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The first teaser for Supergirl whetted the appetite, but now DC has released a much bigger trailer, and suffice to say, it looks pretty darn great. Check out the full Supergirl trailer below:
There’s a lot in there to unpack. It’s clear the main story will be Kara helping Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), the young girl from the trailer, in the battle against the movie’s villains: Krem of the Yellow Hills and the Brigands, a merciless group of space pirates. There’s also Krypto being poisoned (don’t you DARE, DC), a cameo from David Corenswet’s Superman, and much more of Jason Momoa’s Lobo. Alongside the trailer, DC also unveiled a new poster for the movie with a great, clear look at Alcock in costume, which you can see below:
The Supergirl Trailer Is Great: What It Reveals About The Movie
Supergirl is set some time after Superman, though it’s been confirmed to take place before that movie’s sequel, Man of Tomorrow. It’s apparent from the trailer that it’s been a while since Clark saw his cousin on Earth, but it does still explain her cameo in that movie. There, Kara was drunk, and we also see her drinking quite a bit in this trailer. That’s a coping mechanism, largely brought about by the pain and grief she feels from the destruction of Krypto and the fact she no longer has somewhere to call home, which is a key thematic point the footage teases.
Making that sense of loss even worse is what happens to Krypto in the Supergirl trailer. The superdog is poisoned with an arrow fired by Krem, with it mentioned that they have only three days to find the antidote and save his life. This will spark the plot, with Kara having to help Ruthye, who wants revenge on Krem for her father’s death. Into this will also come Lobo, the badass biker and bounty hunter who looks like he’s being brought to life perfectly by Momoa (in what’s a dream-come-true role for the Aquaman star). Lobo isn’t in the comic, but looks to be a fun addition as the heroes go up against Krem and the Brigands.
The poisoning of Krypto will not only give us the movie’s story, but also its emotional core. The dog is the closest companion Supergirl has in the world; as she says, where he is, home is. That’s potentially devastating (though there is no way they’d actually kill the dog… right?!), but also gives her some clear motivations. And, crucially, it allows for some adorable flashbacks with Kyrpto as a superpup. Having been attacked by the Engineer and captured by Lex Luthor in Superman, surely he has suffered enough!
