Ana Nogueira has been tapped to write DC Studios' movie “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow”.
The movie, centering on Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El and her superdog Krypto, has yet to be attached to a director.
An actress and playwright, Nogueira had been hired by Warner Bros. to script a “Supergirl” movie in 2022.
The original project was conceived as a spinoff of “The Flash”, which featured Sasha Calle as the character. However, the project was scrapped when James Gunn and Peter Safran took over leadership on the upcoming slate of DC Comics adaptations.
Gunn and Safran revealed that “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” would be part of DC Studios’ first line-up of features, which is set to reboot the continuity beginning with Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy” in 2025.
The upcoming movie is based on Tom King's comic book run of the same name from 2022.
Gunn added King has been a crucial component in the construction of the DCU, noting: "Tom has been one of the architects of this entire situation. He has been one of the guys in the room with us, along with four or five other writers, and I love his take on these characters where he just slightly turns them to be something very unique."
While Gunn and Safran didn't share any specific plot details for "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow", the pair explained that this version of Kara Zor-El is more hardened than previous on-screen iterations of the character.
"Superman was sent to Earth, and he was raised by incredibly loving parents, whereas Kara was in Krypton, she was on a piece of Krypton that drifted away from the planet, and lived there for the first 14 years of her life among [a] horrible situation where she watched everybody around her die. So she's a much harsher and more f—ked up Super Girl than we've been used to this far." Gunn pointed out.
"Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" is expected to arrive sometime in 2027.
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