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Supergirl director Craig Gillespie recalls "debating stuff" with DC boss James Gunn during the upcoming superhero movie's four-day editing session.
Despite their clashes, though, the filmmaker insisted in a set report from Empire that "it was great to have more of a director than a studio head" to bounce ideas off in post-production. "You can just roll the sleeves up and have a healthy debate," he explained to the magazine. "It would get into the tiniest things... music choices... that sort of push and pull."
Gosh knows Gunn is passionate about his needle drops, too. Given the trailers' quippy tone and the movie's space setting, Supergirl is already being likened to Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy. "I don't think I can avoid it," Gillespie added of the comparisons. "We're in that arena, but it's a space I've always played in. There's only so many space movies. And we're in the superhero universe, with that dance of humor and darkness and drama, which I love."
Milly Alcock's Supergirl made her DCU debut right at the end of Superman, where she drunkenly dropped into Kal-El's Fortress of Solitude and fussed over Krypto the Superdog, before making a swift exit.
Gillespie's follow-up centers solely on the blonde, boozy Kryptonian, and is loosely based on Tom King and Bilquis Evely's eight-issue Woman of Tomorrow run. First released in June 2021, the comic is told from the perspective of an alien girl named Ruby, who meets the titular Kara Zor-El after her father is killed by Krem of the Yellow Hills. The Old Guard's Matthias Schoenaerts is set to play the latter on the big screen.
Supergirl releases on June 26. While we wait, check out our guide to DCU Chapter One or our picks of the best superhero movies of all time.
