Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is back in Secret Invasion, which just released on Disney+. Fans, however, were speculating as to whether their beloved character, Daisy Johnson (Chloe Bennet) would be making a comeback. But alas, the 31-year-old actress is not on the show.
Thus, the absence of Daisy Johnson/Quake, a much-loved superhero, has disappointed fans despite the intense buzz surrounding the action series.
Well, best known for her performance in the acclaimed television series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Chloe Bennet has yet again suffered a significant setback. The actress was earlier reported to have been cast as one of the three leads in The Powerpuff Girls reboot for the CW. But Warner Bros. has now formally canceled the live-action series.
For the unversed, it was revealed in May 2021 that Yana Perrault (Broadway) would play Buttercup, Dove Cameron (Descendants) would play Bubbles, and Chloe Bennet (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) would play Blossom this superhero live-action series.
WB Canceled The Powerpuff Girls Series Starring Chloe Bennet?
The CW’s upcoming live-action reboot of The Powerpuff Girls has been reportedly canceled.
Dove Cameron, Yana Perrault, and Chloe Bennet were slated to star in the series as the well-known super-sisters- Bubbles, Buttercup, and Blossom, respectively. Well, this was a remake of the Cartoon Network animation series of the same name. However, the group would now be “disillusioned twenty-somethings.”
But following a string of network cancellations, it is now official that the project has been officially shelved.
According to Brad Schwartz, president of entertainment at The CW:
“We have already given those back to the studios, so they are free to develop those and sell them anywhere.”
This is not the first problem the series has encountered since its announcement back in 2020. It was made public that the pilot episode was being rewritten in May 2021 after the studio produced an unimpressive pilot episode.
Why Was The Powerpuff Girls Series Canceled After Years of Development?
The CW is no longer producing live-action The Powerpuff Girls, according to Tv Line. Although it was filmed at the start of 2021, the show never materialized. Aside from this, the Cartoon Network will no longer produce Jake Chang, Justice U, or any other series from that era when Mark Pedowitz was president.
Pedowitz served as the CW’s president from 2011 to 2022. He stated in 2021:
“This was just a miss. Sometimes things miss. Totally, it might have felt a little too campy. It didn’t feel as rooted in reality as it might have. But again, you learn things when you test things out. And in this case, we felt like, ‘let’s take a step back and go back to the drawing board.'”
As per reports, for this live-action show, the characters were meant to become even darker.
The Powerpuff Girls is an animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network for six seasons before being adapted into a film. The series’ final episode aired in March 2005. This has even been nominated for nine Annie Awards and six Emmy Awards.
You can watch the old episodes of The Powerpuff Girls, which is streaming on Netflix, and Max.
Source- TV Line; Digital Spy
