The world needs more female superheroes! And we may finally be getting one—in her very own TV series.
A Supergirl TV show is currently being shopped around to various networks by Warner Bros. studio and DC Comics, sources confirm to E! News. The project is in the early stages, however producer Michael Green is said to be attached to the project. Green has served as a producer on shows like Gotham, Smallville and Heroes, and he also produced the upcoming films Green Lantern and Flash.
According to insiders, there is no deal yet in place, however the series is not expected to go to the CW, who was first pitched the project, and who, of course, houses both Arrow and The Flash.
So they skipped the pilot phase completely here? Interesting. Since the logline implies Superman already exists in this world, I wonder if they'll incorporate him into it at all or if it will be just references. It probably won't be Cavill, but I can't imagine them doing Supergirl in a world that doesn't have Superman in it in some form, given that their origins are very connected to each other.
So apparently the way to address the whole Superman thing is to literally make him not exist and basically replace Supergirl's origin with his.
For Kara Zor-El aka Kara Danvers, the show is eyeing Caucasian females, age 22 to 26, to play 24. As the series’ mythology goes, Kara at age 12 was sent from her dying home planet of Krypton to Earth, where she was taken in by the Danvers, a foster family who taught her to be careful with her extraordinary powers. After repressing said skills for more than a decade, Kara is forced to bust out her super moves in public during an unexpected disaster. Energized by her heroism for the first time in her life, she begins embracing her abilities in the name of helping the people of her city, earning herself a super moniker along the way.
The other lead role currently being cast is that of 26-year-old Alexandra “Alex” Danvers, Kara’s gorgeous, brilliant, science-minded foster sister. Growing up, Alex was partly jealous of her sibling yet also fascinated by her abilities, prompting Alex to learn as much as she could about alien anthropology, sociology and culture. Today, Alex works for a secret government organization and, alongside her heroic sis, will face many challenges, both mundane and super.
Holt, who plays Rebekah on the CW's “The Vampire Diaries” and its offshoot “The Originals,” is among those testing for the lead role in CBS's upcoming comic-book adaptation “Supergirl,” an individual familiar with the situation told TheWrap.
Greg Berlanti's also said it's possible for this to cross over with Flash and Arrow.
So I guess a TV Justice League team would be Flash, Arrow, Firestorm, Atom and Supergirl? Not a bad roster.
