POWERPUFF GIRLS Live-Action Series Being Reworked at CW, Will Not Air This Fall
It looks like we have a while longer to wait to see the live-action Powerpuff Girls series hit TV. The CW announced that the series is getting “reworked and redeveloped off-cycle,” which means it will not make it in time for this fall’s new cycle.
TV Line reports that the series’ four stars, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Chloe Bennet (Blossom), Descendants‘ Dove Cameron (Bubbles), Broadway vet Yana Perrault (Buttercup), and Scrubs‘ Donald Faison (Professor Utonium), as well as other cast, and the writers/producers will all remain involved in the project.
The show is based on the original Cartoon Network animated series and characters created by Craig McCracken. Heather Regnier (Veronica Mars) and Diablo Cody (Juno) have written the script for the pilot, and Maggie Kiley is set to direct.
The series will catch up with Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, “who used to be America’s pint-sized superheroes but now are disillusioned twentysomethings who resent having lost their childhood to crime-fighting. Will they agree to reunite now that the world needs them more than ever?”
The report goes on to say that the network is not proceeding with either its Black Lightning spinoff Painkiller, or its dramedy Our Ladies of Brooklyn, from Jane the Virgin boss Jennie Snyder Urman.
The network is, however, pushing forward with the series orders for its All American: Homecoming spinoff as well as a Naomi comic book series adaptation (executive-produced by Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship).