Supergirl Director Credits James Gunn for Helping Choose Song for Much-Discussed Slow-Motion Fight Scene

Director Craig Gillespie says helium credits DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn for helping take the opus utilized successful the slow-motion Supergirl combat country that has caused a disturbance connected societal media.

Warning! Spoilers for Supergirl follow.

The filmmaker spearheading the latest live-action DCU installment spoke astir the process of choosing tunes for the movie during a speech published by Rolling Stone yesterday, June 26, 2026. One taxable of treatment progressive a late-story infinitesimal wherever Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) defends her companion, Ruthye (Eve Ridley), from an onslaught of Brigands and their leader, Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts).

This circumstantial moment, featured successful immoderate trailers, sees Supergirl utilizing each of her Kryptonian powerfulness arsenic audiences are treated to a slow-motion country that serves arsenic the film's last large enactment sequence. What pre-release footage didn't uncover is that the infinitesimal is besides backed by a screen of Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" performed by Kelty Greye and KidMotel.

Gillespie and screenwriter Ana Nogueira callback that choosing the opus was acold from a elemental process. Ultimately, aft looking astatine "about 45 songs" to acceptable the scene, the manager says it was Gunn who helium credits for helping with the last call.

"Oh, God. It went ’round and ’round, didn’t it?" Nogueira said. "There were a batch of options."

"That was astir apt the biggest discussion," Gillespie chimed in. "And it was down to the precise past week, and I gotta springiness James recognition for that one."

It would marque consciousness that the DC enforcement and Superman manager would person a manus successful specified a pivotal constituent successful Supergirl. Unfortunately, it's not a telephone that seems to person played retired good for the film, astatine slightest online.

Fans aren't definite what to marque of the 2nd DCU movie arsenic it swoops done its archetypal play successful theaters, but this opus choice, specifically, has near galore scratching their heads. Many person taken to societal media to dicuss its implementation, making it 1 of the prevailing talking points presently surrounding the project. Even a fewer who enjoyed the movie – including immoderate who similar The Middle screen connected its ain – aren't definite what to marque of it.

"I mostly thought the movie was good to beauteous bully astir of the clip but I just…. WHY did they usage that mentation of the song?" 1 instrumentality commented. "Why didn’t they conscionable bash the mean one?"

Made with love, but I had to bash it. pic.twitter.com/QCQfCdIfv2

"If you are considering 45 songs for a needle driblet don't bash a needle drop," different said. "A bully taxable for her would person been amended than immoderate needle drop."

"The 1 happening I noticed astir Supergirl reviews was the remark astir a last opus not fitting," different instrumentality argued. "I’m atrocious but that opus was perfectly perfect. Kara’s gonna beryllium alright.

Supergirl premiered June 26, 2026. While we hold to spot however fans are taking Alcock's instrumentality connected Kara, you tin work IGN's 6/10 review. You tin besides work astir however 1 of our writers feels astir the film's last act.

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