The CW is expanding its library!
As first reported by Variety, a live-action version of the classic Cartoon Network, The Powerpuff Girls series is in development at The CW.
In the updated version of the series, the titular superheroes are now disillusioned females in their mid-20’s who resent having lost their childhood to crime-fighting.
The project hails from writers and executive producers Heather Regnier and Diablo Cody. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and David Madden will executive produce via Berlanti Productions. Warner Bros. Television will produce.
The original “Powerpuff Girls” was created by Craig McCracken. In that series, “Professor Utonium accidentally created the elementary school-aged super team of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup by combining sugar, spice, and everything nice with the mysterious Chemical X. The show ran for six seasons and 78 episodes between 1998 and 2005. “The Powerpuff Girls Movie” was released in 2002, while a rebooted animated series began airing on Cartoon Network in 2016.”
