DC’s ‘Supergirl’ Casts Matthias Schoenaerts as Villain

Matthias Schoenaerts is in final negotiations to join the cast of “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” for DC Studios.

He’s being eyed to play the villain opposite “House of the Dragon” actor Milly Alcock, who is starring in the film as the eponymous hero, also known as Kara Zor-El. It’s unclear who Schoenaerts will play, but the villain in the comics is Krem of the Yellow Hills, who encounters Supergirl after he murders the father of a young girl.

Craig Gillespie is directing “Supergirl,” which is slated to release in theaters on June 26, 2026. Plot details haven’t been confirmed, but DC Studio’s co-chairman James Gunn teased that “Woman of Tomorrow” is “much more hardcore” than prior iterations of the character, who is Superman’s cousin.

“We see the difference between Superman, who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he’s an infant, versus Supergirl, who was raised on a rock chip off of Krypton, and watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life,” Gunn said last January.

Ana Nogueira (“The Vampire Diaries”) wrote the the screenplay based on the run of DC comics by Tom King and Bilquis Evely. “Supergirl” will be the second project in Gunn and Peter Safran’s newly rebooted DC Universe following 2025’s “Superman,” starring David Corenswet as the Man of Steel and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane.

Schoenaerts recently appeared in the HBO mini-series “The Regime” with Kate Winslet. The Belgian actor is known for romance drama “Rust and Bone,” spy thriller “Red Sparrow” and action flick “The Old Guard.”