At CinemaCon 2026, new Supergirl footage was dropped, finally putting it together Jason Momoa‘s wild man Lobo front and center. And in true Momoa fashion, he couldn’t help but get the crowd fired up, joking about a Lobo-meets-Aquaman crossover, a mashup that no one asked for, but suddenly everyone wanted.
‘Supergirl’s CinemaCon Moment: What Happened?
Let’s cut to the chase: The San Diego CinemaCon crowd had their eye on it. Supergirl’s extended gaze wasn’t concerned with safe or bright; this was raw, weird, and a lot more unpredictable than what fans are used to from DC. The atmosphere this time? It is important, alien and full of chaos Milly AlcockKara navigates Zor-El’s interstellar slums and gets into some serious alien skirmishes.And of course, all eyes were on Momoa’s Lobo. He bursts onto the screen on his signature space motorcycle, swinging a chain like he owns the place, a half-crazy grin plastered across his face. He’s a ball of oblivion, smoking, moaning, doing damage wherever he’s having the time of his life. The energy is nothing like the “save the world” swagger of Superman’s usual crowd, and Momoa was seen thoroughly enjoying himself.“This is a dream come true. This is the comic I collected,” he told the crowd, according to The Hollywood Reporter, grinning from ear to ear.The panel had a boisterous spark; Something the audience doesn’t always get at these things. Milly Alcock, who is clearly still processing the leap from her ‘House of the Dragon’ days to superstardom, called her time as ‘Supergirl’ “incredibly transformative,” and you could tell she meant it.the director Craig Gillespie and studio head Peter Safran also loved the chaos. Gillespie called this version of Kara “complicated and flawed,” while Safran revealed that cameras are about to roll on the Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow.And then there’s the part that’s set the Internet on fire: the hypothetical showdown between Lobo and Aquaman.Safran posed the question to Momo: What if those two ever share a screen?Momoa hardly missed a beat. “I’ll be honest,” the star replied. “I think they would have looked at each other and had a hundred beers and said, ‘I like this guy.'” It wasn’t over yet; Momoa said that James Gunn wanted to make a movie about the couple, and Safran said that this movie would hit theaters in 2031.For now, it’s just a joke. However, you never know with a story arc these days.
More on ‘Supergirl’
This time, ‘Supergirl’ isn’t your textbook superhero. If you’re hoping for Superman’s ray of sunshine optimism, you need to take a seat and process everything that’s coming. It’s almost like the darker cousin of regular heroes.In this “Supergirl,” Kara survived the destruction of Krypton, saw too much death, and carries scars that most heroes don’t. He’s traveling the galaxy with Krypto for his 23rd birthday when a girl named Ruthye ropes him into a wild quest for revenge. This is not a hat and socks excursion; grief, trauma and a road movie through the cosmic channel.Who is on the screen this time? Milly Alcock’s Kara, obviously. There’s Ruthye, set to right a wrong. The Yellow Hills appears as the big bad Cream. And Lobo is caught between a threat and a confused ally. Even Momoa admits: Lobo does not belong to the group.Craig Gillespie of ‘Cruella’ fame directed ‘Supergirl’ from a script by Ana Nogueira. The filmmaker spoke about the film at a press event late last year, saying the film is “really an anti-hero story,” adding that “it has a lot of demons, a lot of baggage that goes into this, which is very different from where Superman is in his life.”The film is part of DC’s new ‘Chapter One: Gods and Monsters’ slate and will be released on June 26, 2026.
