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“Supergirl,” starring Milly Alcock, is new in theaters Friday, and for those waiting to see the film on digital streaming, its studio will likely use the same strategy as many of its other previous PVOD releases.
Directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn, Supergirl is playing in 3,600 North American theaters in its opening weekend of release. Alcock stars Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, who was introduced in a cameo appearance in the Gunn-directed Superman starring David Corenswet in July 2025.
In the new film, Alcock stars in the lead while Corenswet appears in a smaller supporting role. The film begins with Kara celebrating her birthday on a red sun planet — where she can party it up and get drunk — where she encounters Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), a 14-year-old girl who is seeking vengeance against the ruthless Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts) following a family tragedy.
While Kara is helping Ruthye, Krem also shoots the Kryptonian’s four-legged companion, Krypto the Superdog, with a poisonous dart that will kill the pooch in three days unless she can get the antidote from the space pirate.
Rated PG-13, Supergirl also features Jason Momoa as the alien mercenary Lobo, as well as David Krumholtz and Emily Beecham as Kara’s parents, Zor-El and Alura.
While major studios like Paramount and Universal have been extending their windows between their theatrical releases and the day their films arrive on digital streaming via premium on demand, Warner Bros. has largely stuck to its PVOD release strategy.
As such, Paramount, which released the bulk of its theatrical releases on PVOD a month later, now has a 45-day window before its new films hit digital. Universal, on the other hand, has extended it…
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