5 Major Things we Noticed in the Leaked Live Action CW Powerpuff Girls Trailer

About half-a-decade ago in 2020, CW announced that a live-action Powerpuff Girls series starring Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron, and Yana Perrault as Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup was in development. A pilot was even filmed before the series was axed and dumped deep into the vaults of Warner Bros. 

Now a live action CW Powerpuff Girls trailer has surfaced and already has been taken down from the internet by Warner Bros. Entertainment due to copyright infringement. But not before everyone had a good look at what the series was shaping up to be. In this article, we will discuss what are the major five things that stood out in that trailer. 

5 Major Things in the Live Action CW Powerpuff Girls Trailer

1. The Mature tone of the Series

In the leaked live action CW Powerpuff Girls trailer, it’s made clear early on that the show was going to have an edge. Since the girls are famous, they are constantly under the spotlight and it looks like this has made them react in certain ways. Bubbles is stressed a lot, Bubble is alcoholic, while Buttercup is rebellious.

2. The Powerpuff Girls Killed Mojo Jojo

The live action CW Powerpuff Girls trailer shows that the Powerpuff Girls accidentally killed Mojo Jojo, who is a human on the show. This made Blossom run away while Bubbles moved to Hollywood, and Buttercup began working as a firefighter. 

3. A Seven Year Time Jump 

It’s interesting to note that the show would have taken a seven-year time jump since Mojo Jojo’s death. During this, Mojo’s son Joseph “Jojo” Mondel Jr. had brainwashed Townsville and framed the professor. This causes the Powerpuff Girls to return and reunite to fix things. 

4. There was an Attempt at Being Campy

Judging by the trailer, it looks like the makers wanted the show to be campy, but it didn't work at all. Some of the dialogues are cringe and they don’t make anyone laugh in any way. Also, the idea of the Powerpuff Girls being young women just doesn’t work, especially in live action, at all. 

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Craig McCracken, the creator of Powerpuff Girls reiterated the same and said, “I had one meeting with them (the makers), and I told them, 'When you turn them into adults, they're no longer the 'Powerpuff Girls' because if they're adults, that's just three super girls who don't have to deal with being kids.' That's a completely different show.”

5. The Higher-Ups Realized Why the show Didn’t work

Mark Pedowitz, who was CW chairman and CEO at the time explained why the show was scrapped. He said in a press briefing (via Comicbook), “In this case the pilot didn’t work….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.”

While the makers did try to retool it and make it work by going back to the drawing board, but the series ultimately didn’t materialize.