The wait is finally over as HBO’s House of the Dragon fame, Milly Alcock, has been chosen as DCU’s new Supergirl. She will lead ‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’, the live-action feature adaptation of Woman of Steel. The project will be based on the comic book series ‘Woman of Tomorrow’ by Bilquis Evely and Tom King.
In 2014, Milly Alcock made her acting debut with Wonderland, a popular Australian rom-com series. After that, it took her nearly five years to get a lead role in Upright, another prominent Australian comedy show. But her global prominence skyrocketed after she played young Rhaenyra Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon series. She acted in the first five episodes of Season 1. Emma D’Arcy now plays the character.
Alock will play Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, in ‘Woman of Tomorrow’. She is the third actress to play the live-action version of Woman of Steel, after Melissa Benoist (CW’s Supergirl series) and Sasha Calle (The Flash).
Instead of leaving Krypton as an infant, Kara departs from the planet at the age of 14, after witnessing its destruction. This makes her more hardcore and battle-hardened than Superman himself. James Gunn has revealed that Alcock’s version of Supergirl will be different from previous live-action adaptations of the character.
As of now, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow has no director. In November 2023, Ana Nogueira was hired to write the film’s screenplay. She is best known for her work in The Vampire Diaries. Stay tuned for more updates.