Attempting to bring Saltadilla’s colorful superheroines to the grounds of the live action Ultimately it will not be possible. This week, The CW confirmed that the planned series The Powerpuff Girls with actresses made of flesh and blood was finally discontinued. In addition, many other shows that were believed to be in development also ended up in the trash. All as a result of regime change within the chain, when media company Nexstar took over the majority of The CW – ahead of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global – in October 2022.
According to a recent report by TV lineApart from live action from The Powerpuff Girlsthe series was also cancelled Fox. That is, the show that attempted to tell the story of a female version of the iconic masked hero; Project in which the brothers Robert Rodriguez (machete) and Rebecca Rodriguez (sinking patrol) as directors, writers and executive producers.
Among the other projects of The CW’s previous regime that have already been permanently shelved is Justice Ua kind of spin-off of the series Arrow focused on the character of John Diggle. He also went through the guillotine Jake Changwhich was planned as a mystery show about the Archie Comics character of the same name.
«[Las series canceladas] “We’ve already given them back to the studios so they can develop them and sell them wherever they want,” said Brad Schwartz, current entertainment president of The CW TV line.
How would the live action of The Powerpuff Girls?
In August 2020, The CW — then headed by Mark Pedowitz — announced the official announcement of a series live action from The Powerpuff Girls, inspired by the Cartoon Network animated series of the same name. The idea was to portray the protagonists as women in their twenties who resented having spent their childhoods fighting crime; Now they have no interest in fighting together again, but of course a new threat would force them to meet again.
In February 2021, it was reported that Chloe Bennet (Agents of SHIELD) as candy; Dove Cameron (progeny) as Burbuja and television debutante Yana Perreault as Bellota.
A pilot episode starring Maggie Kiley (Riverdale) Directed from a screenplay co-written by Heather Regnier (Veronica Mars) and Devil Cody (June). However, the series didn’t get the green light and the script leak caused very negative opinions on social media. At that time it was planned to largely rewrite it, but after two years the project showed no concrete sign of life.
As old projects are discarded, new ones emerge. The CW announced this Thursday two upcoming screenplay series: crime drama Johnwith Sophie Turner, and a spin-off of The Librarians. Regarding futures Programs without a scriptthe chain revealed the titles The great American bakeover, Patti Stanger: Millionaire Matchmaker And the power.