The CW is headed to the city of Townsville. The network is developing a live-action update of Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, with the three titular superheroes now young adults.
The adaptation of Craig McCracken's original show. comes from writers Heather Regnier (Veronica Mars, Sleepy Hollow) and Diablo Cody and mega-producer Greg Berlanti.
In the live-action update from Warner Bros. TV, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup used to be America's pint-sized superheroes. Now, they're disillusioned twentysomethings who resent having lost their childhoods to crimefighting.
When the world needs them more than ever, will they agree to reunite? Regnier and Cody (Juno, One Mississippi, United States of Tara) are writing the script and will executive.
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