The real-life Powerpuff Girls
The CW have announced the cast for their upcoming live action remake of Powerpuff Girls.
Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron and Yana Perrault will take on the lead roles as Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup.
Chloe Bennet - Blossom
The actress is best known for her role as Daisy in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Following the announcement, she took to Instagram Stories and wrote, 'we bout to f**k sh*t up.'
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Dove Cameron - Bubbles
Dove is best known for her roles in Disney Channel's Descendants and Liv & Maddie.
And it seems she has some CW connections in the Riverdale cast.
Cheryl actress Madelaine Petsch congratulated her in the comments, 'You’re so perfect for this! Congrats babe'
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Yana Perrault - Buttercup
Yana is relatively new, but does have some acting credits on Broadway.
She expressed her excitement on Instagram, 'v grateful, this is too dreamy to believe, so many feelings, still processing, on cloud 9'
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Powerpuff Girls
The original animated series, created by Craig McCracken, ran from 1998 to 2005 on Cartoon Network.
It follows three young girls named Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup.
They use their superpowers to protect the people of Townsville from evil villains.
A reboot of the original animated series premiered on Cartoon Network in 2016.
However, they used completely different voice actors for the main roles.
They only wrapped up the reboot's third season in 2019.
The live action reboot
The CW are taking over this new series, with help from Berlanti Productions.
According to Deadline, Diablo Cody (Juno) and Heather Regnier (Veronica Mars) are writing the script, and also acting as producers.
While Warner Bros. Television is the studio.
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As per Deadline, this live action reboot will see The Powerpuff Girls as, 'disillusioned twentysomethings.'
They find themselves resenting the fact that they, 'lost their childhood to crime fighting.'
'Will they agree to reunite now that the world needs them more than ever?'
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We can't wait to see the girls in action!
