‘Supergirl’ Director Reveals Runtime and Confirms Post-Credits Scene
DC fans are no strangers to the post-credits tease, but Craig Gillespie is making sure the one hiding at the end of ‘Supergirl’ stays firmly under wraps until opening night. In a recent conversation with Collider, the director confirmed the scene exists, then immediately shut down any hope of a hint, telling the outlet simply, “I can’t tease that, sorry.” Short, sweet, and brutally unhelpful for anyone desperately trying to piece together where the DCU is heading next.
The film’s current runtime clocks in at just under one hour and 50 minutes with credits, making it roughly 20 minutes shorter than James Gunn’s ‘Superman.’ Gillespie also confirmed that post-production is nearly complete, noting that the team is in the final stages of visual effects work and was completing the final audio mix. By every indication, Kara Zor-El’s solo debut is essentially finished and ready to fly.
The runtime milestone is also a notable one for the franchise, as the film is on track to be the shortest entry in James Gunn’s DCU to date. Gillespie helmed the project from a screenplay by Ana Nogueira, which adapts Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s acclaimed eight-issue comic run. The source material is known for its darker, more grounded tone, and by all accounts the film has stayed close to that spirit.
Fan speculation is already pointing toward the post-credits scene being a setup for ‘Man of Tomorrow,’ Gunn’s next Superman-centric film, which recently began shooting in Fayetteville, Georgia. It would be a natural narrative handoff, given that Milly Alcock’s Kara Zor-El made her DCU debut in the final scene of ‘Superman,’ stumbling into the Fortress of Solitude ahead of her own standalone adventure.
The ‘Supergirl‘ cast includes Matthias Schoenaerts as Krem of the Yellow Hills, Eve Ridley as Ruthye Marye Knoll, David Krumholtz and Emily Beecham as Kara’s parents, and Jason Momoa as Lobo, a fan-favorite character making his long-awaited DCU entrance. Gillespie has described the film as a road movie set almost entirely in outer space, featuring nine distinct worlds each with their own languages, citing ‘Logan’ and ‘John Wick’ as key tonal touchstones.
At a press conference for the film’s teaser trailer, Gillespie explained that Gunn encouraged him to put his own creative stamp on the project, treating each DC Studios entry like its own graphic novel. That creative independence is part of what makes the post-credits mystery even more intriguing, since whatever Gillespie has cooked up for that final button could be entirely his own vision feeding directly into the broader universe. ‘Supergirl’ opens in theaters worldwide on June 26, 2026.
With the clock ticking toward that release date and Gillespie holding his cards impossibly close, the real question for DC fans is whether that post-credits scene will be the connective tissue the DCU needs right now or a curveball nobody saw coming.
