Powerpuff Girls: CW chief reveals live action pilot didn't feel 'rooted in reality' as it is being reworked

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News broke this week that Powerpuff, the live action Powerpuff Girls television show that was being piloted at The CW, had been scrapped and will be reworked and repiloted later in the year.

While some new titles are set to premiere on The CW as part of its 2021-2022 fall slate, the anticipated Powerpuff live-action reboot did not make the cut and will be reworked and repiloted. The CW’s Mark Pedowitz expanded on the decision, noting that holding the series back will provide an opportunity to do right by it.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe CW’s pilot of “Powerpuff,” the live-action series based on the popular Cartoon Network animated show “The Powerpuff Girls,” is being overhauled and re-shot because the initial pilot was “too campy” and not as rooted in reality as network execs would have liked.

Powerpuff Girls reboot series is set to be reshot after not being picked up by The CW for its fall 2021 schedule.It was announced in February that the popular animated show was being turned into a live-action series, starring Chloe Bennet as Blossom, alongside Dove Cameron (Bubbles) and Yana Perrault (Buttercup).The trio of super-powered sisters were set to return as “disillusioned twenty-somethings who resent having lost their childhood to crime fighting” after the animated series left screens

The CW’s live-action adaptation of “The Powerpuff Girls” was one of the most anticipated pilots this year, with Diablo Cody co-writing and Greg Berlanti on board as executive producer. But the network announced Monday that the project was being sent back to the drawing board for retooling.“The reason we do pilots is sometimes things miss,” The CW chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz explained on a call with reporters on Tuesday.

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In April 2021, several photos from the sets of CW's Powerpuff Girls live action went viral on social media. The photos featured lead actors Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron and Yana Perrault as the superhero girls Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.

There is some news about the Powerpuff Girls television show, Powerpuff, the live action TV pilot being filmed for The CW.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe CW has given out series orders to the DC project “Naomi” and “All American: Homecoming,” a spinoff of the high school football drama “All American.”In addition, the network has decided to rework its pilot for “Powerpuff,” a live-action followup to the animated series “The Powerpuff Girls.” The show’s four leads — Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron, Yana Perrault, and Donald Faison — remain attached to the project, as does the creative team behind the show.

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