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Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow star Milly Alcock looks back at the casting process and screen test she did before landing the role of Kara Zor-El in the DC Universe. While the summer of 2025 will be Superman's return to the big screen, the summer of 2026 will be the year for the Girl of Steel, with Alcock starring in the Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow movie, set for release in June 2026. However, the road to landing the role of Krypton's last daughter was a challenging one, according to the Australian actress.

In a new interview with Elle, Alcock shared what her experience was like auditioning for the role of Supergirl, before becoming one of the final candidates in DC Studios' search. For Alcock, it was an incredibly intense process, as she shared the following about going up for the screen test:

Absolute fear. I was kind of in disbelief. I was initially like,...

Work is underway on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and while we're still waiting on a first look at Milly Alcock suited up as the Maiden of Might, James Gunn has just shared a new behind-the-scenes image of the actor on social media.

In that, we see the House of the Dragon star reading the comic book series from which this movie takes its name and story. Alcock's costume remains under wraps, but we'd bet on this being the hairstyle her version of Supergirl will rock in the Dcu.

Warner Bros. is going to be at CinemaCon later this week, and DC Studios is expected to have a presence at the event. However, all eyes are likely to be on Superman, meaning you should temper expectations when it comes to a Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow first look (it's unlikely but not impossible).

When Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow was first announced, Gunn said,...

Kerry Washington stands at 5ft 4in (162.6 cm) and wears a US shoe size 8, which is average for American women. She is shorter than Sofia Wylie and Charlize Theron but slightly taller than Michelle Yeoh.

Charlize Theron, Sofia Wylie, Sophia Anne Caruso, Kerry Washington, and Michelle Yeoh showcase their distinct styles and striking height differences at The School for Good and Evil premiere (Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock)

In an interview with Allure Magazine, Kerry Washington openly shared her height, stating, “I’m 5ft 4. It’s better off just being honest, otherwise they find out later.”

Not related to Denzel Washington, the American actress/producer is best known for Django Unchained (2012), Scandal (2012), and Save the Last Dance (2001).

Kerry Washington stuns in an embroidered long-sleeve mini dress paired with classic white pointed-toe heels at the 2022 ABC Disney Upfront on May 17, 2022, in New York City (Credit: Startraksphoto / John Nacion)

Frequently featured in high heels on Your Next Shoes,...

Actress Milly Alcock, (“House of the Dragon"), cast as the new ‘Supergirl’ in the upcoming live-action DC Comics adaptation “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow”, poses for "Harper's Bazaar" magazine, photographed by Bryan Liston:

Alcock played 'Maya Nordenfelt' in the Showcase drama "Fighting Season".

She also appeared in the sixth and final series of "A Place to Call Home" as 'Emma Carvolth'...

...the Netflix series "Pine Gap" as 'Marissa Campbell'...

...and ABC series "Les Norton" as 'Sian Galese'.

In 2018 Alcock appeared in her first feature film "The School". In 2019, Alcock began starring in the Foxtel comedy-drama series "Upright" as runaway teenager 'Meg', hitchhiking across 2,000 miles of the Australian outback.

She also had supporting roles as 'Jenny McGinty' in the series "The Gloaming " and 'Sam Serrato' in the series "Reckoning".

Alcock was cast as young 'Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen' in the 2022 HBO fantasy series "House of the Dragon".

In...

Stars: Charles Cottier, Dirk Hunter, Christian Willis, John Noble, Tobie Webster | Written by Steven Boyle, Toby Osborne | Directed by Steven Boyle

The Demon Disorder marks the directorial debut of Steven Boyle, it’s also his first credit as a writer, or rather co-writer along with Toby Osborne. He’s no stranger to film though, or to horror for that matter, having effects and makeup credits on films ranging from Daybreakers and Ghost Ship to Boar and Two Heads Creek. And he’s channelled that experience into a tale of dark secrets and demonic activity somewhere in the Outback.

It begins with a nightmare of an old man shackled to his bed turning into a waking nightmare as Phillip wakes up and finds his brother Jake in the barn looking at one of their pigs, skinned but still alive.

This prompts Jake to visit their other brother, Graham. Graham left the...

Actress Milly Alcock, (“House of the Dragon"), recently cast as the new ‘Supergirl’ in the upcoming live-action DC Comics adaptation “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow”, poses for "Harper's Bazaar" magazine, photographed by Bryan Liston:

Alcock played 'Maya Nordenfelt' in the Showcase drama "Fighting Season".

She also appeared in the sixth and final series of "A Place to Call Home" as 'Emma Carvolth'...

...the Netflix series "Pine Gap" as 'Marissa Campbell'...

...and ABC series "Les Norton" as 'Sian Galese'.

In 2018 Alcock appeared in her first feature film "The School". In 2019, Alcock began starring in the Foxtel comedy-drama series "Upright" as runaway teenager 'Meg', hitchhiking across 2,000 miles of the Australian outback.

She also had supporting roles as 'Jenny McGinty' in the series "The Gloaming " and 'Sam Serrato' in the series "Reckoning".

Alcock was cast as young 'Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen' in the 2022 HBO fantasy series "House of the Dragon...

Actressa Milly Alcock aka young 'Rhaenyra Targaryen' in HBO's "House of the Dragon" and ‘Kara’ in the upcoming feature “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow”, poses for "Harper's Bazaar" magazine, photographed by Bryan Liston:

Alcock played 'Maya Nordenfelt' in the Showcase drama "Fighting Season".

She also appeared in the sixth and final series of "A Place to Call Home" as 'Emma Carvolth'...

...in the Netflix series "Pine Gap" as 'Marissa Campbell'...

...and in the ABC series "Les Norton" as 'Sian Galese'.

In 2018 Alcock appeared in her first feature film "The School".

In 2019, Alcock starred in the Foxtel comedy-drama series "Upright" as runaway teenager 'Meg', hitchhiking across 2,000 miles of the Australian outback..

She also had supporting roles as 'Jenny McGinty' in the series "The Gloaming " and 'Sam Serrato' in the series "Reckoning".

Alcock was cast as young 'Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen' in the 2022 HBO fantasy series "House of the Dragon...

With the conclusion of ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,’ the Dceu has officially wrapped up, making way for the Dcu to take charge. Despite James Gunn’s upcoming ‘Superman: Legacy’ being labeled as a soft reboot, it appears that under his guidance, the narratives of DC characters are heading in a fresh direction. Gunn, known for keeping fans informed through social media updates, recently addressed some production details on Threads.

According to Gunn, the development of ‘Superman: Legacy’ is progressing smoothly, with sets under construction, costumes finalized, and actors adapting to their roles. When asked about the cast, Gunn mentioned that over 90% are confirmed but not yet 100%, leaving some characters without attached actors, sparking further speculation.

Recent rumors from The Hollywood Reporter suggest that the selection for Dcu’s Supergirl has been narrowed down to Milly Alcock and Meg Donnelly after a screen test in Atlanta. This aligns with previous speculation,...

With the release of ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Dceu officially ended, and now Dcu is taking over. Even though Gunn’s reboot is supposed to be a soft reboot, it looks like the stories of DC characters under his leadership are going in a new direction. Since Gunn often likes to provide fans with updates via Social Media, he is always eager to answer questions regarding the development of his upcoming ‘Superman: Legacy’ the movie that is supposed to kick off the live-action portion of the Dcu.

Recently, Gunn used Threads to clear up some details regarding the production of the movie. He cleared up that the development so far is going “swimmingly” as sets are being built, costumes are finished, and actors are adjusting to their roles. One fan took the opportunity to ask Gunn how much the cast he has locked in for ‘Legacy,’ and Gunn was...

Screen Rant is excited to announce a new My Little Pony special, My Little Pony: Bridlewoodstock, and exclusively share a trailer for the Netflix special. The new special is based on the real-life music festival Woodstock and will star multitalented actress and singer Sofia Wylie as Ruby Jubilee, a new musically inclined pony. My Little Pony: Bridlewoodstock will debut on Netflix on June 6 along with six new 22-minute episodes of My Little Pony: Make Your Mark. To celebrate, check out the trailer below as well as the new My Little Pony Style of the Day Ponies, which will be available in August.

My Little Pony: Make Your Mark picks up after the events of the 2021 animated Netflix movie My Little Pony: A New Generation and follows the Mane 5: Sunny Starscout, an earth pony (known as an alicorn) who wants to improve the world and runs a smoothie stand; Hitch Trailblazer,...

Actressa Milly Alcock aka young 'Rhaenyra Targaryen' in HBO's "House of the Dragon", poses for the April 2023 issue of "Harper's Bazaar" magazine, photographed by Bryan Liston:

Alcock played 'Maya Nordenfelt' in the Showcase drama "Fighting Season".

She also appeared in the sixth and final series of "A Place to Call Home" as 'Emma Carvolth'...

...the Netflix series "Pine Gap" as 'Marissa Campbell'...

...and ABC series "Les Norton" as 'Sian Galese'.

In 2018 Alcock appeared in her first feature film "The School". In 2019, Alcock began starring in the Foxtel comedy-drama series "Upright" as runaway teenager 'Meg', hitchhiking across 2,000 miles of the Australian outback..

She also had supporting roles as 'Jenny McGinty' in the series "The Gloaming " and 'Sam Serrato' in the series "Reckoning".

Alcock was cast as young 'Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen' in the 2022 HBO fantasy series "House of the Dragon".

In 2023, Alcock played the main character in the...

Pj Hogan.

Pj Hogan has set his next film: The Calligrapher, a comedy adapted from the debut novel by British writer Edward Docx.

Hogan is co-writing the screenplay with Docx and will direct the film to be shot in London late this year as a UK-Australian co-production.

The producers are Cecilia Cordeiro of UK-based Mgr Films and Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield, whose credits include Storm Ashwood’s thriller Escape and Evasion and his debut feature The School.

Published in 2003, the novel is described as a modern tale of sexual mores and city life involving spurned lovers, seduction, revenge and surprising secrets.

The protagonist is Jasper Jackson, a calligrapher and incorrigible philanderer who elaborately orchestrates his seductions. He is transcribing, for a wealthy client, 30 of John Donne’s Songs and Sonnets when he spies an aloof beauty outside his window. For the first time he falls helplessly in love. Eventually he gets his comeuppance.

‘The Coming Back Out Ball Movie.’

The final two Australian films released theatrically this year, Storm Ashwood’s The School and Sue Thomson’s The Coming Back Out Ball Movie have two things in common with numerous other Oz titles.

The Backlot Films launched both films on a handful of screens with minimal marketing – but the producers see the modest grosses as only a small part of the overall picture, alongside qualifying for the Producer Offset, overseas sales and festival exposure. Moreover, The Coming Back Out Ball Movie is expected to have a reasonably long life outside commercial cinemas.

Ashwood’s debut feature, a supernatural thriller which stars Megan Drury, Nicholas Hope, Will MacDonald, Texas Watterston and Milly Alcock, had a multi-platform release in the Us in October via Vertical Entertainment. Cinema Management Group has sold the title to more than 20 markets including Germany, Korea and Japan.

“Internationally we’ve...

‘Ladies in Black.’

As the Australian feature films and feature docs released in cinemas this year have surpassed the calendar 2017 total exhibitors generally are happy with the diversity of product and the number of titles that have resonated with mainstream audiences.

While some say there have been too many niche and small-scale films, the consensus is that local films overall have held their own in a fragmented theatrical market and in the face of competition for eyeballs from the burgeoning Netflix and Stan.

Their outlook for 2019 is even more optimistic – if distributors and exhibitors are smart with their dating.

Through Wednesday, Oz films and feature docs including holdovers have racked up $54.2 million, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (Mpdaa), beating last year’s $49.4 million, which was a market share of 4.1 per cent.

So the industry will finish the year ahead of the 2009 total of $54.8 million. The stand-out...

‘Escape and Evasion.’

Bronte Pictures is set to produce four features next year after signing deals for two films and a feature documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Pascal Borno’s Conquistador Entertainment acquired worldwide rights to Storm Ashwood’s thriller Escape and Evasion, which follows a soldier who returns home in search of solace after his men are killed in Burma.

Instrum International agreed to handle global sales on Around the World, a documentary on freestyle football written and directed by David Amouzegh, Tom Cheve and Clement Reubrecht.

Vertical Entertainment collared North American rights to Ashwood’s debut feature The School, a supernatural horror/thriller which Bronte Pictures co-produced with Lunar Pictures’ Jim Robison.

The film starring Megan Drury as a surgeon whose son has fallen into a coma and who becomes trapped in an abandoned school where she is threatened by feral children, will open in Us...

Lunar Pictures and Australia-based Bronte Pictures shared a new trailer for their supernatural horror thriller The School, directed by award-winning Australian writer/director Storm Ashwood. The School follows Amy, an attractive, successful surgeon, who struggles to cope with her emergency room duties and those of a young mother looking after her hospitalized son who has fallen into a coma. After […]...

The School is an upcoming horror film, from Australia. Developed by director Storm Ashwood, this title is getting set to have its World Premiere, in late July. Also written by Tessa Alana, this award winning feature involves a young son, a coma and one mother's desire to rescue him. Her journey leads her into a purgatory, where children rule her son's imagination. The School stars Megan Drury, Nicholas Hope ("Jade of Death"), Will McDonald and Jack Ruwald. A new trailer has been released, for The School, and this longer clip can be found below. The trailer shows some of the film's settings and characters. Reminiscent of Tarsem Singh's visual and colourful work, the clip shows all sorts of strange images and situations. Will Amy (Drury) ever be able to find her son? She will have to journey through hell and back, just to find him. Of interest, The School...

Lunar Pictures and Australia-based Bronte Pictures shared a new trailer for their supernatural horror thriller The School, directed by award-winning Australian writer/director Storm Ashwood. The School follows Amy, an attractive, successful surgeon, who struggles to cope with her emergency room duties and those of a young mother looking after her hospitalized son who has fallen into a coma. After […]...

Recently launched outfit is presenting new project in Gothenburg.

Source: Albatros Agency

Albatros Agency

Recently launched Swedish talent agency Albatros Agency is readying its first English-language feature film project for international packaging and has added six Scandinavian directors and screenwriters to their roster.

Elin Sandström Lundh and Martina Österling, founders of Albatros Agency, are announcing the launch of their latest project during the Gothenburg Film Festival: Peter Birro’s (Monica Z, Easy Money 2) and Christina Jeurling Birro’s feature film 7 Starlings.

The film is described as a political drama about a woman fighting an unjust system.

”It is a privilege to be working with Peter Birro and Christina Jeurling Birro on the launch of their first joint English language project. We look forward to finding people and partners as passionate as us to bring the project to life and to an international audience,” the company told Screen.

Albatros Agency is also expanding its client list with six directors...

Lunar Pictures and Australia-based Bronte Pictures shared new artwork for their supernatural horror thriller The School, directed by award-winning Australian writer/director Storm Ashwood. The School follows Amy, an attractive, successful surgeon, who struggles to cope with her emergency room duties and those of a young mother looking after her hospitalized son who has fallen into a coma. After […]...

Australia is about to turn creepy again with director Storm Ashwood’s new horror flick The School, and we have a teaser trailer for the film to share. Written and directed by Storm Ashwood, The School stars Megan Drury, Nicholas Hope,… Continue Reading →

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Lunar Pictures and Australia-based Bronte Pictures released the first teaser for their supernatural horror thriller The School, directed by award-winning Australian writer/director Storm Ashwood. The School follows Amy, an attractive, successful surgeon, who struggles to cope with her emergency room duties and those of a young mother looking after her hospitalized son who has fallen into a coma. […]...

Australia-based Bronte Pictures has completed principal photography on supernatural horror thriller The School, directed by award-winning Australian writer/director Storm Ashwood, with a new piece of art being released out of the Cannes market. The School follows Amy, an attractive, successful surgeon, who struggles to cope with her emergency room duties and those of a young mother looking after her […]...

Exclusive: Partners to screen footage of Australian comedy in Cannes.

Veteran distribution and sales executive Richard S. Guardian has brought worldwide sales rights to The BBQ to Cinema Management Group (Cmg).

Guardian will join Edward Noeltner and his team at Cmg as they screen footage and launch sales on the Croisette.

Australia-based Revolution Partners just wrapped production in Melbourne and Albury-Wodonga on the comedy about a suburban everyman with a passion for BBQ who enlists the help of a tyrannical Scottish chef when he is invited to compete in an international contest.

Stephen Amis directs The BBQ and the producers are Tait Brady, Lynne Wilson, Deb Fryers, and Amis. Shane Jacobson and Magda Szubanski star alongside celebrity chef Manu Feildel, comedian Julia Zemiro, and Nicholas Hammond.

Amis co-wrote the screenplay with David Richardson, Serge DeNardo and Angelo Salamanca – the team that collaborated on sci-fi comedy-drama The 25th Reich.

The BBQ is financed with support from Screen Australia...

Production has kicked off on the supernatural horror/thriller The School, which is being shot in Australia’s Gladesville Mental Asylum, according to ScreenDaily. The film is being directed by Storm Ashwood and stars Megan Drury, Will McDonald, Nicholas Hope, and Jack… Continue Reading →

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Exclusive: Cinema Management Group (Cmg) handles sales for Australia’s Bronte Pictures.

Shooting has begun at Gladsville Mental Asylum, the notorious institution and oldest of its kind in Australia.

Storm Ashwood directs The School starring Megan Drury as a surgeon and mother of a comatose son who becomes trapped in a building haunted by children from her past. The film is scheduled for delivery in October.

The Gladesville Mental Asylum was founded in the late 1830s and was infamous for harsh treatment including the use of electric shock therapy. The site houses more than 1,200 unmarked graves.

The cast includes Will McDonald and theatre director Nicholas Hope, as well as youngster Jack Ruwald.

Blake Northfield and Jim Robison are producing for Bronte Pictures, while Phil Hunt and Compton Ross of Headgear Films are executive producers.

Edward Noeltner’s (pictured) Cmg acquired worldwide sales rights excluding Australia and New Zealand and launched pre-sales in Berlin.

Rights have gone...

Exclusive: Edward Noeltner’s sales company announces slew of Berlin deals led by Ainbo, New Life; horror-thriller Havenhurst sells to Soda Pictures in UK.

Beverly Hills-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) announced on Monday it has licensed Tunche Films’ 3D CGI animated Ainbo – Spirit Of The Amazon (pictured) in 12 territories led by a deal with Turbo Films in China.

Company president Noeltner and his team also closed deals in the Baltics (Best Film), former Yugoslavia (Blitz Film & Video Distribution), Israel (Film House), Middle East (Front Row), Poland (Kino Swiat), Portugal (Cinemundo), South Korea (First Run), and Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar (Blue Lantern).

Brothers Sergio Zelada, Cesar Zelada and writer-director Jose Zelada founded Peru-based Tunche Films in 2003 and produced Ainbo and Noeltner acquired sales rights following a trip to Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires last December.

Argentum Entertainment’s romantic drama New Life has gone to Germany (Capelight Pictures), Scandinavia (Bld Media), China (Jetsen), Middle East (Front Row), Portugal...