The Powerpuff Girls reboot has officially found its stars! The popular cartoon is getting a live-action update, and now, as Deadline reported on Tuesday, the actresses playing its three title characters have officially been cast!
The Powerpuff Girls: what we know about the new show
The Powerpuff Girls premiered in 1998, and is about a group of young girls that were accidentally created with superhuman abilities who band together to fight crime. The show ran for six seasons and is still beloved today because of its nostalgia factor, so it makes perfect sense that the reboot is geared towards the audience that originally grew up with it!
As Deadline shares, the CW's take on The Powerpuff Girls reimagines its titular trio as "disillusioned twentysomethings who resent having lost their childhood to crimefighting," but find themselves forced to band together again. Jennifer's Body screenwriter Diablo Cody has been tapped to pen the script for the pilot alongside Heather Regnier, and Maggie Kiley will direct.
The Powerpuff Girls live-action show: these are the stars!
The Powerpuff Girls will star three talented actresses who come from a variety of backgrounds! Dove Cameron is known for the Disney Channel series Liv & Maddie, where she played both title characters, and the Descendants movies. She is also a pop singer, and has been in theatre productions Off-Broadway and in the West End!
Chloe Bennet had her breakout role as "Daisy" in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which she was a series regular on for seven seasons. She also provided the voice of "Yi" in the 2019 animated movie Abominable! Newcomer Yana Perrault rounds out the cast. A singer and songwriter, Perrault became known for starring in the new Broadway show Jagged Little Pill.
Cameron will be playing "Bubbles," who "still sparkles as an adult, but her charming exterior belies an unexpected toughness and wit." While she could surprise people, she's said to be "more interested in recapturing her fame than saving the world."
Bennet will take on the role of "Blossom," best described as "a spunky, conscientious, Little-Miss-Perfect child who holds several advanced degrees." However, she now finds herself "feeling anxious and reclusive, and she aims to become a leader again."
Finally, Perrault will portray "Buttercup," who was known as "the rebellious badass" of the trio. Now that she's grown up though, she finds herself wanting "to shed her Powerpuff Girl identity and live an anonymous life."
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