Geoff Johns Says SUPERGIRL Will Blow People Away, Premiere Date Revealed
I know the pilot for Supergirl has already leaked online, but there are still a lot of people like myself that haven’t seen it yet. I’ve heard that it’s exceeding peoples expectations, though. Now Geoff Johns has come out to defend the show from the criticism it’s gotten from people who haven’t liked what they’ve seen in the trailers.
One of the points he makes is that that fans doubted Grant Gustin’s The Flash after they got their first look at the costume, but now everyone is loving it. I personally don’t remember many people complaining about The Flash, especially as hard as Supergirl is being bashed. But here’s what Johns had to say in an interview with IGN:
"Everyone deserves to have a reaction, but at the end of the day, I believe in the pilot, I believe in the show. When people see the pilot, they’re going to be blown away.
"When they first saw his suit, when we cast [Flash actor] Grant [Gustin], people were like, ‘That’s not the Flash!’ and now people are like, ‘Oh my god, he is the Flash!’ I’m so proud of that show and -- in so many ways the Flash was my favorite character growing up -- to see it realized and to see people embracing it. And it truly is a Flash TV show, we’re not shying away from anything. We jokingly said, yeah we’re doing Gorilla Grodd and I think people were like, ‘Okay...’ Yeah, no, we’re doing Gorilla Grodd! And we’ve got a lot of great plans for Supergirl in the same vein as that."
He goes on to talk about the show and why he's proud of it:
“I think the greatest thing about the Supergirl show we’re working on and the thing I’m most proud of is it embodies the character and the Superman mythology in a really strong, accessible way that I think carries at least the tone and spirit with what we’ve done with The Flash. And Melissa Benoist is an amazing Supergirl and Kara Danvers. I’m just excited for people to see it."
I do hope that Supergirl is good, especially because it’s one of those shows that I will be sitting down and watching every week with my girls. It was also revealed on Twitter that the series will premiere on October 10th, 2015 on CBS.