{"id":979802,"date":"2025-10-02T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/?p=979802"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:16:57","slug":"supergirl-screenwriter-grittier-edgier-maid-of-might","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/movies\/supergirl-screenwriter-grittier-edgier-maid-of-might\/","title":{"rendered":"Supergirl Screenwriter Promises a Grittier and Edgier Maid of Might"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Like her cousin Kal-El, Kara Zor-El a.k.a. Supergirl<\/a> can be a tough assignment for some writers. Since her debut in 1959’s Action Comics<\/em> #252, written by Otto Binder and penciled by Al Plastino, Supergirl has generally been portrayed as the sweet girl next door, who just so happens to also have incredible powers. Later riffs on the character offered more variety, such as the shapeshifting alien who shows up in the ’80s or Peter David’s strange “Earth-Born Angel” from the ’90s. But the mainline Supergirl, the one adapted for the 1984 movie<\/a> and the recent CW<\/a> series, tends to be a genuienly good person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which was a challenge for the current person tasked with bringing the Maid of Might to live action. Speaking to Variety<\/em><\/a>, Ana Nogueira admitted, “I was always like, \u2018I can\u2019t get my head around the version of the character that is so sunny.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\r\n\n\t\t