CW’s Live-Action ‘The Powerpuff Girls,’ Written by Diablo Cody and Heather Regnier, Officially Picked up for a Pilot

A childhood classic, The Powerpuff Girls has been given a live-action series according to The CW channel. 

The CW has officially announced the arrival of a live-action Powerpuff Girls. A pilot episode has been ordered as developments of the series are still underway.

Live-action Powerpuff Girls series that sees the girls as adults who resent their crime-fighting childhoods, ordered by the CW. https://t.co/KRWKYb2RMq pic.twitter.com/V5mQurSqSj

— IGN (@IGN) February 9, 2021

This version will show the three girls, now as young women in their twenties. Envious of their lack of childhood, the sisters: Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup, have retired. Yet their retirement is short-lived as evil looms, and they must decide to help save the world – again.  

Variety describes the new show as “Disillusioned twenty-somethings who resent having lost their childhood to crime-fighting. Will they agree to reunite now that the world needs them more than ever?”

.@TheCW is developing a live-action “Powerpuff Girls” series based off of the beloved animated classic.

🔗: https://t.co/YIIH2SPMyD pic.twitter.com/gP19dAN776

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 10, 2021

In August 2020, The CW channel released that the show was in the works. Acclaimed Heather Regnier and Academy Award-winning Diablo Cody are the show’s writers and executive producers. Warner Bros. Television is producing the series alongside Berlanti Productions. 

The Powerpuff Girls (1998) showcases Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup as they fight crime in Townsville. Sugar, spice, and everything nice created these three young superheroes – with the help of Chemical X, the accidental ingredient Professor Utonium used. 

The series officially debuted in 1998 and was written by Craig McCracken. Episodes released on Cartoon Network, ending in 2005. Followed by releases of video games, episode specials, a home video collection, and much more, the series seemed to become a staple for many children. 

The sisters are commonly named as icons for children of the 1990s and early 2000’s. Considered one of the first feminist and empowering shows for young girls, the cartoon enlightened audiences on how to defeat the evils holding them back. Perhaps the new series will follow with the feminist trope.

No one asked but The og Powerpuff Girls show was really ahead of its time no?

It casually tackled themes like prejudice, insecure and corrupt cops, and even women who exploit feminism, na kung balikan mo eh super complex pala.

Shows today wanna seem “woke”. PPG already was. pic.twitter.com/BU0x5shxqz

— Lord (@Iconoclassist) November 6, 2020

I’m rewatching The Powerpuff Girls because it’s on Boomerang and not only is it a great show with a great premise that still holds up but it also introduced the very idea of feminism and women empowerment to a generation of kids and I think that’s pretty cool. pic.twitter.com/5LyXqxEpai

— Cincinnatus C./Andrew Luck is a HOF’er. (@_Moziah) November 16, 2020

The new The Powerpuff Girls from The CW is currently in its very beginning stages. Until more information is released on the live-action remake, the cartoon version is available to stream with a subscription on Hulu.