The Powerpuff Women was set to be tailored into live-action, giving human-like options to the three protagonists—Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. The unique ‘90s animated sequence, created by Craig McCracken, adopted “three little kindergarten-aged superheroes who fly round and beat up dangerous guys,” as he described in a previous interview.
A live-action adaptation was in improvement however was finally canceled. Beneath, Hollywood Life has rounded up every thing to know concerning the scrapped challenge.
Footage from The CW’s live-action “Powerpuff Women” sequence that by no means aired has leaked on-line.
The solid featured Chloe Bennet as Blossom, Dove Cameron as Bubbles and Yana Perrault as Buttercup. Within the leaked footage, Bubbles is “continuously consuming” and Buttercup rails in opposition to… pic.twitter.com/FloEAJYXTw
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Who Was within the Powerpuff Women Forged?
Dove Cameron was solid as Bubbles, Chloe Bennet as Blossom, Yana Perrault as Buttercup, and Donald Faison as Professor Drake Utonium.
Why Was the Powerpuff Women Dwell-Motion Canceled?
Based on Selection, CW chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz defined, “The rationale you do pilots is as a result of typically issues miss, and this was only a miss. We consider within the solid fully. We consider in Diablo [Cody] and Heather [Regnier], the writers. We consider within the auspices of Greg Berlanti and Warner [Bros. TV] studios.”
He continued, “On this case the pilot didn’t work. However as a result of we see there’s sufficient parts in there, we needed to provide it one other shot. In order that’s why we didn’t need to go ahead with what we had. Tonally, it would’ve felt slightly too campy. It didn’t really feel as rooted in actuality as it would’ve felt. However once more, you be taught issues while you check issues out. And so on this case, we felt, let’s take a step again and return to the drafting board.”
Leaked Powerpuff Women Dwell-Motion Footage
Though the live-action adaptation was canceled, leaked footage surfaced on-line. Sources at The CW confirmed to Selection that the footage was actual. The leaked trailer portrayed Blossom as “continuously confused,” Bubbles as “continuously consuming,” and Buttercup as “continuously rebellious.”
Whereas followers have been excited to see the beloved characters come to life, the pilot was scrapped, and with no plans for a revival, the live-action Powerpuff Women stays a challenge that by no means made it to screens.
