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06-03-2025
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Leaked ‘Trailer' for CW's Scrapped ‘Powerpuff Girls' Pilot Shows an Alcoholic Bubbles
A so-called trailer for The CW's canceled 'Powerpuff Girls' live-action show is circulating online — and let's just say it's easy to see why this one didn't make it to air. Sources from The CW confirmed to Variety that the video does indeed feature footage from the scrapped series. However, an official trailer for the pilot was never actually made. Instead, the video that's circulating online as its 'trailer' appears to be a fan-made collection of several scenes from the project put together, including an alcoholic Bubbles drunkenly burping and Buttercup refusing to wear her green dress because it's 'normative and ass-ugly.' This too-real show was ordered in 2020. In the live-action series, the citizens of Townsville turn against the crime-fighting trio, causing them to break up. But when darkness returns to their home, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup reunite. The series was written by Heather Regnier and Diablo Cody with Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron and Yana Perrault playing Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, respectively. Donald Faison also played the role of the girls' father, Professor 'Drake' Utonium. TheWrap has reached out to Warner Bros. Television for comment. In 2021, a script for the series was leaked online and was met by overwhelmingly negative reviews on social media. The project was ultimately axed in 2023 following Nexstar's acquisition of The CW. As part of its strategy to make the network profitable, The CW ended nearly all of its original content. As for the 'Powerpuff Girls,' the rights for the series were returned to Warner Bros., which is now Warner Bros. Discovery. After first being criticized in 2021, the project isn't faring much better in 2025. On YouTube, for instance, the video is filled with comments such as 'This feels like a parody of the Powerpuff girls' and 'I feel soo bad for every actor in this.' Watch it above. The post Leaked 'Trailer' for CW's Scrapped 'Powerpuff Girls' Pilot Shows an Alcoholic Bubbles appeared first on TheWrap.
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06-03-2025
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CW's ‘Powerpuff Girls' Live-Action Footage Leaks: Bubbles Is Drunk, Buttercup Hates ‘Gender Normative' Costume and More From Canceled Show
In 2021, The CW ordered and shot a live-action 'Powerpuff Girls' pilot starring Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron, Yana Perrault and Donald Faison, only for the series to be canceled and never see the light of day — until now. Footage from the canceled series has been leaked onto YouTube and made into a trailer. Sources at CW confirmed to Variety that the footage is real, but a final trailer was never assembled before 'Powerpuff Girls' was axed. At the time of the cancellation, CW may have been putting together a trailer for upfronts, but sources say the leaked footage would not have passed CW standards. The network sometimes used outside vendors to assemble trailers, so the leak could have been a rejected trailer from a third party. It may also have been a Warner Bros. TV trailer created for L.A. screenings or San Diego Comic Con. More from Variety 'Scrabble' Gameshow Rights Acquired by Fremantle in Global Deal Leighton Meester Shines in The CW's Zany Detective Series 'Good Cop/Bad Cop': TV Review Liz Wise Lyall Returns to Lifetime as Senior VP of Scripted Programming and Development Nevertheless, the leaked footage spread on social media Thursday. It introduces Bennett as Blossom, Cameron as Bubbles, Perrault as Buttercup and Faison as Professor Drake Utonium, who created the trio of heroes in his laboratory. The trailer shows younger versions of the Powerpuff Girls, their rise to fame (which included the original Cartoon Network series) and their lives at young adults. Blossom was 'constantly stressed,' Bubbles was 'constantly drinking' and throws up in a trash can, while Buttercup was 'constantly rebellious.' 'I'm not wearing that dress anymore, it's gender normative and ass ugly,' Perrault says. Things change when the Powerpuff Girls accidentally kill the adult, human version of Mojo Jojo, which results in Blossom running away, Buttercup working as a firefighter, Bubbles moving to Hollywood and Mojo's vengeful son Joseph 'Jojo' Mondel Jr. (Nicholas Podany) becoming the mayor of Townsville. Seven years later, the Powerpuff Girls reunite to fight Jojo Jr., who's brainwashed Townsville and framed Prof. Utonium. 'Oh God, they're all possessed. This is exactly like the gathering of the Juggalos,' Bubbles says as the heroes watch citizens riot. 'You've been?' Buttercup asks her. 'Oh yeah, I'm down with the clown,' Bubbles replies. The Powerpuff Girls save Townsville, their father and their reputations as they are embraced by their fans once again. The trailer also teases a romantic spark between Jojo Jr. and Blossom, but Blossom assures her sisters that he isn't obsessed with her. 'Yes, he was, and I bet he still is. But in, like, an angry, kinky, hate-boner kind of way,' Buttercup teases her. To which Bubbles adds, 'That's the best kind of boner.' The live-action 'Powerpuff Girls' picked up steam in spring 2021 when it cast its trio of stars and was ordered to pilot. Oscar winner Diablo Cody and Heather Regnier were writers and executive produced, along with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and David Madden. Warner Bros. TV was also producing. However, the pilot was later overhauled and re-shot in May 2021, and Bennet dropped out in August. 'The reason you do pilots is because sometimes things miss, and this was just a miss. We believe in the cast completely. We believe in Diablo [Cody] and Heather [Regnier], the writers. We believe in the auspices of Greg Berlanti and Warner [Bros. TV] studios,' said CW chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz at the time. 'In this case the pilot didn't work. But because we see there's enough elements in there, we wanted to give it another shot. So that's why we didn't want to go forward with what we had. Tonally, it might've felt a little too campy. It didn't feel as rooted in reality as it might've felt. But again, you learn things when you test things out. And so in this case, we felt, let's take a step back and go back to the drawing board.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Oscars 2026: First Blind Predictions Including Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, 'Wicked: For Good' and More What's Coming to Disney+ in March 2025
