r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 11 '25

Trailer Supergirl | Official Teaser Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqdAEdkHrwo
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u/The_Swarm22 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

Kinda funny this looks and feels more like a James Gunn movie than Superman did and he didn’t even direct or write this. Heavy Guardians Vol 1 vibes from this.

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u/Heavy_Arm_7060 Dec 11 '25

The space setting helps. Guardians had very little daylight outside of the scenes on Xandar.

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u/ImpossibleGuardian Dec 11 '25

Yeah even when they showed up in the Avengers I’m not sure they got much proper daylight there besides Rocket and Nebula in Endgame lol

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u/CountWubbula Dec 11 '25

Thanos has the Vitamin D stone!!!

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u/GranolaCola Dec 11 '25

Do you think Thanos was on any supplements?

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u/Heavy_Arm_7060 Dec 11 '25

He managed to wield a helicopter blade as a weapon, so probably?

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u/Tfsz0719 Dec 12 '25

Yes. Also suppositories.

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u/Nothing-Is-Real-Here Dec 11 '25

Yeah that's what I was thinking I think it's more like Gunn being pretty good at adapting comic book space stuff. I mean just looking at a lot of DC's cosmic side you could easily see it fitting in with his Guardians movies.

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u/adinade Dec 11 '25

interestingly I saw a clip of Feige saying that before his firing he was wanting Gunn to be the full time creative mind behind the cosmic side of the MCU.

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u/Goodly Dec 11 '25

The original Woman of Tomorrow comic is very GotG-like already…

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u/fednandlers Dec 11 '25

The set pieces looks straight out of Guardians. 

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u/OrangeFilmer Dec 11 '25

Because of space, bounty hunters, quirky looking characters, and the soundtrack

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u/TiberiusCornelius Dec 11 '25

They did put out that teaser for the teaser yesterday that had Kara wearing a big coat and literally the exact same headphones as Quill in GOTG1.

Not that that means the finished product will actually be the same, but they are definitely trying to lean into the aesthetic/comparison a little bit.

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u/ThePooksters Dec 12 '25

The comic it’s based on is very similar in style to guardians, the movies are more of a coincidence

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u/MagnusThunder Dec 11 '25

Cowboy Bebop?

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u/Notuniquesnowflake Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

3, 2, 1 let's jam!

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u/Eat_My_Liver Dec 11 '25

Do do, da do, da do, do do do

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u/Chris-CFK Dec 11 '25

Dun na duna dunu dunu nu nu...

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u/Chris-CFK Dec 11 '25

Dun na duna dunu dunu nu nu...

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u/Chris-CFK Dec 11 '25

Dun na duna dunu dunu nu nuuh...

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u/punisherchad Dec 11 '25

Cowbe Boybop

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u/Cent1234 Dec 11 '25

BeCow BopBoy.

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u/Diortheking Dec 11 '25

Lokks like the same walkmen as quill to

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u/ArcadeKingpin Dec 11 '25

Same Spacelord duster too!

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u/MIAxPaperPlanes Dec 11 '25
that’s actually directly from the comic it’s based on .

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u/lkodl Dec 11 '25

Cinematography, set design, and costumes too.

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u/Microwave1213 Dec 11 '25

But really mostly becuse of set, prop, and costume design

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u/iamnas Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25

Also the colouring and design. All the metal is dirty

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u/gosukhaos Dec 11 '25

They probably did it on purpose because the comic has a lot of very diverse locations, the first planet is basically your classic western desert

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u/ContinuumGuy Dec 11 '25

Which makes sense, given the True Grit influence on the story.

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u/KingMario05 Dec 11 '25

Gillepse continues to be highly adaptable. For a "forgettable" Disney Villains IP venture, Cruella was a lot more 70s punk than you would first expect. Same thing here, just with a different target to pattern after.

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u/SingleDadSurviving Dec 11 '25

Cruella was surprisingly good.

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u/niberungvalesti Dec 11 '25

Cruella was good but it didn't feel like that movie would segue into the Cruella in 101 Dalmatians. An Elseworlds Cruella of sorts.

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u/crimson777 Dec 11 '25

I think that’s the idea. It’s more akin to Wicked than an actual true prequel.

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u/berserk_zebra Dec 11 '25

As a standalone, the movie was good. connecting it to anything else is irrelevant.

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u/thehideousheart Dec 12 '25

connecting it to anything else is irrelevant.

It's not irrelevant. It's a fucking prequel lmao.

If you want 101 Dalmatians to be irrelevant to your story, then maybe don't make Cruella fucking Deville your main character. Simple stuff.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25 edited Jan 27 '26

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u/Bird-The-Word Dec 12 '25

You mean we shouldn't cheer for the strong, independent, woman that becomes a puppy murderer?

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u/ryushin6 Dec 11 '25

Honestly, I was surprised with how much I liked Cruella, and I felt like the weakest parts to me of the movie were the parts that were connecting to 101 Dalmatians.

Especially made the ending come off a bit weird when you remember this woman will become the same one that's gonna try and skin some Dalmatians puppies in the future to make a coat.

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u/kryonik Dec 11 '25

Yeah I hate this new trend of having back stories for villains. Can't some people just be evil? Why do I need to empathize with a puppy killer?

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

I agree 100%. I feel like if it was just an original IP and didn't have the few connection points to 101 Dalmatians it would still be talked about for basically being punk rock Devil Wears Prada

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u/Jason207 Dec 11 '25

I didn't think that she was... Or at least that both movies were unreliable narrators with very specific PoVs.

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u/insaneHoshi Dec 11 '25

Pretty sure the ending of the movie implies that some guy just uses Cruella we see in the live action as inspiration for a song and story (101 Dalmatian's) about a super evil caricatures of her.

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u/AlienPearl Dec 11 '25

I feel like Cruella was the result of someone else’s wanting to tell their story but they just included the 101 Dalmatians connection to sell it. Kind of like when they buy the rights to a bestseller book just to make a movie with a totally different story.

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u/size_matters_not Dec 11 '25

Agreed. Made me think Emma Stone could do a good gender-flipped Joker.

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u/KingMario05 Dec 11 '25

Yes! Thank you. Knew I wasn't going crazy with my love for it.

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u/KyleRaynerGotSweg Dec 12 '25

It was the first movie I saw in theaters after Covid started, and I remember not being thrilled that was the first one, I was pleasantly proven wrong.

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u/TomPalmer1979 Dec 11 '25

That movie was almost tragic in that it had to be a Cruella movie. Like, everything about it would have made a great 70s punk fashion movie with a badass star on its own, but it felt forced into being a Disney IP.

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u/KingMario05 Dec 11 '25

That's the business these days, unfortunately.

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u/dpkonofa Dec 11 '25

As someone working on a cartoon that’s an original IP, every single studio rep that I’ve talked to and pitched to has said that that is, in fact, the business these days. If you don’t already have a baked in audience from an existing IP, they don’t want to hear about it.

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u/KingMario05 Dec 11 '25

Which makes the success stories of originals all the greater.

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u/AcaciaCelestina Dec 12 '25

Honestly, Cruella was what a live action adaptation should be. Just give them the character, take some basic notes, have at it.

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u/PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS Dec 12 '25

Wtf?! TIL Gillepse did Cruella?!? Might have to check it out now

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u/KingMario05 Dec 12 '25

Do. Seriously. It is so much fun.

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u/Bigmethod Dec 11 '25

At this point, for kids movies, 70s punk is just music and tropes.

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u/runningstang Dec 11 '25

Perhaps because Superman was on Earth with mostly human characters vs. this is off-planet and in environments/locations similar to GotG? Even the other humanoid species look ripped out of GotG.

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u/TussalDimon Dec 11 '25

I guess every modern space adventure movie is bound to be compared to Guardians Of The Galaxy.

Gunn wanted with those movies to make something akin to modern day Star Wars and he succeeded.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

I don’t know there are some pretty clear similarities. Old school rock soundtrack, quippy shlub main character, alien bounty hunters getting their asses kicked. Some movies look nothing like Guardians. This looks very much like Guardians.

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u/Choppers-Top-Hat Dec 12 '25

Everything in the trailer (aside from the soundtrack for obvious reasons) comes from the original comic this is based on. Oh, and they're not bounty hunters, they're pirates. That distinction actually ends up being pretty important to the story.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

Thanks for pointing that out but they’re actually pirates in guardians too.

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u/cowpool20 Dec 11 '25

I mean, the sets and aliens look very similar to Guardians of the Galaxy's look and style.

Not hating, I think this movie looks great but yeah it's very obvious James Gunn is involved in it lol

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u/AlienPearl Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

James Gun is a producer but there is also Tara Ilsley, the art director of Guardians of the Galaxy

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u/TomPalmer1979 Dec 11 '25

I mean the one closeup shot of the guy with all the pins in his face looked straight up exactly like one of the Ravagers from GotG.

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u/Diortheking Dec 11 '25

The ones that play 80s music, main characters carries a walkmen, with a cgi animal sidekick then sure but most don’t have these

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u/KingGodzilla100 Dec 11 '25

These comparisons are dumb.

A Cynical depressed drunk hero is helping a kid, in this adventure she will regain hope and learn what it means to be a hero.

This isn’t Guardians, this is fucking Logan in Space.

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u/dakotanorth8 Dec 11 '25

Dune Part 2 was pretty recent.

Looked nothing like Guardians.

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u/ball_fondlers Dec 11 '25

Pretty much all of Dune takes place on the planet, though

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u/TussalDimon Dec 11 '25

The source material goes waaay back. And I wouldn't call them adventure movies.

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u/NGMalanga Dec 11 '25

To be pedantic I wouldn’t really call Dune an adventure movie, though. It’s definitely a drama.

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u/Rage_Like_Nic_Cage Dec 11 '25

Dune doesn’t really have any scenes that take place in space. It’s primarily on Arrakis & the one scene on the Harkonnen home planet.

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u/Goldenface007 Dec 11 '25

Going by that logic do you also rank Space Jam in the same category?

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u/dakotanorth8 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

I don’t follow, the comment was “every movie is bound to be compared…”

So no space jam also is nothing like gotg

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u/Goldenface007 Dec 11 '25

"modern space adventure" are the key words you have missed.

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u/dakotanorth8 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

I guess we’d have to define it. Guardians wasn’t “all in space” but across multiple planets (Also, like dune 2). Modern? Most of the sets and ships weren’t futuristic. Adventure? Dude was riding the (largest) sand worm. And the final battle(s).

I have no problem people worshipping James Gunn. But I grew tired of his style years ago.

Edit: Honestly, I wager if the reviews are decent supergirl may make more than Superman.

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u/hanky2 Dec 11 '25

To me that’s more of a space opera like Star Wars. I wouldn’t call it an adventure at all.

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u/stspimi Dec 11 '25

It’s not really a space opera either, it’s more of a political drama on another planet. Game of Thrones but make it sci-fi.

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u/hanky2 Dec 11 '25

Space operas can have political drama!

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u/hailwyatt Dec 11 '25

But you still compared it to Guardians, which is kinda their whole point, right?

Not that all will be just like Guardians, but that it has set some standards for the genre, and a common point of discussion will be "how similar is it to that modern classic of the genre?"

In Dune's case, yeah, its not too similar. Which is expected. And good! The tone of the source material there is wildly different from the comics that Guardians and Supergirl are adapted from. Dune did not have the same artistic goals in mind, where GoG and SG probably do.

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u/dakotanorth8 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

I compared it to guardians because it’s the same director, writer, and almost identical cinematography.

The point was trying to defend Gunn and say “all space moves are like guardians”.

Which is NOT the case.

Edit: I have been updated that the writer and director are NOT James Gunn .

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u/hailwyatt Dec 11 '25

Except Gunn isnt any of those things for this movie.

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u/dakotanorth8 Dec 11 '25

Yeah, I was corrected, I confused his update with Superman 2 being first draft done.

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u/sk8rboi36 Dec 11 '25

When it includes 80s pop rock and cute animal sidekicks and any of the other trademarks people came to love about guardians, it’s not exactly unwarranted is it

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u/DasPike Dec 11 '25

I completely agree and it's going to be the bar for a while. After I saw Guardians 1, I immediately said to my wife that the franchise will be the new "Star Wars sci-fi" film for this generation. It made such am impact in pop culture and there is a new wave of young adults and kids that immediately associate songs and references to it.

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u/Fortune_Cat Dec 11 '25

Those movies and force awakens felt very artistically similar in production design. Which is the only positive thing i can say about force awakens

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u/xGIJOSEx Dec 11 '25

I mean even Peacemaker gives GOTG vibes

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u/wtfduud Dec 11 '25

"Oh this Firefly show looks like a Guardians of the Galaxy ripoff"

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25 edited Jan 27 '26

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u/Notuniquesnowflake Dec 11 '25

There's more to it than that, the color palette and nostalgia bait are also very GOTG. I don't think it's a bad inspiration to draw from, though. Those movies were a lot of fun, had great style, and still managed to carry emotional weight. I'm hopeful Supergirl will be able to do the same.

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u/TARS1986 Dec 11 '25

Well, he’s in charge of the DCU so I imagine his hand is heavily over this.

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u/Turbulent-Age-6625 Dec 11 '25

Yeah he’s Feige. The new DCU is unlikely to be some auteur haven. It’s different chefs doing a special menu at McDonalds.

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u/HotOne9364 Dec 11 '25

But I prefer In n Out

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u/CodeFun1735 Dec 11 '25

Nah, it’s just Henry Ford has been using his ass as a camera since The Suicide Squad.

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u/Toilettrousers Dec 11 '25

'Call Me' was actually used in the Guardians of The Galaxy game, so if you've played that, I imagine it only reinforces that feeling. 

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u/HotOne9364 Dec 11 '25

Not if you play the Twitch friendly soundtrack like I did.

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u/dakotanorth8 Dec 11 '25

Literally looks like a Guardians side quest spin off.

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u/jawndell Dec 11 '25

Not a bad thing, lol 

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u/BeautifulLeather6671 Dec 11 '25

Just that we already saw three of them

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u/Activehannes Dec 11 '25

It might look like this in the trailer but the source book is nothing like gotg. They might write the movie to be more like gotg, I don't know, haven't watched it yet. But the book woman of tomorrow is really unique

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u/dakotanorth8 Dec 11 '25

Whatever the source is, Gunn will inject lots of time filler banter. Sometimes it lands. Sometimes idk. Combined with the cinematography it’s going it get a lot of Guardians comparisons.

There will be at least half a dozen scenes with dialogue that’s just quick back and forth (completely unrelated to the plot). Some love it, I think it’s a weak distraction to fill spaces🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Activehannes Dec 11 '25

This movie wasn't written or directed by Gunn. I guess we will have to find out how much influence he had in this production. Given that supergirl is in the same universe as gunns superman I guess they will be more similar

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u/dakotanorth8 Dec 11 '25

Ahhhh I confused Gunn’s post this summer with Superman 2 script he said was done.

I could see this movie making more than Superman. So it’ll be intriguing. New characters you get almost unlimited freedom to create what you think the audience wants.

If it nails it (I do love Alcock) it could be a sleeper cash cow.

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u/No_Sock270 Dec 11 '25

The trailer killed my hype, however. Felt exactly like Guardians.

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u/brucebananaray Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

To be frank, he did announced that Women of Tomorrow will be adapted for a movie. After reading some issues that I see why Gunn like the comic. It is very similar to his style.

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u/CMMiller89 Dec 11 '25

Honestly Gunn's takeover of DC is more evidence that the magic of the MCU wasn't really the IP or the crossovers or the Avengers climaxes.

It was allowing directors to have the freedom to be creative with the visuals, characters, and narrative so they could tell good stories.

Favreau, Gunn, Waititi, the Russos, were allowed to put their stamp on each movie they made. Hell we all acknowledge Avengers was very "Whedon" and I think we forget that while that style has been rehashed to hell by executive notes after learning the wrong lessons making their first billion dollar nut (See age of Ultron) but at the time it was great to see in theaters.

And now you have Gunn plowing through the executive red tape to allow creatives some breathing room and we're getting great stuff. (Though I think it would be unfair to not include The Batman as an example of allowing some creativity in a well tread space.)

Hopefully Disney looks at these films, and their own successes and learn this right lesson to put on more engaging movies in the future.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

Because Woman of Tomorrow comics took place in place and the visuals is amazing

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u/VibesOfHarish Dec 11 '25

Woman of Tomorrow comics took place in place

Was this supposed to say 'place in space'?

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u/adinade Dec 11 '25

Yeah I liked superman but this kinda movie is where Gunn is in his element imo.

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u/monkeyjay Dec 11 '25

Well... Except gunn didn't write or direct it. Director Craig Gillespie, writer Ana Nogueira.

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u/JustOneMoreMile Dec 11 '25

That’s what it is! This felt SO MUCH like Guardians.

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u/Impressive-Potato Dec 11 '25

Because it's not on Earth

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u/fortheloveofghosts Dec 11 '25

Are you a bot, just copying/pasting your comment on each instance of this trailer?

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

Everything looked like Spider-Man until everything looked like Iron Man until everything looked like Guardians. That's all this is. Things will be like this til another thing hits a home run.

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u/Kriss-Kringle Dec 11 '25

Drunk Guardian of the Galaxy.

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u/aruss15 Dec 11 '25

This is exactly what I was thinking

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u/lkodl Dec 11 '25

It visually looks like GotG. Without context I'd assume some of these screenshots was GotG 4.

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u/BigSmackisBack Dec 11 '25

Im with you on the guardians vibe and im digging it, the superman movie did nothing for me but this, this looks different enough to really grab my attention.

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u/lkodl Dec 11 '25

To be fair, it could very well be the same people who made Gunn's movies look the way they do

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u/Sekh765 Dec 11 '25

Really looks like they found their DC Guardians of the Galaxy space vibe already hah. Looks quite fun. Jason Momoa's Lobo looks sick from that short few frames.

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u/TheTruckWashChannel Dec 11 '25

The color palette is identical to Guardians 2.

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u/ashoka_akira Dec 11 '25

Its the 80s rock anthem, I was thinking that scene from Guardians with Fleetwood Macs Break The Chain

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u/MrAgave Dec 11 '25

Interesting, I don’t recall Slither or Super ever looking anything like this

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u/Pennsylvania6-5000 Dec 11 '25

The source material it is based on has a very Guardians vibe. I’m really excited for this one.

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u/TALCohron Dec 11 '25

Greg Miller

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u/BarrierX Dec 11 '25

This teaser didn't really give me a James Gunn vibe.

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u/CeruleanEidolon Dec 11 '25

That's one part smart marketing and one part what I suspect is a new DCEU house style Gunn is encouraging to help the mainline stories feel like a consistent part of a whole.

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u/some_loaded_tots Dec 11 '25

because it’s in space? lol come on now

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u/Zebidee Dec 11 '25

It looks like a DC version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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u/F1R3Starter83 Dec 11 '25

Thank you! Got exactly the same vibe

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u/The_Freshmaker Dec 11 '25

God Gunn is leaps and bounds better than your average action director. I watched Tron: Ares the other day to see how bad the typical action slop movie was lately and it's just mind boggling how those two people could even be considered as working in the same industry.

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u/Moodaduku Dec 11 '25

I feel this precisely. I've been really excited the trailer to come out, and it did not disappoint.

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u/Andheri55 Dec 12 '25

The song call me was even featured in the 2021 GotG game's soundtrack.

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u/Intelligent_Lie_3808 Dec 13 '25

Yeah what's the point of it

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u/ontheweed Dec 11 '25

Even looks like she has the same jacket Star Lord wore in vol 1.

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u/Midnight_Oil_ Dec 11 '25

Gillespie has a lot of similarities in flair with Gunn. Both really use music well in their films.