makes for an effective heart to the film: the duo has a lot in common, and they genuinely need each other on their journey, both practically and emotionally.

Ridley stands out as her perfectly precocious Ruthye, an earnest, balancing counterpoint to Kara's more cynical worldview. Alcock completely embodies Kara, too, whether that's the drunken, stumbling version of the Girl of Steel or the more determined, heroic version of her waiting in the wings, bringing the grit and sadness of a young girl forced to abandon her entire way of life for an alien land, as well as the sly humor of a 23-year-old trying to have a good time anyway.

This duo is more than enough to carry the film, so it's a little confusing why Jason Momoa's Lobo is included, in a change to Tom King and Bilquis Evely's source material. Momoa is plenty of fun as the cigar-chomping, growling anti-hero, but he's given a throwaway introduction and barely any plot relevance, which leaves him feeling like an entirely unnecessary addition to the film.

A cameo that does work, however, is David Corenswet's Superman. His screen time is very brief, but he is, once again, the quintessential Big Blue for those few minutes on screen, with his smiling optimism butting up against Kara's polar opposite attitude – a dynamic that seems ripe with potential for Man of Tomorrow and beyond.

Woman of Tomorrow

As the second DCU film, Supergirl feels somewhat oddly placed. More of a character study than a big blockbuster, the film does suffer from coming after last year's stellar Superman, which set the bar high for the new DC era. That film also felt like more of an event than its new younger sibling (or cousin); perhaps Supergirl will work well as a middle chapter between Superman and Man of Tomorrow, but that remains to be seen.

With Clayface coming later this year, though, the DCU is doubling down on its commitment to an eclectic mix of projects and tones, so Supergirl appears to be just one thread of a – hopefully – rich tapestry in the making.

Just like its protagonist, Supergirl is rough around the edges, but holds plenty of promise for the future. With two more DCU appearances confirmed, it seems this is only the beginning for Alcock's Kara. Up, up, and away…

While you wait for Supergirl, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows, or how to watch the DC movies in order.

DC fans won't have to wait too long to see Milly Alcock after Supergirl, as DC producer Lars P. Winther says she will play a big role in the next DCU film after Man of Tomorrow.

"So we have Man of Tomorrow, and we already know what the next movie’s going to be after that, and she’s a big part of that," said Wither to The Hollywood Reporter.

Winther didn't confirm which project is due to be released after the Superman sequel. However, DC boss James Gunn has already announced a stack of DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters movies that are yet to be dated, including The Brave and the Bold, Swamp Thing, The Authority, and a Wonder Woman feature. Who knows, maybe we will get a superwoman squad, and Alcock can help Diana Prince take down a DC comic book villain.

Before then, Alcock will return in Man of Tomorrow, and it sounds as though the new Supergirl movie somehow sets it up. "Man of Tomorrow, which is what we’re shooting now, [Alcock] is in that movie," confirmed Winther. "Without giving too much away, this movie ends a particular way, and you see where she’s going to end up. She’s done her wild ways, and now she’s going to try to get back in with her cousin and be more on Earth again. That’s where she is in Man of Tomorrow. It’s all more Earth-based."

Based on the Woman of Tomorrow comic book series, Supergirl finds Kara Zor-El in a rut, coping with her dark past by partying every night in space, with her only friend being her dog Kyrpto. However, when tragedy strikes too close to home, she must join forces with an unlikely companion for an interstellar journey of vengeance and justice. The movie also stars Jason Momoa as Lobo, Eve Ridley as Ruthye, and Matthias Schoenaerts as Krem.

The new movie includes a cameo from Superman star David Corenswet, but Supergirl director Craig Gillespie confirmed that "It is a standalone film." Winther added, "We’re trying to build our DCU and that Superman family… We are not just trying to do what the previous regime did and dig in about the same characters. We are trying to get some of the newer characters in. So we want to base it with Superman and felt that [Kara] was the next best character to build that story."

After Supergirl, the next DCU movie to hit screens will be Clayface in September 2026, followed by Man of Tomorrow in summer 2027.

Supergirl hits cinemas on June 26 in the US and on June 25 in the UK. For more, check out our guide on how to watch DC movies in order, and keep up with upcoming DC movies and shows.

Ahead of his return to the MCU, Robert Downey Jr. has shared some insight into Alan Silvestri's theme for Avengers: Doomsday. The former Iron Man star will be playing the new role of villain Victor Von Doom in the upcoming Marvel movie, and has shared how important the character's theme was for getting into character.

"We're on day 4 of production, Joe Russo's like, 'Come here.' And he plays me Doom’s theme. I was like, 'Oh, yeah. Okay, it’s that. And it even affected that day of shooting and every day since," Robert Downey Jr. said, according to reporter Brandon Davis, who quoted some of CBR's interviews with the actor.

We're not surprised as Silvestri is behind some of the most iconic movie scores of all time and has brought magic to Marvel many times before too. His work with the directors, the Russo brothers, on the Avengers movies has been especially stand-out too. Who can ever forget 'Portals' in Endgame?

We also heard a snippet of what might be Doom's theme at the end of Fantastic Four. Could it be the same one? Only time will tell...

Ahead of the new movie, the directors of Avengers: Doomsday have been hyping up their return to the MCU. According to the Russo brothers, the Marvel Phase 6 film is not going to be what audiences are expecting at all.

"That serial shifting and changing and surprising you and then reinventing itself and then shifting and changing and then surprising you... that’s exciting, and I think you’re going to see some shifting and changing [with Doomsday]," Joe Russo said at SXSW earlier this year.

"So, get ready for it. Look, we were with Rob [Downey Jr.] earlier today. We were both talking about this concept that we are back to phase zero. This is starting over from scratch. We want to make sure everybody feels like this isn’t leaning on anything from the past."

Avengers: Doomsday is released on December 18. For more on the MCU, check out our guides to upcoming superhero movies and all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows you need on your radar.

The Batman 2 writer Mattson Tomlin says Disney turned down his idea for a sequel to the 1991 superhero movie The Rocketeer.

"Pitched a sequel with my pal JD Dillard to Disney last year that took place in real time," Tomlin tweeted. "100 harrowing minutes that would have really leaned into how viscerally insane it is to strap yourself to a rocket and save the world from fascists. Bummed it won’t see the light of day."

Directed by Joe Johnson, the movie stars Billy Campbell as a stunt pilot named Cliff Secord who finds a hidden rocket pack that lets him fly without needing an aircraft. This allows him to do heroic deeds with ease... which attracts the attention of the FBI and the Nazis who stole the technology in the first place. The cast includes Alan Arkin, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Sorvino, and Timothy Dalton.

At the time of release, the film received positive to mixed reviews and earned just a bit over its reported budget of $40 million. The Rocketeer was intended to become a trilogy, with Campbell and Connelly signing multi-picture deals, but was ultimately scrapped by Disney. A reboot was announced in 2012, and then again in 2016. In 2020, it was reported that JD Dillard would direct a sequel with Tomlin writing the screenplay... which was unfortunately scrapped. I think we'll get a theatrical rerelease at some point.

The Batman 2, starring Robert Pattinson, Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, Scarlett Johansson, and Sebastian Stan, hits cinemas on October 1, 2027. For more, check out the rest of the upcoming DC movies in the works.

Supergirl is about to fly into theaters as one of the several new superhero movies arriving this year. However, according to its director, Craig Gillespie, the new DCU film will stand out and might even help tackle superhero fatigue.

Based on Tom King's 'Woman of Tomorrow' comics, this new version of the Supergirl story is pretty different from how Kara Zor-El has been presented on screen before. Milly Alcock's heroine is a bit of a wild child who loves partying and shirks away from responsibility, before her dog Krypto is put in danger and she must change her ways.

"I think there's talk of superhero fatigue and some stuff that's been formulaic in the past, and when I read this script, there was nothing that was formulaic in it," Gillespie tells GamesRadar+ about the new approach to the character.

"It was this incredibly complex character that Ana [Nogueira] had written based off of Tom King's novel, 'Woman of Tomorrow.' She's complex, she's flawed, she's an anti-hero that's rebellious, and she's been through trauma – and that's bizarrely such human traits that you can recognize within yourself.

"Instead of having this hero on a pedestal with perfect hair and makeup and everything in place, she's kind of a hot mess in the best way. To be able to tell that story and twist the genre in that way to make her more human, that's what was exciting to me."

Another stand-out part of Gillespie's vision for Supergirl is how much attention to detail is in each frame. The movie heads to several different alien planets and each one has been completely fleshed out with practical creatures, sets, and an incredible amount of care.

"I wanted these places to feel tactile, to feel dirty, dusty," he tells us of this approach. "I wanted to feel the poverty, the destruction, which meant that the amount of dirt and layers on the clothing and the sets and the graffiti, I mean, it was so much texture in there that I was excited about.

"Typically you don't really see those in sci-fi films, everything looks like it was brand new and just polished, and they just came from the laundromat every time. So to be able to really lean into that, that decay, was amazingly exciting but it was so much work."

Elsewhere, Gillespie also opened up to us about James Gunn's notes on a particular character and what Superman star David Corenswet brought when he turned up on set.

Supergirl is out in UK cinemas on June 25 and arrives in US theaters on June 26. For more, check out our breakdown of how to watch the DC movies in order and all the upcoming DC movies and shows you need to know about.

Former Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company was eyeing the James Bond franchise before Amazon swooped in and made the purchase.

"It was like the clouds lifted and the sun started to shine again," Iger told the Financial Times, in regards to Disney buying Pixar. "We felt unstoppable. We put together a list of acquisition targets. Marvel was one, Star Wars was another, James Bond was one. We had a list and I figured let’s just tick them off and buy them all."

Rumors of Disney acquiring James Bond came out about in 2017, with Iger hinting at a plan to acquire the franchise in 2019. There was little to no news about which billion-dollar conglomerate would make the purchase until the shock announcement came in 2025 when longtime producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli effectively sold creative control over to Amazon for $20 million (though it was rumored to be a much higher amount). Around the same time, reports claimed that Broccoli was unhappy with Amazon's plans for the franchise, which supposedly involved turning Bond into a cinematic universe, complete with a Moneypenny prequel spin-off.

Denis Villeneuve is set to direct the new pic, with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight currently hard at work on the script. Casting is currently underway.

The upcoming, untitled James Bond movie is expected to hit theaters sometime in 2028. For more on 007, check our guide to the best James Bond movies, or see the best Prime Video movies to add to your watchlist right now.

Supergirl may be based on the beloved comic book mini-series, Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely, but there are some big differences in the adaptation. One of the biggest changes is villain Krem of the Yellow Hills, just referred to as Krem in the DCU movie, who looks very different from his comic book counterpart.

While in the novel, the Brigand looks pretty human, as we've seen from the Supergirl trailers, the movie went in a different direction. Krem is covered in facial piercings and loves leather, looking way more Mad Max than the original.

Speaking to GamesRadar+, the star behind the character, Matthias Schoenaerts, reveals that he loves the look, adding what he thinks of the big changes.

"That's the first thing that Craig showed me, because I, of course, I was familiar with the source material, and I was like, 'Okay, so how are we going to blend that in?,' and then he showed me his idea, and I was like, 'Wow, this is fantastic,'" the actor recalls. "It was pretty crazy to walk in, because, as magnificent as it looked, it wasn't the easiest to run in, for example, but it looked fantastic."

According to Schoenaerts, the revamped look was also one of several changes made from the comics. "I think that's a fun part of this movie, is that, of course, story-wise, it's very much related to the source material, but the writer and Craig [Gillespie, director] added new components and elements to it, so that it's still fresh," he adds. "Even though it's very close to the source material, and so people are going to have the satisfaction, they will still be surprised because it's brought to you with a new swing and a new flavor."

Coming from a long line of DC villains on screen, Krem stands apart in the new movie. The actor played him several different ways on set at the request of director Craig Gillespie to keep him unpredictable in the final cut.

"I've seen a lot of the films so I know what the legacy and the heritage is, and I'm like, 'Okay, I have to bring something new to the table,' and you want to be memorable," Schoenaerts explains.

"I wanted to make him funky and unpredictable, and then back and forth, I wanted to make him an unforgettable madman, your favorite romantic lead," he laughs. "That was what I had in my head, the nightmare romantic lead. I'm like, 'That's my guy.'"

He was a pretty intimidating presence on set too, according to actor Eve Ridley, who plays Ruthye, a young girl whose family is murdered by Krem. Filming those scenes was also the first time she met her co-star in person too.

"It was the worst, no, it was the best, but in a scary way," she tells us. "I am a huge horror fan, and I am proud to say that I love horrors, but this was a different kind of scary. This was like being in the horror movie, the center of it all.

"I was promised to see him out of prosthetics and everything, and out of costume, but did that happen? No. So, the first time I met him, it was my first day shooting and I just saw him walk on the set out of the shadows, this is a huge man with studs on his face and everything. It's the scariest thing I've ever seen in my life, but I mean, I didn't have to act."

Supergirl is out in UK cinemas on June 25 and arrives in US theaters on June 26. For more, check out our breakdown of how to watch the DC movies in order and all the upcoming DC movies and shows you need to know about.

The first synopsis for Netflix's Gears of War movie has been revealed – and it sounds like the franchise is opting for yet another prequel.

As revealed by Entertainment Weekly, the live-action adaptation will follow 'the origin story of Delta Squad, a ragtag crew of soldiers who wage a desperate war for survival against the Locust, a race of subterranean creatures set on destroying humanity.'

Xbox EVP and chief content officer Matt Booty feels the genesis of Delta is fertile ground for a movie. He said, "When you go visit [The Coalition] studio, their tagline is 'Never Fight Alone.' So when you think about that for a dramatic narrative, it's a pretty good starting point."

Gears vets will know that stories set prior to the events of 2006's Gears of War are nothing new.

Before Marcus Fenix was busted out of prison, we've seen Baird's trials and tribulations as part of Kilo Squad in 2013's Gears of War: Judgment. This year sees players head back to roughly the same time period – 14 years before Gears of War – to see Marcus Fenix combating the incoming Locust threat in Gears of War: E-Day.

On top of that, there have been several wider media prequels in the form of books and comics, though nothing revolving around the earlier iteration of Delta Squad, a group that would eventually consist of Marcus, Dom, Baird, and the Cole Train. Choo-choo!

If true, then, the Gears of War movie could tread – or roadie run? – the path leading right up to the events of the Gears of War games and Delta Squad butting ugly heads with the Locust forces.

Gears of War E-Day hits Xbox Series X on October 6. The Gears of War Netflix movie is currently undated.

For more, here are the other new Xbox games on the horizon, plus all the upcoming video game movies in the works.

Supergirl director Craig Gillespie has spoken about how DC Studios head James Gunn had given him free reign with directing the new DCU movie. However, it turns out that he did have some notes on one particular character: Krypto.

The super-dog featured heavily in Superman and is a huge part of Supergirl too as it follows Kara Zor-El having to go to extreme lengths to save her four-legged best friend. After he's poisoned by the evil Krem, she ends up teaming up with a young girl named Ruthye to find the antidote to save him.

"Krypto would be one of the things that James was the most articulate about," Gillespie tells GamesRadar+, adding that Gunn frequently said to him, "'Oh no, no, no, he wouldn't do that'."

The director adds: "Obviously, it's based on James's dog, so there was some stuff in the bar that you know, maybe where Krypto was paying too much attention, and it'd be like, 'No, I think you got to change that. He wouldn't actually care about that, or he wouldn't do that, or he'd never follow that rule.' I'm like, 'Oh, okay.' So we got some guidelines with Krypto."

It wasn't just Gunn who was involved in the movie either, as his co-CEO Peter Safran was also often on set, according to Krem actor Matthias Schoenaerts. However, it seems he was also pretty hands off with and didn't offer too much advice on bringing the Brigand alien to life.

"Peter was on set quite often," he tells us. "But he gave also a lot of freedom to Craig [Gillespie], so it was mostly Craig and the actors and the DP, Rob Hardy, that was kind of the trinity working [and] having conversations about what to do and how to do it."

Supergirl is out in UK cinemas on June 25 and arrives in US theaters on June 26. For more, check out our breakdown of how to watch the DC movies in order and all the upcoming DC movies and shows you need to know about.

Supergirl is set to star in her own movie very soon, but she'll also be returning in Man of Tomorrow, a sort-of-sequel to last summer's Superman.

Speaking at the Supergirl premiere, DC Studios co-president James Gunn has teased that Kara Zor-El's differences to her cousin Superman might cause some conflict in the upcoming film.

"I think it's very different. I think it's different in every way. It's based on a wonderful graphic novel by Tom King and Bilquis Evely. It's a Supergirl who's a hero like we've always known her, but she's haunted," Gunn told ExtraTV when asked how this take on Supergirl is different for the new DCU. "She's had a very, very, very difficult life, bringing up, on a chunk of rock outside of Krypton, and she's damaged because of it, and she's not really ready to accept the suit in a way that Superman was."

When the interviewer shared her thoughts that Milly Alcock's Supergirl is rougher than previous versions, Gunn explained: "I've liked a lot of the iterations of Supergirl. I think Helen Slater was great. All of them, really, have been great versions, but I do think that this Supergirl is apart because she's not so much like Superman. She's very, very different from her cousin, which puts them at odds, which is a big part of this movie, and then an even bigger part of Man of Tomorrow, which we're filming now."

Plus, Supergirl is going to have more than a cameo in the upcoming film. "Milly's got a big role in that one," Gunn teased.

Supergirl sees Alcock's Kara Zor-El go up against Matthias Schoenaerts's villainous Krem, after he poisons her dog Krypto. Man of Tomorrow, meanwhile, sees Supes and Lex Luthor forced to team up against Braniac. A set video has already shown Superman losing his cool with Lex, however, so it doesn't look like the partnership will be smooth sailing…

Supergirl arrives this June 26, while Man of Tomorrow hits theaters on July 9, 2027.

In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows for everything else the DCU has in store, or our guide to watching the DC movies in order for a marathon.

The Spider-Man: Brand New Day villain is so far a matter of mystery – but Tom Holland has teased that it'll be unlike anything we've seen before in the MCU.

"The villain that we have in this new movie, which is still very much a secret, is, I think, unlike anything we've seen in one of these movies before," Holland teased to ProSieben. Watch the moment below.

So far, trailers have teased Spidey going up against the Hand, while teaming up with the Punisher and Bruce Banner – and battling a strange illness that affects his powers. Sadie Sink's mystery character is also part of the line-up, and fans are pretty convinced she's playing Jean Grey.

While Holland remained tight-lipped here, though, he might have let a spoiler slip elsewhere. "I think no one remembers that I'm Spider-Man apart from one," he teased in a recent interview.

When his MJ co-star Zendaya said, "Nobody remembers that you're Peter Parker. They know Spider-Man. Spider-Man is Peter Parker," Holland then added: "They know Spider-Man. They just don't know... one person [knows]."

During the Spider-Man: No Way Home ending, Doctor Strange performed a spell that erased the memory of Peter Parker from everyone in the multiverse. That means even MJ and Ned have forgotten Peter, as we see in the trailers. The identity of the one single person who remembers Peter is another of the movie's secrets for now.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives this July 31. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows, or our five best guesses on the Brand New Day villain.

Supergirl may be first and foremost Kara Zor-El's introduction to the DCU, but her cousin Superman makes a few appearances too. The latest superhero movie, and the second in the new revamped franchise, stars Milly Alcock as Supergirl, who reluctantly teams up with a young girl on a mission of revenge when her dog Krypto is poisoned.

However, as well as focusing on their mission, the movie also dives deeper into Supergirl's backstory – and how she first met her cousin, Kal-El on Earth. David Corenswet reprises his role as Clark Kent in the film and, according to director Craig Gillespie, he improvised a lot of his dialogue.

"The wonderful thing with David, it was more that when he came in, he was so aware of his character," Gillespie tells GamesRadar+ of the Superman scenes. "You know, in that opening scene with him, where he meets Milly, was the first day of the shoot. It was the first day I was working with him, and it was wild to see him in his superhero outfit turn up, and he immediately started improvising."

He added that he improvised some of the funniest lines in the exchange, including some quips about Kara's bag and whether she was into bowling. "That was all improvised, and Milly's speaking in a different language, and then I threw out to Milly, 'Why don't you ask him why he's in his underwear?'," he laughs.

"They immediately got into this banter that was wonderful, and you could feel their dynamic out of the gate," Gillespie adds of their relationship in the movie. "It was just happening on the set in a way, it's like I think David was in such control of his character, so it was beautiful."

Supergirl is out in UK cinemas on June 25 and arrives in US theaters on June 26. For more, check out our breakdown of how to watch the DC movies in order and all the upcoming DC movies and shows you need to know about.

Tom Holland has sorta kinda unleashed another spoiler, and this time it's about the spell that made the entire world forget Peter Parker.

"I think no one remembers that I'm Spider-Man apart from one," Holland said during an interview with IGN when asked if any of the Avengers remember that Spider-Man is Peter Parker. He starts to say "person" before Zendaya quickly cuts him off and says, "Nobody remembers that you're Peter Parker. They know Spider-Man. Spider-Man is Peter Parker."

Holland continues: "They know Spider-Man. They just don't know... one person [knows]." You can watch the clip below.

Naturally, my guess is Doctor Strange given he's the one who did the spell that made everyone forget in the first place, and quite possibly the only one who can reverse it. It did look like Holland was about to spill the beans on exactly who before Zendaya swooped him and stopped him... which is on par with his long history of accidental Marvel spoiler reveals.

His crimes include revealing that Spider-Man: Homecoming would be turned into a trilogy, accidentally sharing the Avengers: Infinity War poster on Instagram live, and telling a packed audience that Spider-Man gets blipped at a screening for Infinity War. He also apparently spoiled all of the Avengers movies for Zendaya, which doesn't surprise me, either.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31. While we wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies or our breakdown on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order.

Although Marvel is bringing back the bulk of the original X-Men stars for Avengers: Doomsday, the studio has left a few names out, which Jean Grey star Famke Janssen doesn't seem too happy about.

"I think they made a mistake, but hey, who am I? I’m just a little me who thinks that," said Janssen to Nerdtropolis at Spacecon 2026. The star says she is being asked about the movie all of the time, promising she isn't lying about the fact that she isn't returning. "I am so bad at keeping secrets," added Janessen. "It’s all on my face. You right away will read it."

Janssen played telepathic mutant Jean Grey, aka Phoenix, in the original X-Men movie. The 2000 movie also starred Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen as Magneto, James Marsden as Cyclops, and Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, who are all set to return in Doomsday, as well as Kelsey Grammer as Beast, and Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler. The only other OG star left out is Storm actor Halle Berry.

It is not clear why Janssen wasn't asked to return, as she was part of the franchise for quite some time. After the first movie, the star then returned for X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand, and also made appearances in The Wolverine and X-Men: Days of Future Past.

The only reason we can think of is that there may soon be a new Jean Grey added to the MCU. Many Marvel fans think Sadie Sink is playing the mutant in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. If that is true, having two Jean Greys in the mix could be confusing, which might explain Janssen's absence. Plus, Brand New Day is set right before Doomsday, so whatever happens in the new Spidey movie may directly affect the new Avengers flick, including whatever chaos Sink's mysterious character may cause.

Doomsday is set to bring a long list of Marvel heroes back into the fold. The X-Men join the Thunderbolts*, the Fantastic Four, Chris Evans' Steve Rogers, Chris Hemsworth's Thor, the Wakandans, and many more as a new threat emerges in the shape of Doctor Doom, who just so happens to be played by Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr.

Avengers: Doomsday arrives on December 18. For now, check out our guide on how to watch Marvel movies in order, and keep up with upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

Welp, Tom Holland's webhead is certainly going to have his hands full now. Fresh footage from Spider-Man: Brand New Day has revealed yet another villain is joining the cast.

As revealed in a new TV spot, the hard-headed bad guy Ramrod makes a dash for Spidey and runs straight into a brick wall. Ouch. See the headache-inducing moment for yourself below.

While we don't exactly expect Ramrod to cause Spidey too much trouble, the latest villain appearance continues director Destin Daniel Cretton's trend of paying homage to various classic Spider-Man comic covers.

Already, we've had dalliances with Tarantula and Boomerang glimpsed in trailers, each aping a classic Marvel cover. Now, Ramrod's attack mirrors that of Amazing Spider-Man #221. If you've got that collecting dust in your attic, it might suddenly be worth a lot more after today.

In our opinion, we expect Tarantula, Boomerang, Ramrod (and potentially other C-list villains) to form part of a montage to show how Spidey has kept New York safe in the years since No Way Home.

Unfortunately, the tangled web of baddies grows ever wider. Spider-Man: Brand New Day's synopsis teases an unseen, powerful figure up to no good and lurking in the shadows. There's also the small matter of who Sadie Sink is playing – with Jean Grey among one of our big theories for Brand New Day's mystery villain. Michael Mando's Scorpion still has plenty of sting in his tail, too. The question remains: will there be enough room on the Raft for them all?

Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens in cinemas on July 31. For more, we have a complete guide to the Marvel timeline and, crucially for those looking to catch up, a look at how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

Soon, the second live-action movie in James Gunn's DCU will fly onto the big screen. But just because Supergirl introduces a new version of the Man of Steel's cousin, doesn't mean you have to go in blind.

Starring Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El, the movie follows the young supe as she reluctantly joins forces with Jason Momoa's Lobo and sets off on an interstellar journey to seek justice against those who destroyed her home planet. The movie marks the second time we have seen Alcock suit as the hero after making a small cameo in last year's Superman, but will introduce a whole stack of new characters, too.

So, with this being the new Supergirl's first solo movie, do you need to do any DCU Chapter One homework before sitting down to watch the new movie? Well, kind of. Below, we break down which movies and TV shows you need to have seen before the big day, and a few extra titles to catch up on if you have time.

The DC movies and shows to watch before Supergirl

Superman

This won't come as a huge surprise, but it will be helpful to have seen Superman before going into Supergirl. Judging by the trailers, there doesn't seem to be a lot of crossover between the two movies, but Superman gives us an idea of the type of relationship the straight-edged hero has with his boundary-pushing cousin. Right at the end of Superman, Kara crash-lands on Earth to pick up her dog, Krypto. The supe was partying on nearby planets, while her canine had been causing trouble on Earth.

Straight away, we can see that Kara doesn't share the same moral compass as her older kin. But we have a feeling she might buck up her ideas in her titular movie, as she is forced to step up and protect what she loves most. David Coresnwet's Superman will make an appearance in the new movie, as the Supergirl trailer shows him checking up on his cousin and giving her some stern advice.

Superman also gives us the chance to get to know Krypto before Supergirl. The new movie goes back to when the pup was first given to Kara, as well as giving us a deeper look at his relationship with his even more chaotic owner.

Optional viewing

Past Supergirl movies and TV shows

When James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC Studios, they completely wiped the slate clean, starting afresh with new actors and storylines. So, you really don't have to have seen any DC project before 2025's Superman. But if you would like to get to know other versions of Supergirl and perhaps compare them to Alcock's take on the hero, you can start with the first solo Supergirl movie released in 1984, starring Helen Slater.

Before Alcock, the last star to take flight as the hero was Sasha Calle in the 2023 movie The Flash. Calle was supposed to take on her own solo movie after that, but the project was scrapped when Gunn arrived. However, Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira, who was also writing the DCEU Supergirl movie, says that the two movies are "completely different," and that "nothing carried over from the DCEU project to the DCU movie.

In terms of television, we have seen many iterations of the young supe over the years. However, the most notable is CBS's Supergirl series, which ran from 2015 to 2025 as part of the Arrowverse. The show follows Melissa Benoist's Supergirl as she flees the newly destroyed Krypton and lands on Earth to protect National City. However, we don't see the new film following the same premise. The DCU's Supergirl is mostly set in space, and Alcock's hero has vengeance on her mind, leaving being an Earthly hero to her cousin.

Supergirl hits cinemas on June 26 in the US and on June 25 in the UK. For more, check out our guide on how to watch DC movies in order, and keep up with upcoming DC movies and shows.

Going into Spider-Man: Brand New Day, you may have a few questions. Namely, just who is the villain?

After all, the movie's official synopsis has teased a "powerful villain no one can even see", which only deepens the mystery further. There's been plenty of talk about Stranger Things star Sadie Sink playing Jean Grey, but she (typically) is on the side of Spidey and co. with the X-Men.

So, what gives and who could the webhead and The Punisher be up against in Spider-Man: Brand New Day? Below, we run the rule over the most likely candidates to be the movie's main villain, taking in fan theories, our own expert opinion, and other outsiders from the pages of Marvel's comics. After you dive into a possible rogues' gallery, get your Spidey-Senses tingling with our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and the Marvel timeline.

Who is Spider-Man: Brand New Day's mystery villain?

Jean Grey

Let's start with the red-haired elephant in the room. Marvel hasn't officially confirmed that Sadie Sink is playing Jean Grey, but a recent shot of a psychic blast in the latest Brand New Day trailer has eerie parallels to the mutant who would be Phoenix from animated series X-Men: Evolution.

In the trailers, we've also seen members of the public being mind-controlled by an unseen force.

Given Jean Grey's powerful psychic abilities, that certainly puts her in the frame to be the one fighting Spider-Man and pulling the strings – even if there could be more to all this than meets the eye.

Typically, Jean Grey is a foundational part of the X-Men, who haven't yet been introduced in the mainline MCU. With an X-Men movie on the way, though, it makes sense to put the building blocks together here with a tremendous show of what she's capable of – and why the public might fear her and be running scared of mutants in the near future. Is this Marvel's worst-kept secret? Possibly. But we think, if she is Brand New Day's main villain, there might be another power player lurking in the shadows. Which brings us to…

William Metzger

Not exactly a household name, William Metzger is someone who will still be well known to veteran X-Men fans.

A staunch anti-mutant campaigner, Metzger made his name as a hardline activist during the 1999-2000 Children of the Atom X-Men arc. There, he pushed ethical boundaries to further his agenda, even trying to put together an anti-mutant weapon. Ultimately, that ended in failure and led to a brutal death at the hands of Magneto.

Much like Jean Grey, we don't know if Metzger is officially in the movie, but Tramell Tillman's unnamed character has been given the name 'Bill' in multiple subtitled trailers now.

Given Tillman's starmaking rise through the ranks in Severance and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, it stands to reason that he could be the one to kick off the Mutant Saga in a meaningful way in the MCU in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Mister Negative

Jean Grey and William Metzger are two of our picks, but there have been plenty of whispers elsewhere about other Spider-Man villains coming out to play in New York.

Chief among them is Mister Negative. Those rumors started when a devilish logo was spotted during filming for Brand New Day. Fans quickly put two and two together and, at the risk of getting five, concluded that Spidey would be swinging into battle against Mr. Negative and his band of 'Inner Demons'.

First introduced during 2007's Free Comic Book Day, Mister Negative was a product of the Darkforce and Lightforce, which manifested itself as two distinct, wildly different personalities: the crime boss Mister Negative and the F.E.A.S.T founder Martin Li.

Most famously, Mister Negative was a crucial part of Insomniac's first two mainline Spider-Man titles. Since then, his momentum (and popularity) has only grown. Could that amount to an MCU appearance in Brand New Day? We'd certainly love to see it.

Jackal

Perhaps not one of Spider-Man's most famous villains, but you know his work: Jackal – real name Professor Miles Warren – proved the catalyst for the controversial 1990s storyline the Clone Saga, which saw a copy of Peter Parker brought to life.

Fans have already spotted a 'Green Jackal' Easter egg during the house party spied in the first trailer, with others speculating that Keith David (who has been heard but not seen so far in marketing) could be playing the villain.

Mister Sinister

Now, this is a little more out of left field. First introduced by legendary writer Chris Claremont in Uncanny X-Men #221, Mister Sinister has long been a thorn in the side of the X-Men, with Jean Grey often being in the supervillain's sights thanks to his belief that she could help create the ultimate mutant.

With the X-Men movie just a few years away, setting up a larger story here through Mister Sinister – is he manipulating Jean or William in some way? – would pay dividends down the line. Curiously, Jon Hamm had been set to play Mister Sinister in The New Mutants. While he's unlikely to reprise his role, the idea could still be on the minds of those calling the shots at Marvel Studios.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day thwips into cinemas on July 31, though there are early screenings planned in the US for Prime members on July 29.

For more, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and the complete Marvel timeline.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has already broken a record ahead of its release. The movie is tracking well, reportedly having the best pre-sales in five years, suggesting a positive upcoming box office.

Per Deadline, the last time a movie was tracking so well ahead of release was Spider-Man: No Way Home back in 2021. That movie went on to land the third-best opening at the box office of all time, behind Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War.

Set after the events of No Way Home, when Peter Parker was erased from the memories of everyone he knows and loves, Brand New Day sees him facing a new invisible threat. The latest Marvel Studios movie sees Tom Holland return to the lead role, alongside Zendaya and Jacob Batalon as MJ and Ned.

Sadie Sink joins the movie as an as-yet unknown character, and Marvel stars Jon Bernthal and Mark Ruffalo star as the Punisher and the Hulk, respectively. The second trailer was recently released and gave us our first proper look at Sink's role, but didn't reveal anything more about who she was playing (which our writer thinks is a good thing).

Meanwhile, Stranger Things star Sink has admitted she was pretty surprised that there has been so much speculation about her role. Holland has also been teasing new details on the film too, saying that he's worried he'll "upset Marvel" by comparing how prepared Christopher Nolan was on the set of The Odyssey.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is released on July 29 in the UK and July 31 in the US. For more, check out our guide to all of the upcoming Marvel movies and shows on the way.

Supergirl seemingly won't be the first DCU bomb, but it's not expected to beat The Flash's US opening weekend either.

According to the National Research Group and as reported by Puck News' Matthew Belloni, "Pre-release tracking for SUPERGIRL has come down again, now sitting at $51M domestic for the 3-day opening."

It's not all doom and gloom for the Man of Steel's cousin, however – as there's more leeway for Supergirl to succeed given its smaller scaler. As Belloni notes, "SUPERMAN debuted to $125M last summer on much larger production and marketing budget."

Still, a $51 million weekend opening in the US pales in comparison to even The Flash's $55 million in 2023. That movie, the last DCEU entry, was roundly criticized for its abundance of fan service, bland, flat action sequences, and arriving at a time where the cinematic universe was set to be rebooted.

Supergirl is all set to be the second mainline DCU film in James Gunn and Peter Safran's fledgling DCU. After last year's Superman (bookended by Creature Commandos and Peacemaker season 2) got the cinematic universe off to a solid start, it's now the time for Kara to step up – and the early signs are promising from critics.

The first Supergirl reactions are overwhelmingly positive, with those attending early press screenings comparing it favorably to Mad Max and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Following Supergirl, Clayface is injecting a dose of body horror into the DCU. The Batman 2, a non-DCU 'Elseworlds' project, opens in cinemas next October.

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When it was first announced that Jon Bernthal's Punisher would appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, we wondered how an ultra-violent R-rated anti-hero would mesh with Marvel's friendly neighborhood Spidey. But Tom Holland says their strong off-screen relationship translates perfectly on screen.

"There's no secret that I absolutely love Jon Bernthal," said Holland in a new Spider-Man: Brand New Day featurette. "When we got to set, Jon and I started riffing, and it kind of became this really funny big brother little brother type relationship. Destin just let us run with it." Watch the clip below.

Holland and Bernthal's friendship dates back to 2015, when the two met on the set of the medieval action film Pilgrimage. It was there that the pair auditioned for their respective Marvel roles. "Tom made my first Punisher tape, and I made his first Spider-Man audition tape," said Bernthal. Holland added, "There's always been a drive for me to share the screen with him as these characters; the fact that we get to do it now, in this movie, is so exciting."

Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton used the pair's decade-long friendship to the movie's advantage. "The type of chemistry that these two have bubbles up in unexpected ways that cannot be written," said the director. "It's my favorite rush when we have captured a moment that would not be able to be replicated."

We got a taste of the duo's brotherly relationship in the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer, where Bernthal's Punisher gets frustrated with Spidey's need to avoid violence, which couldn't be more opposite to how Frank Castle handles business. But it looks like Spidey may need Punisher's help as a stack of new villains enter the scene, including one that no one can see, as mentioned in the new Brand New Day synopsis.

Although the two may butt heads, it seems like Parker needs a brother figure more than ever in the new movie, as it finds the hero in his lowest emotional state yet. Set years after Spider-Man: No Way Home, when Doctor Strange wiped the whole world's memory of Spidey's real identity (including his girlfriend MJ and best friend Ned), Brand New Day finds Parker alone, lost, and fully throwing himself into crime-fighting.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into cinemas on July 31 in the US, and July 29 in the UK. For more, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

The first Supergirl reactions are here and, honestly, we weren't expecting so many comparisons to Mad Max.

Still, you'll be pleased to know that there's plenty of positive sentiment towards the upcoming DCU movie, the first not written or directed by James Gunn.

Our own deputy entertainment editor Fay Watson was a fan of Supergirl – with plenty of praise for lead Milly Alcock. She wrote on Twitter, "Supergirl is the film I wish I'd had as a teenager who loved superhero movies. Milly Alcock is perfect, bringing humour, heart, and incredible drunk acting. Really loved Craig Gillespie's vision of this world. Mad Max vibes for sure, but #Supergirl is something all of its own."

Writer Mike Ryan stated, "SUPERGIRL is not at all what I was expecting. I, too, assumed 'superhero space movie with needle drops' would have a similar tone to GOTG or even Superman. Instead it looks and plays more like a Mad Max movie, with dirty worlds, gross villains and a self destructive hero."

ComicBook's Chris Killian also felt the Mad Max influence, writing, "If you threw GOTG, True Grit, and Mad Max into a DC blender, you’d get #Supergirl - a grimy, funny, yet surprisingly somber space adventure. Milly shines, especially when we get into Kara’s tragic backstory, but Jason Momoa is having the fraggin’ time of his life as Lobo."

CBR's Sean O'Connell was also part of the positive feeling surrounding Supergirl. He wrote, "Had a lot of fun with SUPERGIRL, which helps expand the current DC Universe by taking a hard left turn away from James Gunn's SUPERMAN and doing its own thing. Much like Tom King and Bilquis Evely's book, it's episodic, edgy and vengeful."

Others, though, weren't so keen. Mama Geeky's Tessa Smith – a self-proclaimed fan of the source material – described the spacefaring DCU adventure as a "mixed bag" and that "some adaptation choices and a bland villain keep it from greatness."

Another wrote, "Fans of the comic might be expecting a different movie, but I think audiences will heavily resonate with this regardless."

See more Supergirl reactions for yourself down below.

Supergirl flies into cinemas on June 25 in the UK and June 26 in the US.

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Tom Holland has revealed how he found out that Robert Downey Jr. was returning to the MCU. In a new interview for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, he shared the story, as well as teasing his excitement for appearing in the upcoming Avengers movies.

"He just called me and I caught up with him a couple of days ago on the phone and we'll just have casual catch-ups every now and then," Holland said to Cinemania.es. "He checks in and he just told me and it's really exciting."

However, Holland went on to admit that the Russo brothers, who are directing Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, are not keeping him in the loop with all the details.

"I don't know a lot about those movies, by design," he added. "I have a reputation for spoiling certain things and I think the studios are keeping me from the juicy details but when I do get to grace that set, I'm so curious, 'What does that mean for Peter and how does that work?' I'm very excited about whatever it is."

Holland was busy filming The Odyssey when production was underway for Avengers: Doomsday so it's not clear if he'll appear at all in the first movie. However, as he hints at here, it is widely expected that Peter Parker will play a significant role in Avengers: Secret Wars.

Downey Jr.'s Iron Man had a very close relationship with Holland's Spidey on screen, and while we don't know how his return in the new role of Doctor Doom will be handled, it's certainly something we expect to see developed in the new movies.

No trailer is out yet for Doomsday, but it will be heading to theaters on December 18 this year. Before that, Holland is swinging back onto our screens as Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The fourth movie in the franchise is out on July 29 in the UK and July 31 in the US.

For more, check out our guide to all of the upcoming Marvel movies and shows on the way.

For a while there, Marvel couldn't stop ruining its own movies. In pre-release trailers or marketing, the famously watertight and spoiler-averse Marvel Studios sprang its own leaks.

Whether it's Captain America: Brave New World's third-act Red Hulk tussle or Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness revealing its Captain Carter-led alternate-universe lineup ahead of time, it's perhaps my most frustrating issue with how the modern-day MCU handles its output.

We only have to look back to Spider-Man's previous big-screen outing, No Way Home, for a taste of what I'm talking about.

There, villains from Spidey's cinematic past were assembled in the first trailers – not only ruining a handful of surprises, but confirming the multiverse conceit that Andrew Garfield, especially, had done so well lying about across various press tours.

The webhead was also the unfortunate victim of another big spoiler elsewhere, with Spidey's first MCU appearance being unveiled in a late-in-the-day Captain America: Civil War trailer.

Yes, Marvel needs to put butts in seats, but the act of spoiling major story beats or genuine shocks speaks to a lack of confidence in their own movies.

A brand new idea

Thank god, then, for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. As the title suggests, a new strategy is in place: this is a street-level affair, brimming with confidence, and deploying fan service such as The Punisher with care instead of a clumsy sense of crossovers for the sake of crossovers.

But with a month until release, its biggest success is how little we actually know about Brand New Day.

There are vague plots, sure, but we still don't know how Peter Parker's spider-centric transformation, Bruce Banner, The Hand, and the small matter of Sadie Sink's mystery character will blend together. Excitingly, each is a volatile element that, on their own, would be enough to carry most comic book movies. Throw them together, and it's a powder keg that could turn into a potential all-timer.

The movie's official synopsis only nudges things ahead slightly, revealing a "powerful villain no one can even see." That invisibility extends to the audience, who have had a field day amassing conspiracies and fan theories wondering if Sadie Sink will be playing X-Men psychic Jean Grey or whether there is a nefarious figure waiting for us once we sit down and experience the fourth MCU Spider-Man movie in theatres.

As of yet, there are no answers. That's a good thing – and I hope it stays that way right up until release. Walking into a Marvel movie knowing very little about it is a rare feat indeed.

In fact, I hope it's one Kevin Feige and the Russos mimic for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.

After all, Robert Downey's Doctor Doom is already an intriguing enough proposition to hook both long-term and lapsed fans. Would unveiling his look or spoiling his MCU arrival beforehand have much of an effect on Doomsday's excitement levels or box office prospects? Not really.

Doomsday has done all the right things so far, at least. There are four short teasers, a behind-closed-doors trailer, and news of fresh footage being bundled together with an Avengers: Endgame re-release this fall. That's pretty much where I want it to end.

Let us go in not knowing. Just this once. Spider-Man has given the blueprint for how to handle its villains; Doomsday can do it on an even larger scale. It would be brave, bold, and brilliant in a way that many naysayers would suggest the MCU hasn't been in some time.

So, yes, Doom is coming – but we can wait until December to hear from him, thank you very much.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits cinemas on July 31. For more, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and Marvel Phase 6.

The second Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer is here, finally giving us our first look at the Hulk's return. However, one eagle-eyed Marvel fan thinks we will witness a side to Bruce Banner's hero that we haven't seen in a long time.

"Brand New Day Hulk looks way more like he did in Avengers/Avengers: Age of Ultron than Ragnarok/Infinity War," points out the fan on Reddit. "Did Jean (assuming it is Jean) straight up 'turn off' Banner, leaving only Savage Hulk in control?" Hulk does look a little bigger and meaner than we have seen in recent years. In the trailer, even Tom Holland's Peter Parker remarks, "I didn't know you could get that big."

However, it's not just his appearance that the fan has to back up the theory. "I feel like a big theme of this film will be balance & learning to accept all parts of oneself," said the fan. "The film will show the danger of trying to live in the extreme and neglecting important parts of yourself. Peter tried to be Spider-Man full-time without Peter Parker, and it caused his Man-Spider mutation."

In the most recent Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer, Parker visits Banner, who is now teaching at a university, and asks, "Dr. Banner, you found a way to suppress mutating DNA, right? So, could you get rid of the bad aspects, but keep the good," to which Banner replied, "How would you decide what parts of nature are good or bad?" However, Banner also points out that if Parker ever sees him without his Hulk Inhibitor Device, he'd better run.

With that, we presume that Banner must lose his device at some point in Brand New Day, causing him to turn into Savage Hulk. But the fan thinks Jean Grey (who we think will appear in the movie, played by Stranger Things' Sadie Sink) will be to blame. "Bruce tried to suppress the Hulk, and Jean will show him why he needs Hulk and why Hulk needs Banner," added the fan. "In the comics, we see that Jean turned off Banner, which allowed Hulk to go full savage. Maybe something like that is happening here?"

But there's more. The theory also states that Brand New Day may finally explain the difference between Smart Hulk and the Hulk in Thor Ragnarok. "While not to the level of Smart Hulk, Ragnarok Hulk was far from a rampaging monster. He was intelligent, communicative, emotionally intelligent & easily able to discern friend from foe," added the fan. "That hardly seems like the savage beast we are getting in this film."

We will see how that pans out when Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into cinemas on July 31 in the US and July 29 in the UK. For more, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

Another Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer has landed, and one Marvel fan thinks the new video, along with the first trailer, includes the first and last shots of the movie.

"Peter visits Aunt May's grave twice," said the fan on Reddit. "I can only assume the rain visit is the first one, and the mellow day visit is the second time he visits. It simply warms my heart." Another fan added, "They might be the bookends of the movie. The rainy one is the beginning where we see Peter depressed and strung out. The end is when he’s fine and found the balance between Peter and Spidey."

In the first trailer, we see Tom Holland's Peter Parker visit his aunt's grave. He is wearing dark clothing and looks rather sad, which is reflected in the dreary weather. Fans will remember that May died in the last Spider-Man movie. However, in the most recent trailer, we see Parker visit May's resting place again, but this time he is wearing brighter clothes, seems happier, and the sun is shining. It's rather serendipitous.

We already know that Spider-Man: Brand New Day picks up with Parker in a rather glum state after his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) had their memories wiped at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home. With no friends or family, and no one really knowing who he his, Parker throws himself into full-time crimefighting. But we have a feeling that Brand New Day will pull him out of his slump, as the new movie sees Spider-Man face a host of new villains. With that in mind, the grave scenes could well be the beginning and the end.

The new trailer also gave us a deeper look at the bodily changes Parker is set to experience. Also shown in the first trailer, Holland's Spider-Man finally experiences growing organic webs and even has black eyes at one point. This has led a lot of fans to presume he is going to turn into Man-Spider or Symbiote Spider-Man. However, his low mood may be the ticket to his transformation, just as with Tobey Maguire's Spidey in Spider-Man 2.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31 in the US and on July 29 in the UK. For more, check out our guide on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order, and keep up with upcoming Marvel movies.

The latest trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day might have given away which comic run the Marvel Phase 6 movie is adapting.

An eagle-eyed fan spotted that, at one point in the trailer, Punisher is standing on a boat named Golden Girl. This same boat features in Gerry Conway's Spectacular Spider-Man run, specifically debuting in issue 141.

Another fan agreed that this run must be the inspiration for some of the movie: "They're definitely adapting elements from SSM 141-142 the action in Atlanta story arc and I'm confident the that final battle will involve Spider-Man vs Tombstone ripped straight from these panels"

Tombstone will indeed feature in the movie, played by Marvin Jones III. These issues see Punisher and Spidey team up to take on Tombstone together.

Still, Marvel movies often put a twist on the comic runs they adapt, so don't expect an exact recreation of Conway's run. Most likely, these issues inspired a small part of the film.

The rest of the trailer features Spidey grappling with his mystery illness, enlisting Bruce Banner for help, and meeting up with MJ and Ned, who no longer remember him after the Spider-Man: No Way Home ending.

Plus, a very brief moment in the trailer has convinced everyone that Stranger Things star Sadie Sink really is playing Jean Grey… though whether that turns out to be true or not remains to be seen.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives this July 31. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows for everything else the MCU has in store.

Marvel's worst-kept secret is still under wraps. Pretty much the whole world is convinced Sadie Sink is playing Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and this trailer moment you may have missed is yet another piece to add to the mounting pile of evidence.

At the 58-second mark in the second Brand New Day trailer, a concussive blast spreads throughout Manhattan.

As spied by one eagle-eyed fan, the effect is eerily similar to the psychic powers Jean Grey uses in the animated series X-Men: Evolution. Compare the two moments for yourself below.

If Peter Parker's mutating powers weren't already a big enough headache for the wallcrawler, it appears Spidey now has to contend with a mutant in his midst – one that has the power to destroy most of New York.

The Spider-Man: Brand New Day synopsis, meanwhile, has already heavily hinted at a villain no one can see being the Big Bad of the fourth Spider-Man MCU movie.

Couple that with some interesting quotes from Sink herself about not realizing there would be so much speculation about her mystery character and the low-hanging fruit of her sharing the red hair of the X-Men's most famous – and infamous – psychic, then there's already plenty to go on.

Elsewhere, we now have confirmation that Tramell Tillman's character is William Metzger, a prominent anti-mutant activist in the comics. Might he be hunting for Jean Grey? At this rate, we'd be disappointed if she's not in the movie.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into cinemas on July 31. For more, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and how to watch the Marvel movies in order.