Supergirl director says film avoids formula to fight superhero fatigue

Director Craig Gillespie says the new DCU film will stand out and might even help tackle superhero fatigue. Based on Tom King's 'Woman of Tomorrow' comics, this version of Supergirl follows Milly Alcock's Kara Zor-El as a wild child who loves partying and shirks responsibility until her dog Krypto is put in danger and she must change her ways.

"I think there's talk of superhero fatigue and some stuff that's been formulaic in the past, and when I read this script, there was nothing that was formulaic in it," Gillespie says. "It was this incredibly complex character that Ana [Nogueira] had written based off of Tom King's novel, 'Woman of Tomorrow.' She's complex, she's flawed, she's an anti-hero that's rebellious, and she's been through trauma – and that's bizarrely such human traits that you can recognize within yourself." Gillespie adds that the film deliberately resists a polished superhero image.

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