Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts has nabbed the plum villain role in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which Craig Gillespie is directing for DC Studios.
House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock is toplining the superhero feature as Kara Zor-El, the cousin of Superman.
The feature is inspired by the Tom King and Bilquis Evely comic and will depart from the earnest take on the character audiences may know from the CW Supergirl series. The story hews closer to a grand science-fiction adventure than standard superhero fare as the comic told of a young alien girl who seeks Supergirl’s help in exacting revenge for the killing of her family.
The villain in the comic was Krem of the Yellow Hills, the man who kills the girl’s father. Supergirl is drawn into the conflict when he injured everyone’s favorite superpet, Krypto.
Supergirl will be the second DC Studios’ project to go before cameras (James Gunn’s Superman is the inaugural feature). It is eying a January start in the UK and has a June 26, 2026 release date.
Schoenaerts recently starred opposite Kate Winslet in Max and HBO’s prestige mini-series The Regime, and starred in Django, the Western series from Sky. He also appeared in the Marion Cotillard drama Rust and Bone, Jennifer Lawrence spy thriller Red Sparrow, and Charlize Theron action thriller The Old Guard.
He is repped by CAA.
