For some years, different television channels have sought a way to revive Bombón, Burbuja and Bellota, The Powerpuff Girlsin a series live action. The plans were going from strength to strength, with a pilot already filmed and production about to begin. However, it seems that Warner Bros. Discovery does not have much space for the heroines, since it has permanently canceled any effort to see them again on the screen.
Some time ago, the CW company announced that would rescue The Powerpuff Girls after some dire reactions to the pilot episode. A new pilot was said to be in development, and would feature the same cast and production crew. They would work to correct what went wrong initially and offer a new proposal. But it didn’t turn out as expected either.
In accordance with TVLine, Warner Bros. will no longer work on the series. And it even returned the rights and recorded material to the studio where the project originated. But it was not the only series that ran with such a terrible fate. Justice U (spin-off from the Arrowverse), Jack Chang (inspired by the Archie comics), and the reboot of the Fox that would be starring a woman are other projects that will not continue in the company either.
According to reports, all those productions, including The Powerpuff Girlshave the option of being sold to other companies or services of streaming. However, considering the bad record it has had with its pilots, that one of its protagonists resigned from the project, and the bad comments that have been generated among fans, it seems difficult for any chain to take a risk.
According to its creators, the live action of The Powerpuff Girls would have shown us Blossom, Bubbles and Acorn like disillusioned 20-somethings in the United States. They, who used to be tiny superheroines, resented having lost their childhood in the fight against crime. However, a great new threat required their union to save Townsville, the city where they grew up.
This commented Mark Pedowitz, president of the CW, when the first pilot of the series had a bad reception (via Variety):
“The reason you do pilots is because sometimes things fail, and this was just a failure. In this case, the pilot did not work. But since we see that there are enough elements in there, we wanted to give it another go. That’s why we didn’t want to go ahead with what we had. I don’t feel as grounded in reality as I might have felt. In this case, we thought, we took a step back and went back to the drawing board.”
What did not connect with the new leadership of Warner Bros? They think that The Powerpuff Girls have a place in the current television offer?
Juan Jose Cruz I am one of those who always defended Robert Pattinson as Batman and can see the same movie in the theater up to 7 times. My guilty pleasure? Low budget horror movie.