The first trailer for "Supergirl" has now debuted for the public, but DC Studios held an early premiere event for the trailer on Sunday, December 7, with /Film in attendance. The event included appearances by DC Studios heads James Gunn & Peter Safran, Supergirl herself, Milly Alcock, and the film's director, Craig Gillespie. I briefly got to talk to Gillespie about his experience working with Gunn, of which he had only great things to say:
"The best part, I mean candidly, upfront, [Gunn is] very supportive and he takes chances. So having that and having a studio head like that, that's like, 'No, let's lean into this.' And this [movie] goes to some very heavy places and some very dark places and it's dealing with trauma. And the ending is quite surprising, I think. And that was somethin

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