SUPERGIRL Will be a Crime Drama, More Details Revealed
There seems to be a lot of hype building up for the new Supergirl series in development by Warner Bros. TV and CBS. We now have some additional details that I think you’ll be interesting in knowing. According to CBS entertainment chairman Nina Tassler, the series will be a crime procedural, and we may not see her show up in Arrow or The Flash after all. Here’s what she told EW:
"There will be cases, but what [executive producers] Ali Adler and Greg Berlanti pitched was a real series arc for her. The beauty of it is now with shows like Good Wife and Madam Secretary, you can have serialized story elements woven into a case of the week. She’s a crime solver, so she’s going to have to solve a crime. She’s going to get a bad guy."
When talking about the main character and the direction of the show, Tassler said she is "a very strong, independent young woman. She’s coming into her own. She’s dealing with family issues. She’s dealing with work issues. It’s a female empowerment story. If you look at the strong female characters we have on the air, it really is resonant of that … We’re big feminists. It’s her intellect, it’s her skill, it’s her smarts. It’s all of those elements. It’s not just her strength, which she does have."
They still have not cast an actress to play Supergirl, but according to the report, CBS is looking to hire a lesser known actress. When talking about what type of person they are hoping to find to fill the part Tessler says,
"She’s got to be an every woman. She’s got to be specific. She’s got to be a terrific actor. [It's] looking for someone who embodies both the freshness and the exuberance of being a young woman in today’s challenging climate and being someone who can carry this kind of series on her shoulders. It’s a big, big show."
She goes on to reveal that a costume for Supergirl has already been made, they just need to someone to fit into it now! According to her, the costume is “awesome.” As for the Arrow and The Flash crossover, she doesn’t seem convinced that it’s happening anytime soon.
"That’s a different network so I think we’re going to keep Supergirl to ourself right now.”
That might be kind of hard if it’s in producer Berlanti’s contract that he can allow these characters to crossover with each other. It seems like the original plan was to let them play in each other's world, but we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. It may not happen right away, but it’s looking like it will eventually.