Craig Gillespie is in talks to direct Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, joining the slate of filmmakers constructing a new era for DC Studios under the guidance of James Gunn and Peter Safran.

Gillespie has a high-profile and varied filmography: most notable are his skating biopic I, Tonya, starring Margot Robbie, the Australian comedy-drama Lars and the Real Girl, the Emma Stone-starring live-action Disney flick Cruella, and most recently, Dumb Money, the biographical comedy that chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021. In television, Gillespie notably directed and executive produced Pam & Tommy, starring Sebastian Stan and Lily James.

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow stars House of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock, who will play Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin. The feature is reportedly inspired by the Tom King and Bilquis Evely comic and will therefore mark a departure from the character audiences may have gotten to know in the CW Supergirl series.

Ana Nogueira penned the script for the project, which does not have a release date. DC Studios is currently in production on Superman, its first feature. Woman of Tomorrow is part of Chapter 1 in Gunn and Safran’s DC slate. Also included in this chapter are the Batman feature The Brave and the Bold helmed by Andy Muschietti and a series starring Viola Davis as her Suicide Squad character Amanda Waller.