Overview
- Multiple entertainment outlets on Wednesday suggested Milly Alcock as a possible choice for a hypothetical live‑action Elsa, explicitly framing the idea as speculation rather than reporting a casting decision.
- Those stories note the timing follows Supergirl’s weak commercial return, which industry trackers report at roughly $116 million worldwide against estimated production costs of $170–186 million.
- Disney has not announced a live‑action Frozen remake and has made no public link between Alcock and any Elsa casting, so the connection is based on pattern and commentary not studio confirmation.
- Alcock remains committed to the DCU and is slated to return in James Gunn’s Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2027), so any move to a Disney franchise would require separate negotiations and plans.
- Coverage draws a parallel to past moves such as Rachel Zegler and Naomi Scott, and places this speculation in the larger context of Disney’s ongoing remake program and how studios sometimes recast actors from underperforming genre films into new tentpoles.