At CinemaCon 2026, new Supergirl footage was dropped, finally putting Jason Momoa’s wild man Lobo front and center. And in true Momoa fashion, he couldn’t help but stir up the crowd by joking about a Lobo-meets-Aquaman crossover, a mashup nobody asked for, but suddenly everybody wanted.
‘Supergirl’s CinemaCon moment: What happened?
Let’s cut to the chase: the San Diego CinemaCon crowd got an eyeful. The extended look at Supergirl didn’t bother with safe or glossy; this was raw, weird, and way more unpredictable than what fans are used to from DC . The vibe this time? It’s gritty, alien, and riddled with chaos, with Milly Alcock’s Kara Zor-El navigating interstellar slums and crashing through some serious alien brawls.And of course, all eyes were on Momoa’s Lobo. He bursts onto the screen on his signature space motorbike, swinging a chain like he owns the place, half-crazed grin plastered across his face. He’s a wrecking ball, smoking, snarling, having the time of his life doing damage wherever he goes. The energy’s nothing like the “save the world” swagger of Superman’s usual crowd, and Momoa was seen enjoying it to the fullest.“This is a dream come true. This is the comic I collected,” he told the crowd, per The Hollywood Reporter, grinning ear-to-ear.The panel had a rowdy spark; something the audience doesn’t always get in these things. Milly Alcock, who is clearly still processing her leap into super-stardom from her ‘House of the Dragon’ era, called her time as ‘Supergirl’ “incredibly transformative,” and one could tell she meant it.Director Craig Gillespie and the studio co-head Peter Safran were loving the chaos, too. Gillespie called this version of Kara “complicated and flawed,” while Safran dropped the news that cameras are about to roll on the Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow.And then there’s the bit that set the internet on fire: the hypothetical Lobo versus Aquaman showdown.Safran threw the question to Momoa: What happens if those two ever share a screen?Momoa barely missed a beat. “I’ll be honest,” the star replied. “I think they’d take one look at each other and have a few hundred beers and be like, ‘I like this guy.’” He wasn’t done yet; Momoa quipped that they would want James Gunn to make a movie about the pair, and Safran chimed in that this movie would be hitting theaters in 2031.For now, it’s just a joke. Still, you never know with the storyline arc these days.
More on ‘Supergirl’
This time, ‘Supergirl’ isn’t your textbook superhero. If you’re expecting the sunbeam optimism of Superman, you need to take a seat to process all that’s coming up. It’s almost like a darker cousin to the usual heroes.In this ‘Supergirl’, Kara survived Krypton’s destruction, witnessed way too much death, and carries scars most heroes don’t have. She’s traveling the galaxy with Krypto, marking her 23rd birthday, when a girl named Ruthye ropes her into a brutal revenge quest. This isn’t a cape-and-tights field trip; it’s a road movie through grief, trauma, and the cosmic gutter.Who’s on-screen this time? Milly Alcock’s Kara, obviously. There’s Ruthye, set on righting a wrong. Krem of the Yellow Hills pops up as the big bad. And Lobo hovers somewhere between threat and messy ally. Even Momoa admits: Lobo’s not exactly the team-up type.‘Cruella’ famed Craig Gillespie helmed ‘Supergirl’ from a script by Ana Nogueira. The filmmaker previously discussed the movie at a press event late last year, calling the film “really an anti-hero story,” adding, “She’s got a lot of demons, a lot of baggage coming 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 is scheduled for release on June 26, 2026.
