Powerpuff Girls
Summary
Powerpuff Girlslive - action mechanism actor Dove Cameron muse on her time as Bubbles in the CW pilot . Back in August 2020 , it was announced that a lively - action version ofPowerpuff Girlswas in the plant . The adaptation would take a different glide path than the seminal Cartoon connection enfranchisement , depicting Blossom , Bubbles , and Buttercup as disillusioned young adults who are loth to accept their heroic call . Even though some in high spirits - profile casting and filming take place , the live - action show garnered a minus reply . By July of this twelvemonth , it was officially cancel .
While discuss her Modern albumAlchemical : Vol . 1 , Cameron enter in an involve Me Anything video forElle . When it get to discussing the live - action take onPowerpuff Girls , Cameron advert to the project as “ very camp and very sexy and very fun . ”Cameron , who is also eff for her part as Mal in theDescendantsfranchise , also recalled her excitement about working with co - writer Diablo Cody . Her quote is below :
Let me just say that what we dash , I loved , and that was one of the most fun thing , and I think whatever you conceive it was gon na be , it was n’t gon na be that , and it was very campy and very sexy and very fun , and I love Diablo Cody .
Why The Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Failed (& How The Franchise’s Creator Predicted It)
The logline of the potential series described Blossom , Bubbles , and Buttercup as disillusioned vernal adults in their mid-twenties . Resentful of lose their puerility for the sake of fighting crime , the trinity are faced with the choice of reuniting when the world need them more than ever . The live - action version 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 involve as executive producer .
A pilot moved forward in February 2021 , with Chloe Bennet , Cameron , and Yana Perrault vomit up as Blossom , Bubbles , and Buttercup , respectively . Other actor were divulge , includingScrubsstar Donald Faison as Professor " Drake " Utonium . On May 24 of the same year , The CW announce that the pilot would have to be reworked . The script was leaked later that day , leading to a tidy sum of literary criticism and mockery . Mark Pedowitz , who was then the head of The CW , said the playscript would demand to be largely rewrite . exposure from thePowerpuff Girlsset also surfaced online , receiving a similar rebound . Bennet dropped out of the undertaking by August 2021 , cite scheduling conflicts .
A Powerpuff Girls live - activeness serial publication could mould , but it needs to continue faithful to the original characters ' ages , unlike the one The CW had in idea .
In May of this year , the adaptation was cancel by Nexstar , the new bulk owner of The CW . It ’s since been confirmed that Warner Bros. TV is no longer developing the live - action series , mean that the project is formally dead and wo n’t end up on a dissimilar electronic web or streaming service . Powerpuff Girlscreator Craig McCrackenrecently mull over on the cancellation of the reboot , citing its decision to change the characters and the tone as the reasons for its bankruptcy .
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