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'''''The Powerpuff Girls''''', (alternatively titled '''PowerPuff'''), was a highly anticipated superhero action show that would premiere on the CW channel during the early 2020s, a pilot was made for a live-action show that reimagines the CN beloved cartoon about a trio of girls who are superheroes, Craig McCracken's ''Powerpuff Girls'', this time updated for young adult audiences with plotlines that resemble adult HBO shows such as Lena Dunham's Girls it was show to test audiences and got quickly cancelled after severe blackash from the test audiences.
 
The Powerpuff Girls is an animated action comedy series made by Craig McCracken that ran on Cartoon Network for 6 seasons. The series is about a Professor named Professor Utonium while attempting to create the perfect little girls, he accidentally breaks a jar of chemical x that spilled into the ingredients creating 3 girls all with superpowers, where they fight crime in each episode in their home Townsville. However, on August 24th, 2020, it was announced that a live-action reboot series was set to air on the CW.<ref>[https://bardbox.net/alas-alas/ ‘Powerpuff Girls’ Live-Action Series Among CW Pilot Orders, Network Sets ‘The 4400’ Reboot.] Retrieved 03 Jul '23</ref>


==Premise==
==Premise==
According to Variety, unlike the previous animated interactions of the franchise that was targeted toward kids, the new series sees the raunch and crude slice of life of the pint-sized superheroes as disillusioned twentysomethings who resent having lost their childhood to crime fighting. Will they agree to reunite now that the world needs them more than ever? <ref>[https://bardbox.net/alas-alas/ ‘Powerpuff Girls’ Live-Action Series Among CW Pilot Orders, Network Sets ‘The 4400’ Reboot.] Retrieved 03 Jul '23</ref>
Set in the early 2020s, the show was to reimagine the beloved Cartoon Network show by the same name, however, unlike the previous animated iteration targeted toward kids, it would now be targeted at young adults with slice-of-life plotlines of the pint-sized superheroes as "disillusioned twentysomethings" who resent having lost their childhood to crime fighting.


==Availability==
==Availability==
As far as we know, a fully scripted and filmed pilot was made and shown to test audiences.<ref>[https://tvline.com/2021/05/25/Powerpuff-girls-pilot-too-campy-reworked-cw/ CW Boss: Powerpuff Pilot Came In 'Too Campy,' Will Go Back to Drawing Board] Retrieved 03 Jul '23</ref>
The pilot was filmed in April 2021, however, the show was set to restart production after negive test screenings.<ref>[https://tvline.com/2021/05/25/Powerpuff-girls-pilot-too-campy-reworked-cw/ CW Boss: Powerpuff Pilot Came In 'Too Campy,' Will Go Back to Drawing Board] Retrieved 03 Jul '23</ref> Though two full screenplays of the pilot (from January 18th and February 9th, 2021) can be found online, the fully shot pilot has never been officially released, and likely never will due to the backlash.<ref>[https://bardbox.net/alas-alas/ Fans Are Not Liking the Leaked Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Script] Retrieved 03 Jul '23</ref>
Though two full screenplays of the pilot (from January 18th and February 9th, 2021) can be found online, the fully shot pilot has never been officially released, and likely never will due to the backlash.<ref>[https://bardbox.net/alas-alas/ Fans Are Not Liking the Leaked Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Script] Retrieved 03 Jul '23</ref>




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The Powerpuff Girls is an animated action comedy series made by Craig McCracken that ran on Cartoon Network for 6 seasons. The series is about a Professor named Professor Utonium while attempting to create the perfect little girls, he accidentally breaks a jar of chemical x that spilled into the ingredients creating 3 girls all with superpowers, where they fight crime in each episode in their home Townsville. However, on August 24th, 2020, it was announced that a live-action reboot series was set to air on the CW.[1]

Premise

Set in the early 2020s, the show was to reimagine the beloved Cartoon Network show by the same name, however, unlike the previous animated iteration targeted toward kids, it would now be targeted at young adults with slice-of-life plotlines of the pint-sized superheroes as "disillusioned twentysomethings" who resent having lost their childhood to crime fighting.

Availability

The pilot was filmed in April 2021, however, the show was set to restart production after negive test screenings.[2] Though two full screenplays of the pilot (from January 18th and February 9th, 2021) can be found online, the fully shot pilot has never been officially released, and likely never will due to the backlash.[3]


Gallery

Videos

Amateur Planet reading the leaked Powerpuff Girls script.

Ultra Review Show reading of the script for the New Powerpuff Girls show.

Script

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See Also

Reference

  1. ↑ ‘Powerpuff Girls’ Live-Action Series Among CW Pilot Orders, Network Sets ‘The 4400’ Reboot. Retrieved 03 Jul '23
  2. ↑ CW Boss: Powerpuff Pilot Came In 'Too Campy,' Will Go Back to Drawing Board Retrieved 03 Jul '23
  3. ↑ Fans Are Not Liking the Leaked Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Script Retrieved 03 Jul '23
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