The Powerpuff Girls are again — as grown-ups. On Monday, The CW unveiled the primary look at the main trio of Powerpuff, its upcoming live-action reimagining of the beloved Cartoon Network collection. We have Chloe Bennet (Agents of SHIELD) as Blossom, Dove Cameron (Descendants) as Bubbles, and TV debutante Yana Perrault as Buttercup. If you are questioning why they’re all grown up, that is as a result of the Powerpuff TV collection follows the three titular superheroes in their disillusioned twenties, having misplaced their childhood to preventing crime in Townsville, USA.
Alongside, The CW has additionally supplied character descriptions for the twentysomething Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup:
Blossom: Though she was a spunky, conscientious, Little-Miss-Perfect baby who holds a number of superior levels, Blossom’s repressed kiddie-superhero trauma has left her feeling anxious and reclusive, and she or he goals to turn into a pacesetter once more—this time on her personal phrases.
Bubbles: Bubbles’ sweet-girl disposition received America’s hearts as a toddler. She nonetheless sparkles as an grownup, however her charming exterior belies an sudden toughness and wit. She’s initially extra in recapturing her fame than saving the world, however she simply may shock us and herself.
Buttercup: Buttercup was the rebellious badass of The Powerpuff Girls in its heyday. More delicate than her robust exterior suggests, Buttercup has spent her maturity making an attempt to shed her Powerpuff Girl id and dwell an nameless life.
Dove Cameron as Bubbles, Chloe Bennet as Blossom, and Yana Perrault as Buttercup
Photo Credit: James Acomb/The CW
In addition to Bennet, Cameron and Perrault, Powerpuff additionally stars Donald Faison (Scrubs) as Professor Drake Utonium, Nicholas Podany (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) as Jojo Mondel, and Robyn Lively (Teen Witch) as Sara Bellum. Tom Kenny will return from the animated collection as narrator.
Behind the scenes, Diablo Cody (Juno) and Heather Regnier (Falling Skies) are the head writers on Powerpuff, with Maggie Kiley (Dirty John) set as director on the pilot episode. Cody, Regnier and Kiley additionally function govt producers alongside Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and David Madden.
Powerpuff is a manufacturing of Cody and Regnier’s Vita Vera Films and Berlanti Productions in affiliation with Warner Bros. Television, a sister firm of Cartoon Network underneath the WarnerMedia umbrella, which in flip is owned by US telecommunications large AT&T.
Filming is presently underway on the Powerpuff pilot. Powerpuff is following the US cable manufacturing, which implies The CW will resolve if it desires a full season after it has seen the pilot.
The new live-action Powerpuff collection was first revealed final August.
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