SUPERGIRL Gets A New Poster As Potentially Divisive Details About The Movie's Villains Are Revealed - SPOILERS

SUPERGIRL Gets A New Poster As Potentially Divisive Details About The Movie's Villains Are Revealed - SPOILERS

A new promo poster for Supergirl has been released, but another leak from test screenings points to DC Studios making a huge change to Krem of the Yellow Hills and his fellow bad guys.

By JoshWilding - Jan 05, 2026 05:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Supergirl

The first trailer for Supergirl was released last month. While it ended up being a little overshadowed by the Avengers: Doomsday teasers, there's still plenty of excitement among DC fans to return to the relaunched DCU and see the Woman of Tomorrow in action.

Warner Bros. typically skips the Super Bowl, so we wouldn't bank on Supergirl getting a Big Game TV spot next month. However, more from the movie is bound to be revealed in due course. 

For now, we have a new promo poster featuring Milly Alcock's Maiden of Might, along with a fun shot of Krypto the Superdog. The former is definitely wallpaper-worthy, but the bigger news today is an update about Supergirl's villains from test screening leaker @ViewerAnon.

The insider recently took to X to reveal, "The bad guys in [the movie] are a bunch of losers who kidnap women for use as sex slaves." 

This is a major change from the Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comic. In that, Krem of the Yellow Hills killed Ruthye's father and shot Krypto with an arrow, prompting her and Supergirl to embark on a revenge mission. Along the way, Krem joined up with the Sklarian Raiders, but they weren't slavers; instead, they plundered planets and murdered innocents. 

The change appears to suggest that Krem will want to make Ruthye—or perhaps even Kara Zor-El—a sex slave, a dark alteration to the source material that might not sit right with some fans. 

DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn recently likened Supergirl to Guardians of the Galaxy, and said, "It’s based on the Tom King book, but it doesn’t follow it religiously, but it has a lot of the core of that there."

Check out this new Supergirl promotional material below. 

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Supergirl, DC Studios' newest feature film to hit the big screen, arrives in theaters worldwide next summer from Warner Bros. Pictures, and stars Milly Alcock in the dual role of Supergirl/Kara Zor-El. Craig Gillespie directs the film from a screenplay by Ana Nogueira.

When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice. Alcock stars alongside Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, and Jason Momoa.

The film is executive produced by Nigel Gostelow, Chantal Nong Vo and Lars P. Winther. Behind the camera, Gillespie is joined by director of photography Rob Hardy, production designer Neil Lamont, editor Tatiana S. Riegel, costume designer Anna B. Sheppard, Visual Effects Supervisor Geoffrey Baumann, and composer Ramin Djawadi.

Supergirl arrives in theaters on June 26, 2026.

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CrimsonComet40
CrimsonComet40 - 1/5/2026, 5:55 AM
I have no words...what the [frick] James! When the fans told you to open a comic book, they didn't mean rule 34!

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SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 1/5/2026, 5:57 AM
Jesus christ. This Gunn fruitcake just cant help himself can he?
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/5/2026, 8:18 AM
@SteviesRightFoo - how many marvel messed up villains in there movies ? Modok , klaw, baron zemo , namor and more
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 1/5/2026, 10:17 AM
@SteviesRightFoo - So the villains are basically super powered Mexican cartel sex traffickers. And they want some Allcock! There is only one man who can stop this, close the space border and save those girls. And man who has effectively stopped sex trafficking across the border - U.S. border czar Tom Homen!
newhire13
newhire13 - 1/5/2026, 2:30 PM
@SteviesRightFoo - What are you mad about?
elgaz
elgaz - 1/5/2026, 6:07 AM
Plot twist : Jor-El ("build your harem, Kal-El!") is revealed to be the ringleader.
SethBullock
SethBullock - 1/5/2026, 6:25 AM
@elgaz -

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ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 1/5/2026, 6:12 AM
The lefties always have to make rapist men into villains, when they should really be Supreme Court justices or even POTUS. SAD!
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/5/2026, 6:19 AM
@ProfessorWhy - ''make rapist men into villains''

What do you mean ''into villains''? Aren't rapists not villains? Reminds me of this:
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ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 1/5/2026, 6:27 AM
@bkmeijer1 - I thought my overt sarcasm would be evident without random case changes
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/5/2026, 7:41 AM
@ProfessorWhy - oh yeah, it was. Kinda why I included the evil KKK post (I hope that one was sarcastic too though)
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 1/5/2026, 7:54 AM
@bkmeijer1 - I misread the tone, I'm blaming Monday morning
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/5/2026, 7:57 AM
@ProfessorWhy - I blame the January start. Year is off to a great start
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/5/2026, 8:07 AM
@bkmeijer1 - no it wasn’t Superman and spawn beat you to it superman and spawn vs kkk in books
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/5/2026, 8:11 AM
@bkmeijer1 - surprised teen cult wasn’t used kinda what’s going on in Harry Potter leader died try do everything bring him back follow is teachings
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/5/2026, 8:16 AM
@ProfessorWhy - it was like that before lazy label lefty was thought of not many women that rapists if there was there forgotten about ( no different automatically men have bad reputation being judge a lot of times being misunderstood innocent guy says he didn’t rape woman but guy running past him did no one will believe it he’s guy makes no difference)

Same with alcohol someone who goes bar automatically thinks they go there get woman drunk have one night stand with her when alcohol causes A lot of physical and mental problems drunk driving deaths , domestic abuse and physical and mental makes people fat heart attack stroke seizures no sees that it’s usually one night stand things
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 1/5/2026, 8:53 AM
@dragon316 - I'm not deciphering all that, dragon
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/5/2026, 6:16 AM
''a dark alteration to the source material that might not sit right with some fans.''

So we're speculating about fans' opinions now? I think the change doesn't matter, as the villain is cruel regardless
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/5/2026, 6:33 AM
@bkmeijer1 - not sure why a villain being even more of a bad guy would be divisive amongst fans but I guess anything bothers people nowadays so why not?
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 1/5/2026, 7:15 AM
@TheVisionary25 - there’ll be some weirdo online complaining about how they were his favorite villains and it makes him look like a bad person for liking them cause of the change and woke mafia blah blah blah
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/5/2026, 7:43 AM
@TheVisionary25 - "I guess anything bothers people nowadays so why not"

Very astute observation
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/5/2026, 8:09 AM
@bkmeijer1 - comic books and movies always 100 % percent of time goood vs bad and bad want to rule world universe try kill hero finally comic book movie take some real world event situations for once besides racism and boring politics
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/5/2026, 8:40 AM
@bkmeijer1 - haha , thanks.
narrow290
narrow290 - 1/5/2026, 9:20 AM
@bkmeijer1 - thank you. Rage bait
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/5/2026, 6:47 AM
Hmmm , if true then I wonder if this is only one aspect of the villains in the film?.

Honestly given that Krem has a more outwardly monstrous appearance in this then his comic counterpart who is pretty much just a red headed & bearded dude , I could see that perhaps he isn’t a lone mercenary aswell in this but the leader of the Sklarian Raiders (or Barbond Brigands from the WOT comic) who perhaps killed Ruthye’s father as he and his crew tried to pillage his home etc.

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Anyway we’ll see but I’m still looking forward to the film since it seems good imo!!.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 1/5/2026, 6:53 AM
Gunn Is si based ..that original cómic was so boring ..what we really need was a raunchy Guardianes of The Galaxy remake ...we aré lukier than Venezuelas
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 1/5/2026, 10:12 AM
@Malatrova15 - Ironically, the kidnappers all work out of a Somali daycare center in Minnesota.
This IS Gunn we're talking about here.

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Bucky74
Bucky74 - 1/5/2026, 10:20 AM
@Malatrova15 - Supergirl meets Barberalla! Genius!
Forthas
Forthas - 1/5/2026, 8:03 AM
Maybe Krem was friends with Jor-El and Lara.
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 1/5/2026, 10:20 AM
@Forthas - That Kryptonian seed won’t spread itself
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/5/2026, 8:06 AM
There is real world real life situation in comic book movie and comic book that never touched on this subject real world event situations in comic books and comic books 1 out of billion expect to see everything else in comic book movies always good vs bad , bad want rule world universe kill hero this nice very dark twist see how well it pays off if it’s true movie looks goood by trailer
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/5/2026, 8:21 AM
@dragon316 - at it’s not predictable same old story good vs bad , bad want kill hero rule world or universe goood wins in end again and again time after time in all comic books we always get with different villain characters doing same thing with same old out comb somehow hero wins bad loses from trying kill hero world univsere
Forthas
Forthas - 1/5/2026, 8:21 AM
Braniac will be a Cyber terrorist.
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/5/2026, 8:22 AM
@Forthas - that has happened once in books that was omac joking or serious can’t tell
Forthas
Forthas - 1/5/2026, 8:27 AM
@dragon316 - I was joking. Braniac is a bigger threat than that and is uses technology beyond just cyber attacks on institutions.
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 1/5/2026, 10:22 AM
@Forthas - Gunn will virtue signal about something with him. Maybe he’ll have a climate message in there or something. These idiots can’t help themselves
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 1/5/2026, 8:21 AM
DIVISIVE!!!!!!!!!
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 1/5/2026, 10:24 AM
@TheFinestSmack - The sex ring thing itself isn’t but there will be a “Men are bad and oppressive” message in this which is funny considering in Superman Gunn made the Gaza stand in’s the good guys and that society actually oppress women.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 1/5/2026, 10:41 AM
@Bucky74 - I just like pointing out any time an author of this site uses "DIVISIVE" in their headlines when it's usually something most people agree on lol. It's all clickbait. And you are likely very right about the messaging incoming.
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