James Gunn Addresses Milly Alcock "Fired" As Supergirl And Negative Man Of Tomorrow Buzz Rumors

James Gunn Addresses Milly Alcock "Fired" As Supergirl And Negative Man Of Tomorrow Buzz Rumors

DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has taken to social media to address a number of DCU-related rumors that have been doing the rounds online this week...

By MarkCassidy - Oct 17, 2026 06:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Man of Tomorrow

Superman director and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has taken to Threads to address some of the rumors that have been circulating online over the past few days... while once again noting that he is "mostly done shooting down rumors."

The main rumor Gunn was responding to sprang from a fan noticing that Supergirl star Milly Alcock had deleted several posts relating to the recent DCU movie from her Instagram. This led to speculation that the House of the Dragon star may have been "fired" from her role as the Woman of Tomorrow.

A highly unlikely scenario, of course, even though Supergirl did prove to be a costly flop for the studio.

Gunn also weighed in on reports that Man of Tomorrow recently held a test screening that was met with negative feedback. The filmmaker clarified that the movie has not been screened for anyone, as he was literally just about to show it to fellow DC Studios boss Peter Safran.

Finally, Gunn made it very clear that Matt Reeves has not been "replaced" by Steven Soderbergh as director on The Batman - Part II.

"Oh brother. You guys just have to stop listening to BS, and I'm mostly done shooting down rumors as there are so many and I'm not on here much. But all three of these couldn't be more false. I'm showing PETER SAFRAN my first Director's Cut today - he's the first person to see it obviously - and that's a month early!"

Gunn recently commented on a report that David Ellison paid a visit to the Man of Tomorrow set, confirming that the Skydance boss knows everything that's in the works at DC Studios.

“David knows everything. We told David long ago, and went through what the basic plan was. When he first brought us in and said he wanted to continue on with what we were doing, we told him all that we wanted to do [and talked] about what was happening, the secrets, where was the DCU going, and what was going to happen from Man of Tomorrow on.”

MOT will focus on the Man of Steel (David Corenswet) and Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) putting their differences aside and joining forces to defend the planet against Brainiac (Lars Eidinger).

Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane), Skyler Gisondo (Jimmy Olsen), Sara Sampaio (Eve Teschmacher), Isabela Merced (Hawkgirl), and Maria Gabriella de Faria (The Engineer) have all been confirmed to return.

Adria Arjona confirmed that she filmed her scenes when the movie was "wrapping up" during a recent interview, which may support the rumor that her character - be it Wonder Woman or Maxima - will only have a minor role to set up her next DCU appearance.

Man of Tomorrow will hit theaters on July 9, 2027.

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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/17/2026, 7:08 AM
Wait, so Gunn's saying that it's not true that Soderbergh's replacing Reeves as the director of the first unit for the rest of principal photography?!

Um, so I guess we should just disregard all the official statements then if this is fake news. He's not very good at this deny deny deny bit. You have to do that when it's still just a rumor, not when it's actually official news dumbass.
TDKRnry88
TDKRnry88 - 10/17/2026, 7:53 AM
@ObserverIO - No. Soderbergh is stepping in & working with Reeves to finish it. A collaboration. I'm not seeing where he's saying Soderbergh isn't finishing up prinicipal photography & Reeves himself said as much.
Irregular
Irregular - 10/17/2026, 7:59 AM
@ObserverIO - so Gunn's saying that it's not true that Soderbergh's replacing Reeves as the director of the first unit for the rest of principal photography?!

Um, so I guess we should just disregard all the official statements then if this is fake news.


I assumed this before but unless you really read carefully, Matt himself has said that he has not stepped down. He will be back in the editing room, he just can't finish the rest of principal photography. Soderbergh is the equivalent of a substitute teacher filling in, so he's just shooting whatever storyboards and shot list is ready.

I know not to trust WB, I get that. But I feel like this is different from before.
cincymovieguy
cincymovieguy - 10/17/2026, 9:00 AM
@ObserverIO

I stand by my statement from the other day - you’re an actual idiot dude, lmao.
EscapeMySight
EscapeMySight - 10/17/2026, 7:16 AM
Well no, Reeves hasn’t been “replaced”, but he’s been given an assistant in a highly regarded film maker. It’s so unfortunate Reeves has this family issue to contend with, but it sounds like he’s still staying as hands on with the film as he can. I guess he’ll be watching dailies, giving notes, and then picking things up in post. A far different situation to what happened with Snyder and JL.
Vigor
Vigor - 10/17/2026, 7:22 AM
I just want to see the whole new DC universe plans play out.
There's bound to be some duds along the way but I trust Gunn has a grand plan
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 10/17/2026, 7:44 AM
Rumours have 60% chance of being true.
Loverboy83
Loverboy83 - 10/17/2026, 7:50 AM
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TheNewYorkerr
TheNewYorkerr - 10/17/2026, 7:50 AM
Milly Allcocks was doomed from the start.
dragon316
dragon316 - 10/17/2026, 8:10 AM
Be nice stop following and making rumors
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 10/17/2026, 8:34 AM
It's crazy how bad people want this to all fail. Shes not going anywhere. Why do all this?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 10/17/2026, 9:07 AM
@Nonameforme - The usual reason. I didn't kike Supergirl (though I didn't think it was terrible),but I think she did a good job.
Loverboy83
Loverboy83 - 10/17/2026, 9:25 AM
@Nonameforme - even more crazy is: why give success to outright crap? Did you also root for the Morbin' Universe?
DocSpock
DocSpock - 10/17/2026, 9:32 AM

if we finally get an epic billion dollar plus smash with the MoT, many of the rumors will fade away.

The problem is that we have little or no indications that this will happen.

Gunn weakened Superman, rammed in a bunch of C-list characters, and worse, hardly used Lois at all. He has too much junk he seems to be committing to like Peacemaker, 99 doors multiverse thing, Salvation, Flagg Sr, garbage Green Lantern, Mr Miracle, comedy Grodd, etc., etc.

Blue Beetle, Metamorpho, Mr miracle before Batman, wonder Woman, & Flash?

Rumors should and will continue until Gunn gets something right.


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