March62015

CBS Unveils Its SUPERGIRL!

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The world of television has evolved in stellar fashion with various networks taking cues from Marvel and DC Comics to form numerous superheroes shows in the past several years. One such show is the current production of Supergirl for CBS which just began principal photography from executive producers Sarah Schechter, and scribes Ali Adler, Andrew Kreisberg and Arrow’s Greg Berlanti providing the script for Glen Winter to direct. Having spent the past month announcing its cast and with cameras now rolling, CBS has finally unveiled lead actress Melissa Benoist in full costume as the title character, designed by Oscar-winner Colleen Andrews.

via Deadline:

Born on the planet Krypton, Kara Zor-El escaped amid its destruction years ago. Since arriving on Earth, she’s been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.

Benoist is joined by Chyler Leigh, Mehcad Brooks, Laura Benanti, Calista Flockhart, David Harewood and Jeremy Jordan with actors notable for their own respective feature lentgth and TV iterations, actress Helen Slater and actor Dean Cain also starring.

As a noteworthy mention, Syfy is also working on a prequel series relevant to the Superman universe with Man Of Steel scribe David Goyer for the show, Krypton. There’s no reason to suspect any of these shows may tie-in somehow, although depending on how these shows get approached from here on out, I don’t see why they shouldn’t, especially with all the recent back-and-forth from actor Hugh Jackman on his optimism regarding an Avengers/X-Men crossover despite other reports suggesting the opposite. Who knows at this point? If it happens, it happens I guess.

Stay tuned for more info.

H/T: ComingSoon.net