While Supergirl is clearly replacing Superman in the story, the reason for the change is likely to do with the real-world production of The Flash. At the time that it was being made, Henry Cavill was seeming out of the DCU, meaning the movie would either need to recast the character or replace Superman entirely.
The film deals with an alternate timeline where Kal-El was killed before becoming Superman. Barry's search for the alternate version of his friend leads him to Kara. The plot essentially replaces Man of Steel's Superman with Supergirl rather than giving the character a more traditional Supergirl story.
In The Flash, Supergirl – aka Kara Zor-El – is established in the past timeline as the Kryptonian on Earth in place of Superman. This is the 2013 alternate universe to which Ezra Miller's modern day Barry Allen travels back in time, as he learns to harness the power of the Speed Force.
Nicolas Cage is opening up about his cameo in The Flash where he was featured donning the costume of Superman. As you may remember, Cage tested as the Man of Steel for what would've been a Tim Burton-directed feature that was ultimately scrapped.
Kara Zor-El, nicknamed Supergirl by Barry Allen, was the cousin of Kal-El who was sent to Earth after the destruction of Krypton, being captured and tortured in an old base in Siberia until being saved by Barry Allen, his alternate self and Batman.
Why is Supergirl called Supergirl and not Superwoman?
There's a couple reasons, the main one being that Supergirl is a teenager, Superman is a 35+ year old man. In some continuities, Clark Kent did actually go as Superboy when he was younger. Next, there's already a Superwoman.
Henry Cavill's Superman cameo was cut from The Flash and replaced with a new ending because of the complications that otherwise would have been set up for the new DC Universe, as The Flash ending served as a soft reboot of the superhero movie universe.
Nicolas Cage finally sounded off to USA Today on his brief return as Superman in Warner Bros. ' “The Flash.” The Oscar winner made a surprise cameo appearance as the Man of Steel he never got to play back in the late 1990s, although he did not say any lines.
Once that movie was canceled by DC parent company Warner Bros. Discovery due to financial reasons, Keaton's Batman future got put in doubt, and after the announcement that the DCEU would be rebooted with James Gunn's new DC Universe, The Flash's ending was reshot, and Keaton's Bruce Wayne was then replaced by Clooney.
It's clear she absorbs her solar powers even faster than Superman. Beyond that, Supergirl just doesn't hold back. Honestly, Superman is not as strong even when he doesn't hold back. In DC Comics' 2021 series Crime Syndicate, we see Earth-3 Kal-El become the evil Ultraman.
NPR's A Martinez talks to the director of The Flash, Andy Muschietti, and his sister, producer Barbara Muschietti, about the movie, and his own obsession with the character. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: I have always had a thing for the superhero the Flash.
So, if you've been keeping track, your watching order should be as follows: Arrow Season 1, then Arrow Season 2, then Arrow Season 3 and The Flash Season 1 at the same time, then, watch Arrow Season 4, The Flash Season 2 and Supergirl Season 1 at the same time.
Concept. Created as a female counterpart to Superman, Kara Zor-El shares his superpowers and vulnerability to Kryptonite. Supergirl plays a supporting role in various DC Comics publications, including Action Comics, Superman, and several comic book series unrelated to Superman.
When Superman died, Lana Lang and Lois Lane both absorbed energy released from his body and the two women developed superhuman powers. Lana gained the power to convert solar radiation into various forms of electromagnetic energy, while Lois developed powers similar to Superman's. Both Lana and Lois became Superwoman.
Spider-Man star Tom Holland is being suggested as the next live-action version of The Flash in James Gunn's DC Universe. The future of The Flash in the DC Universe is uncertain after the end of Grant Gustin's show and Ezra Miller's movie flop.
The appearance of a long-haired Nic Cage as the Man of Steel is one of the biggest (and, to some, most confounding) surprises in The Flash simply because it's an homage to a DC movie that was never made. Cage was cast as Kal-El in director Tim Burton's Superman Lives, a 1990s project that Kevin Smith first scripted.
Felton explained in an interview that his exit was a result of his contract with the show that was valid only for one season. The actor went on to star in the Youtube series Origin (that was canceled after one season) and he still wishes to return as Julian sometime in the future.
Sawyer — who plays Ralph Dibny, The Elongated Man, on the CW superhero show — was fired Monday as a result of tweets from 2012 and 2014 resurfacing that were degrading to women and where he called himself a racist.
Pattinson's Batman could have appeared in The Flash due to Barry's ability to explore the multiverse through his connection to the Speed Force. However, DC Studios has determined to keep certain projects such as The Batman and its upcoming sequels separate from the greater interconnected DCU.
Out of all the Kryptonians in the DC Universe, Supergirl is surprisingly the strongest of them all. A villain reveals that Kara has a mythical aspect to her powers that make her far more powerful than her cousin, Superman.
Kara is the biological cousin of Kal-El, who went on to adopt the name of Clark Kent and the superhero identity Superman. Her father, Zor-El, is the brother of Superman's father, Jor-El.
At the end of the series' second issue, Zala Jor-El -- sister to Kal-El (Superman) -- claimed retribution against King Jefferson (Black Lightning) for the death of her father and killed Jefferson's son by flying him way up into the night sky, dropping him and letting gravity do the rest.
