Powerpuff Girls Live-Action TV Series in Development at The CW

A new live-action version of Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls is in development at The CW. As reported by Variety, this new version of the classic series sees the Powerpuff Girls 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?" This new project is from writers and executive producers Heather Regnier and Diablo Cody. Regnier has worked on the recent Veronica Mars revival, iZombie, and Sleepy Hollow, while Cody is best known for writing Juno, where she won the Academy Award for best original screenplay in 2008. She also worked on Jennifer's Body and Young Adult. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2016/02/11/the-powerpuff-girls-return-clip-i-am-not-a-princess"] Warner Bros. Television will produce the series, and Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and David Madden will executive produce via Berlanti Productions. The Powerpuff Girls ran for six seasons and 78 episodes between 1998 and 2005. It was created by Craig McCracken, and was the tale of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, who were created when Professor Utonium combined "sugar, spice, and everything nice with the mysterious Chemical X." The Powerpuff Girls Movie was released in 2002, and a reboot of the series aired on Cartoon Network in 2016. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-adult-cartoon-tv-series&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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