James Gunn Teases Krypton Scenes Coming in DCU's SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW

With Superman just weeks away from hitting theaters, James Gunn is finally cracking open the doors to the new DC Universe. But if you’re expecting sweeping shots of Krypton and the planet’s last moments in Superman, you might want to cool your jets.

According to Gunn, the deeper emotional and visual dive into Krypton’s fall is likely being saved for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

In a recent interview with ComicBook, Gunn hinted that while Superman won’t focus on the destruction of Kal-El’s home world, Kara Zor-El’s solo outing is another story. Gunn said of seeing flashbacks of Krypton in Supergirl:

“That’s always a possibility. But I think those things are really integral to the two characters and the differences between them, and that Clark really does have sort of this really happy childhood.

“I mean, he had parents who loved him in an easy going upbringing, and it makes him the least dysfunctional of superheroes in so many ways. And Supergirl, especially the DCU Supergirl, she’s kind of a mess.

“I mean, she’s, she’s had a real issues growing up. And it is based on the comic where she watched person after person after person dying in front of her as her piece of the planet disintegrated.”

That tonal shift between Clark and Kara is what sets these characters apart. Kal-El was a baby when he left Krypton, he doesn’t carry any memories of his people or culture. Kara, on the other hand, lived through it.

She remembers the destruction, the trauma, and the slow unraveling of her world, and if Gunn and the DCU are sticking close to Tom King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, it sounds like they’re going to bring all of that grief to the movie.

Supergirl’s connection to Krypton defines how she moves through the world. Clark might be the optimistic heart of the DCU, but Kara? She’s got scars. Emotional, planetary-level scars.

Gunn’s Superman movie, which stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, opens on July 11. It’s the official launchpad for the DCU, but it’s clear that the wider world-building will stretch far beyond just this film.

Supergirl: Woman of Torrmow, directed by Craig Gillespie (Cruella, I, Tonya) and starring House of the Dragon’s Milly Alcock, is set to open June 26, 2026.

So if you’re itching to see a new take on Krypton, its cities, its collapse, its emotional weight, you’re probably going to find that story in Supergirl.