Way back in the storied days of last week, photos leaked of the cast of The CW’s adult Powerpuff Girls reboot in costume. Create New Account. [18][better source needed], Bob Longino of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution praised the film, writing: "The intricate drawings emanate 1950s futuristic pizazz like a David Hockney scenescape. (2021 theatrical/HBO max film), https://ideas.fandom.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Girls:_The_Live_Action_Movie?oldid=373137, Jim Carrey as Professor Drake Utonium/The Narrator, Sylvester Stallone as Mojo Jojo (Voice/Human Disguise). Library. 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The scientist deacitvates his disguise and reveals himself to be one of the girls greatest enemies, Mojo Jojo. By JJ Rankin Published Mar 11, 2021 A live-action reboot of the beloved and widely popular The Powerpuff Girls is officially in development at CW, and the project just announced its cast. Bringing the requisite sugar, spice and everything nice, the first look at the live-action CW series “Powerpuff,” which picks up with the famed and formerly pint-sized trio as adults, arrived on Monday. Despite the girls' recklessness with their powers, they all immediately grow to love each other as a family. Powerpuff Girls is a live action superhero action film based on the animated TV series of the same name and is the first film in the Powerpuff Girls Live Action Film Series. "The Powerpuff Girls" could be the latest show getting The CW treatment, with a live-action remake from the screenwriter of "Juno" featuring the girls as disillusioned 20-somethings. By Jenny Wallace Arts & Entertainment Editor “The Powerpuff Girls” from the early 2000s are back—but they aren’t exactly the same girls from Cartoon Network. 973 people follow this. When developing the film, series' creator and director Craig McCracken did not want it to appeal exclusively to girls as the derivative merchandise made it out to be (with jewelry and necklaces being sold with the characters plastered over it) and wanted to make an action-comedy film that felt closer to his conception of the Powerpuff Girls. "The Powerpuff Girls" could be the latest show getting The CW treatment, with a live-action remake from the screenwriter of "Juno" featuring the girls as disillusioned 20-somethings. They are rescued by Jojo, whose brain has been mutated by the Chemical X explosion, giving him superintelligence. [3] Some of the production process was also documented for subsequent home releases of the product. Jojo, renaming himself as Mojo Jojo, publicly announces the girls as his assistants, which damages their reputation further and makes the distraught Professor lose faith in them. The girls consider using the Antidote X to erase their powers, thinking they would be accepted as normal girls, but the people of Townsville protest against this and apologize for misjudging them, thanking them for their heroic deeds. According to McCracken, 49 half-hour episodes of the TV series had been made up to that point, but they went on hiatus to focus on the making of the movie. Luna explains that their top scientist, the man Blossom met at the museum, has went MIA after trying to track down the Krono-Droid. "[16] As of October 2020[update], on Metacritic, the film had a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [21] Ben Nuckols wrote for The Associated Press that the protagonist's big eyes were the "only remarkable thing", which he considered "a shame, because the girls are delightful and the movie is skillfully made". This opening spiel to Diablo Cody’s upcoming Powerpuff Girls reboot is hypothetical, ... it will do so for the upcoming 2021–2022 CW season. Enjoy the epic trailer of PowerPuff Girls the movie, coming soon! Little did he know that his experiment would soon become his most famous one of all.But his experiment goes wrong when his mischievous chimpanzee, Jojo, shoves the Professor, making him accidentally spill Chemical X into t… The Powerpuff Girls Movie is a 2002 American animated superhero comedy film based on the Cartoon Network animated television series of the same name. Community See All. Page Transparency See More. The Powerpuff Girls Movie (also known as The Powerpuff Girls in the working title) is a 2002 American animated superhero action-adventure comedy film based on the Cartoon Network animated television series of the same name. After the death of his beloved pregnant wife, Bethany, Professor Drake Utonium used his chemical knowledge to create life by creating a daughter for himself to raise, using a sample of Bethany's DNA, several different chemicals and some spare ingredients, Professor Utonium's experiment was working, when he accidently shattered a beaker containing 'Chemical X', an untested Military Super-Soldier Serum, which got into the formula, resulting in an explosion, when Drake woke up, he was greeted by 3 young girls who he realized he had created from the formula, he names them Blossom (The Smart and Mature Girl), Bubbles (The Cute and Bubbly Girl) and Buttercup (The Rough and Tough Girl). The main cast for the upcoming, live-action Powerpuff Girls has been announced and it includes Dove Cameron as Bubbles. Earlier this year (Feb 9), Variety reported that The CW had a … Craig McCracken, who originally produced the series, is the executive producer. [4][7] The movie keeps the staple look of the television series, with characters such as the Powerpuff Girls and the Professor having a mostly geometric look. … The broadcaster has been developing this version since August 2020, but only now has given an endorsement to film an initial episode, as a test. The girls head to the bank and successfully stop the Gangreen Gang and have them sent to prison. Meanwhile, in an undisclosed location, 4 people who had been watching everything. The Powerpuff Girls Characters IN REAL LIFE 2021 @WANA Plus SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://bit.ly/SubscribeWANAPlus Thanks for Watching! Proposed since April 2021. When Mojo's gauntlet is removed, Mojo attempts to destroy the Krono-Droid, but after he succeeds, he realises his mistake as the Krono-Droid activates it's Vengeance Function. #PowerpuffYourself 10 March 2021, 11:13. But Blossom misses the old days and fights monsters again. Apr 13, 2021 The CW’s Powerpuff Girl series Powerpuff, featuring the beloved ‘90s cartoon characters as disillusioned twenty-somethings, has begun filming its pilot in Atlanta. Forgot account? It also has its own video game, The Powerpuff Girls: The Official Game of the Movie. Best Collection . New record. | Credit: James Acomb/The CW/2021 The CW Network, LLC. The facility is used to create military weapons, they were working on a machine called the 'Krono-Droid', a machine designed to adapt it's fighting style based on how it's targets fight, when the Krono-Droid was almost finished, it became sentient, slaughtered several of the scientists and escaped the facility and is now somewhere on the island. See more of Powerpuff girls blossom on Facebook. [34] By July 26, 2002, the film had dropped to #34 on the US box office ranking. [22] New Sunday Times praised the animation - particularly the sequence were the Powerpuff Girls play tag - and said that "there's a lot to like about this movie"; overall, it called it a "a good first movie". The Powerpuff Girls….yes, the trio of powerful sisters Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup….many remember them well but for those who have been missing them, we have some good news. But as it turned out, the movie still moves at the same pace that the show does. [17] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Mar 16, 2021 - Powerpuff Girl Live Action by FuturisticWorld on DeviantArt The girls realise that the man had made the Krono-Droid go haywire on purpose, until the scientist explains that everyone on the island works for him and he was Field Testing the Krono-Droid. The Powerpuff Girls is an American superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera (later Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network.The show centers on Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers.The girls all live in the fictional city of Townsville with their father and creator, a scientist named Professor … A couple weeks later, the girls are called into city hall by the mayor and Ms Bellum, who introduce the girls to a woman called Luna. Share Share Tweet Email Comment. The CW officially commissioned a pilot for a live action series of The Super Powerful Girls, animation from 1997. The professor is later woken up by 3 young girls who were created from the explosion, who he names 'Blossom', 'Bubbles' and 'Buttercup'. Log In. He also discovers that the girls have gained superpowers from the added Chemical X. Fri, Apr 23, 2021 The CW has recently announced a number of pilot and straight to series orders for the 2021 - 2022 television season and the Powerpuff Girls reboot officially made the cut. But maybe they … Apr 13, 2021. In the documentary The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What Where, How, Why... Who Cares?, he said: "In hindsight, maybe I wish it was a little sillier, a little more lighter, a little more... not so heavy the whole time." All the work done overseas was then shipped to Los Angeles, where the main crew put every single shot together digitally at the then newly opened Cartoon Network Studios. The girls return to Townsville and Blossom recognizes that the 'Shut Down Switch' to stop the Krono-Droid is on Mojo's Gauntlet. Directed by series' creator Craig McCracken at his feature-length directorial debut from a screenplay written by himself, Charlie Bean, Lauren Faust, Paul Rudish and Don Shank, the film stars the regular television cast of Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, E. G. Daily, Roger L. Jackson, Tom Kane, Tom Kenny, and Jennifer Hale. The Powerpuff Girls are ready for action in first look at live-action series. We're soon introduced to Professor Utonium who returns to his home where he attempts to create the perfect child using sugar, spice and everything nice. The girls take their game downtown, where they accidentally cause massive damage to the city until the Professor calms them down. Luna takes the girls to an uncharted island and shows them around a top secret facility, where she says that she needs the girls help. Not Now. : The Movie. The film was meant to end with Him breaking Brick out of prison and reuniting Brick with his brothers as a cliffhanger for the next movie, but this did not happen. The next morning, after the Professor is released from prison, the girls show him all the "good" they have done, only to discover that the city is under attack by the primates. Report. Page created - … Movie Character. [26] Mariano Kairuz, from the Argentine newspaper Página/12, wrote: "It's one of the happily bizarre cartoon movies to hit theaters in quite some time. 6 years ago | 14K views. "[19] Nell Minow of Common Sense Media gave the film four stars out of a possible five, saying that the film "may be a treat for the fans of the show, but its non-stop excitement and sense of humor is going to win over just about anyone". After noticing the crime and corruption in the city of Townsville, the girls started fighting crime and became the superhero team known as 'The Powerpuff Girls', for years, fighting against villains like Sedusa, Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, Princess Morbucks, The Gangreen Gang, The Amoeba Boys, The Rowdyruff Boys and Him. [27] Marc Savlov from The Austin Chronicle gave the film 3 and a half stars out of 5, describing it as "retro fun that contains a serious self-empowerment message for little girls and little boys alike", as well as "brilliant, wacky, and utterly charming fluff". McCracken himself has come out with his own thoughts on the movie. When deciding what the final plot would be, the crew had "one that was purely an action show, and then one that was more of a subtle character piece"; Cartoon Network liked both of them, so the result is an hybrid. Townsville is terrorized by criminals and villains. [2] Screen Rant lists it as one of the 25 lowest-grossing superhero movies at the global box office. The next day, the girls are treated as outcasts by the citizens of Townsville as a result of the destruction they have caused and the Professor is arrested for creating the girls. However, he gets shoved by his laboratory assistant, the destructive chimpanzee Jojo, which causes him to accidentally break and spill a flask of Chemical X onto the concoction. Afterwards, Jojo rewards the girls with a trip to the local zoo, where he secretly implants small transportation devices on all the primates there, to which that night Jojo brings the primates to his lab and uses his new machine to inject them with Chemical X, which turns them into evil mutants like himself. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. In 2016, he stated that due to the film's production, he has no further interest in making more theatrical feature-length films after The Powerpuff Girls Movie. Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): The makers of the much-anticipated CW series 'Powerpuff Girls' unveiled its first official look. About See All. He also called it "one of the few American creations that is both gleeful pop culture and exquisite high art. March 18, 2021 I t’s official, you guys — the Powerpuff Girls are about to be back and better than ever! However, the creator said that Warner Bros. was putting $20 million into promoting the film. [13], The film was released on Region 1 VHS and DVD on November 5, 2002. [3] However, the final credits are accompanied by a punk-rock version of the TV show's ending theme by Bis, Black Francis' "Pray for the Girls" and a song by the pop group No Secrets, titled "That's What Girls Do". It still has that distinctive feeling to it.[4]. One might even wonder how Cartoon Network and Warner authorized the multi-million dollar budget for something that looks and feels somewhat uncommercial". Despite being filmed in 1.85:1 aspect ratio, the DVD and VHS are in fullscreen only, much akin to that of the original series. [30] As such, Roger Ebert gave the film a negative review, criticizing the film's overuse of violence and destruction and saying the film was upsetting to watch after the 9/11 attacks. The Power Puff Girls grow up and stop saving the town. That’s right, the cartoon show that we all watched as kids is officially returning, but this time it’s going to be a live-action series. As of 2021, the film has yet to be released on Blu-ray and Digital. When the girls lives as heroes are shown, there are live action recreated scenes from Stuck Up, Up and Away (Princess), Something's A Ms (Sedusa), Fuzzy Logic (Fuzzy) & The Rowdyruff Boys (Rowdyruffs). Mojo Jojo lands on the Antidote X, which shrinks him down to his original size, battered and defeated. Search. Sign up. veterans Chloe Bennet and Dove Cameron, as well as Jagged Little Pill stage actress and recording … Follow. Directed by series' creator Craig McCracken at his feature-length directorial debut from a screenplay written by himself, Charlie Bean, Lauren Faust, Paul Rudish, and Don Shank, the film stars the regular television cast of Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, E. G. Daily, Roger L. Jackson, Tom Kane, Tom Kenny, and Jennifer Hale. The Powerpuff Girls future live action movie saga is a reboot of the kids cartoon. The character was introduced as the tactician and self-proclaimed leader of the Powerpuff Girls. Overhearing the turmoil from space, the girls return to Earth and rescue the citizens, realizing they can use their powers to fight the primates. The site's critics consensus read: "It plays like an extended episode, but The Powerpuff Girls Movie is still lots of fun. One day, the girls recieve a phone call from the Mayor informing them about a bank robbery by the Gangreen Gang and the girls go to stop them. Lego The Powerpuff Girls; Subject: The Powerpuff Girls: Licensed from: Cartoon Network: Availability: 2018–Discontinued: Total sets: 2: Characters: Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Donny the Unicorn, Mojo Jojo, Octi and Princess Morbucks: Official website : Lego The Powerpuff Girls is a Lego theme based on the Cartoon Network television show The Powerpuff Girls of the same name. [36], «The kids didn't come—a lot of boys who were fans of it didn't want to tell people they were fans of it and didn't buy tickets. … Over the years, they fight an entire army of enemies, such as the demonic Him, the tantalizing Sedusa, the bratty Princess Morbucks and their own counterparts, the anarchistic Rowdyruff Boys. 8 days ago by: Kevin Fraser. [6], Craig McCracken to The Grid Toronto in 2013. Might even wonder how Cartoon Network animated television series of the guinea pigs for what would evolve... Same name original size, battered and defeated budget for something that looks and somewhat! 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