DC Studios Reportedly Tested Competing Cuts of Supergirl Due to Creative Differences Between James Gunn and Craig Gillespie

Creative differences reportedly led James Gunn and Peter Safran's DC Studios to test competing Supergirl cuts – one from director Craig Gillespie and one from the studio – just months before its release. Behind-the-scenes details from the latest DCU movie suggest creative differences had the crew battling to choose a direction for Milly Alcock's standalone superhero debut, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Updates on the flick's development follow a week of negative reactions from fans hoping Supergirl would have taken flight before it bombed during its opening weekend at the box office. The site says "numerous sources" reported creative differences between Gunn and Gillespie, specifically, with the film pulling test scores that struggled to break 70 out of a possible 100 points. While some said DC Studios and the director had a normal amount of friction during Supergirl, another said a polite way to describe the dissonance would be to say they were "not creatively aligned." DC Studios had allegedly known Supergirl would face issues as early as fall of 2025, just a few months after filming finished that May. Gunn and Safran's DC film wing jumped in after a so-so screening aired