Supergirl Featurette Wiped From YouTube After Fans Spot Director Using Alleged AI Concept Art for Lobo

A featurette from Warner Bros. showed what appeared to beryllium AI-generated conception creation for Lobo's plan successful Supergirl, thing that sparked backlash among fans and seemingly resulted successful the video being wiped from YouTube.

Jason Momoa returned to the DCU arsenic Lobo, decked retired successful achromatic bodypaint, achromatic leather, and a sinister grin befitting the bounty hunter. A featurette diving into Momoa’s show was uploaded to YouTube aft the film’s merchandise successful summertime 2026, showing Supergirl manager Craig Gillespie speaking to the histrion portion swiping done conception creation connected a laptop — artwork that seemed to beryllium AI generated.

While lone a fewer images of Lobo’s aboriginal look were shown astatine a distance, it’s intolerable to disregard their resemblance to AI-generated contented successful presumption of lighting and their wide soft, blurred look. Fans instantly clocked the similarities and took to the comments conception to protestation Gillespie’s evident usage of AI for specified a monolithic diagnostic film.

Director Craig Gillespie seemingly utilized AI generated conception "art" for ‘SUPERGIRL.’ pic.twitter.com/aU2h4oXHwr

The featurette was wiped from YouTube specified hours later. No authoritative remark connected the concern has yet been made by DC nor Warner Bros., leaving aggravated fans demanding answers. IGN has reached retired to DC Studios for comment.

"Never prosecute Craig Gillespie again," 1 instrumentality wrote connected X.

"They got caught successful 4k and panicked," different said of the video's removal.

"They noticed radical wherever hating connected the AI [sic] and took down the video," different suggested.

This is conscionable the latest stroke to deed Supergirl pursuing its conflict astatine the container bureau successful June. As of August 2026, it stands arsenic 1 of the lowest-grossing DC Comics adaptations of each time, garnering $124 cardinal globally connected a $170 cardinal budget. IGN’s Clint Gage scored it a 6 retired of 10, saying it “borrows from the best, but Milly Alcock’s large instrumentality connected Kara Zor-El gets mislaid successful the spare parts from different movies utilized to assemble her story.”

Peter Safran's DC Studios and Gillespie besides suffered from immoderate originative clashes, reportedly investigating competing cuts for Supergirl specified months earlier the movie went to theaters. Sources adjacent to the task told The Hollywood Reporter that the workplace and Gillespie were "not creatively aligned,” and DC Studios’ mentation ended up winning retired successful the end.

Despite Supergirl’s lukewarm reception, Warner Bros. is inactive moving afloat velocity up connected James Gunn’s sequel to Superman, Man of Tomorrow, with WB main David Zasla remarking successful an interrogation with Deadline: “A fistful of caller films person underperformed expectations. Media is, by nature, a concern afloat of hits and misses.”

James Gunn's Superman, connected the different hand, was acold much warmly received, with IGN scoring the flick an 8 retired of 10 for being a "wonderfully entertaining, heartfelt cinematic reset" for the DCU.

Virginia (she/her) is IGN’s News Editor. With 10 years of acquisition reporting connected games and entertainment, she’s got a storied inheritance successful the warring crippled community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her connected Twitter astatine @TheeMissGlaze.