Powerpuff Girls
Summary
Powerpuff Girlscreator Craig McCracken perfectly predicted the failure of the live - action CW show well before it happen . Back in August 2020 , it was announced that a hot - action translation ofPowerpuff Girlswas in the works . The CW ’s project would take a different approach than the popular Cartoon web enfranchisement , face at Blossom , Bubbles , and Buttercup as disillusioned young adults . Despite some high - profile casting and filming taking place , the live - military action adaptation never materialise . By July of this year , it was formally canceled .
“ I had one merging with them and I tell them , ‘ When you wrench them into adults , they ’re no longer the Powerpuff Girls because if they ’re adults , that ’s just three super girls who do n’t have to deal with being Thomas Kyd . ’ That ’s a completely different show . ”
How The Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Fell Apart
The logline of the project key out Blossom , Bubbles , and Buttercup asdisillusioned young grownup in their twenty . They ’re resentful of losing their puerility for the sake of fight criminal offense . They ’re faced with the selection of reuniting , however , when the world needs them more than ever . The unrecorded - action adaption would ’ve been produced by Warner Bros. Television Studios , with Heather Regnier ( Sleepy Hollow ) and Diablo Cody , who pen the screenplay forJuno , writing . The Arrowverse ’s Sarah Schechter and Greg Berlanti were ask as executive producers .
A pilot moved forrard in February 2021 , with Chloe Bennet , Dove Cameron , and Yana Perrault regurgitate as Blossom , Bubbles , and Buttercup , severally . Other actors were discover , includingScrubsalum Donald Faison as Professor " Drake " Utonium . On May 24 of that same year , The CW announced that the pilot would have to be reworked . The book was leaked afterwards that daylight , receiving a wave of criticism and mockery online . Mark Pedowitz , who was then the head of The CW , say the script would need to be largely rewrite . Photos from thePowerpuff Girlsset also surface online , receiving a similarly negative response .
Bennet dropped out of the project by August 2021 , refer scheduling difference . In May of this year , the version was cancel by Nexstar , the new absolute majority possessor of The CW . Two months subsequently , it was reported that Warner Bros. goggle box wasno longer developing the live - actionPowerpuff girl , meaning that the series wo n’t be reworked for a different web or streaming service . The CW seemed interested in replicating the buzziness of the darkRiverdale , but as McCracken prognosticate , it fell monotonous .
origin : Los Angeles Times
