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DC Studios’ Peter Safran believes that the upcoming Supergirl movie will prove once and for all that superhero fatigue is a myth.

DC Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures are releasing Supergirl in United States theaters and IMAX this summer. Directed by Craig Gillespie, the movie will see Milly Alcock reprise her DCU role as Kara Zor-El after she briefly appeared at the end of 2025’s Superman, which was directed by James Gunn.

What did Peter Safran say about Supergirl and superhero fatigue?

Whenever there’s a new comic book movie coming out, whether it be from Marvel or DC, there’s almost always some kind of discussion online about “superhero fatigue.” This is the notion that general audiences have grown tired of superhero movies and want to see something else.

Having said that, this notion also gets proven false, as superhero movies still are able to bring in tons of money at the box office. As the conversation around superhero fatigue continues to evolve, many have pivoted to arguing that people are actually just sick of bad or clichéd comic book movies rather than being done with the whole genre entirely.

Safran, who runs DC Studios alongside Gunn, has chimed in on the matter. Per AP News, the co-CEO believes that Supergirl will show everyone why superhero fatigue isn’t actually a thing.

“I never felt that there was superhero fatigue,” he said. I felt it was mediocre movie fatigue. You gotta try something new. You have to change the game a little bit. The essential story on which ‘Supergirl’ is based is something cool and original and we haven’t seen before.”

In addition to Alcock, the cast of Supergirl includes Matthias Schoenaerts as Krem of the Yellow Hills, Eve Ridley as Ruthye Marye Knoll, David Krumholtz as Zor-El, Emily Beecham as Alura In-Ze, Jason Momoa as Lobo, and Ferdinand Kingsley as Elias Knoll.

Supergirl arrives on June 26, 2026.