Lois Lane may be busy in Metropolis with a Man of Steel but her sister is heading to the home of his super-cousin on television.
Jenna Dewan-Tatum (The Witches of East End) is joining the cast of the new CBS drama Supergirl as Lucy Lane as revealed by The Hollywood Reporter.
Dewan-Tatum will join as a recurring character in the third episode. Continue reading LUCY LANE Cast On SUPERGIRL Series
Up, Up and Away!
CBS is adding DC Comics Girl Power to Mondays this Fall. At the Up Fronts this week the networks revealed their fall schedules and first looks at the new shows.
Supergirl soared in a first look trailer with Melissa Benoist is Kara Zor-El, cousin of the Man of Steel.
After a brief scene on doomed Krypton we see the future heroine in her human secret identity working for media mogul Cat Grant () and falling for Jimmy Olsen (Mechad Brooks) and a life changing moment involving her sister (Chyler Leigh)
Watch and enjoy the trailer courtesy DC Comics as Kara transforms into Supergirl: Continue reading SUPERGIRL Trailer
Sometimes young girls can be mischievous like Harley Quinn or noble like Supergirl but we hope they grow up to become a Wonder Woman.
A whole heroic universe is coming…just for girls with some familiar characters as you’ve never seen them before.
DC Comics is the home of Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl and more famous female heroes and bad girls. The publisher is teaming up with Warner Brothers and Mattel Toys to create a new universe of storytelling to inspire and empower young girls.
DC Super Hero Girls will feature iconic superheroes and villains including the classic trio above along with Poison Ivy, Bumble Bee, Katana and more in their early years just before discovering their super powered potential. Continue reading DC SUPER HERO GIRLS
Warner Brothers and DC Comics revealed this first look at Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El from Supergirl, the new pilot from Warner Bros. Television and based on the characters from DC Comics.
Supergirl’s pilot episode is in production for CBS and co-stars stars Mehcad Brooks (Jimmy Olsen), Calista Flockhart (Cat Grant), Chyler Leigh (Alexandra “Alex” Danvers), David Harewood (Hank Henshaw), Faran Tahir (The Commander), with Super veterans Dean Cain and Helen Slater (both in unspecified roles). Continue reading MELISSA BENOIST In SUPERGIRL Costume
Producers of the new Supergirl pilot are reaching into the past for their future series.
Dean Cain and Helen Slater will join the CBS pilot in mystery roles according to Deadline. Cain played the Man of Steel in Lois and Clark: The New Adventure of Superman. Slater played Kara in the 1984 Supergirl movie.
Melissa Benoist is playing Kara in the new series. Mehcad Brooks is playing Jimmy Olsen, her love interest. Calista Flockhart will be playing Cat Grant, Kara’s boss in a multimedia company. David Harewood and Chyler Leigh are reportedly in the cast.
Supergirl is being produced by Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler for CBS. Continue reading Former SUPERMAN & SUPERGIRL Join SUPERGIRL TV Pilot
Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal, Brothers & Sisters) is soaring back to television in Supergirl.
Flockhart has been cast as Cat Grant in the CBS pilot according to Variety. The role is described as a “self-made media mogul and founder of CatCo, where Kara Zor-El works as her assistant. Cat started her career as a reporter and has built her company into a global powerhouse.”
Melissa Benoist is playing Kara/Supergirl in the series from Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash) and Ali Adler.
Mehcad Brooks will play Jimmy Olsen, Kara’s love interest. Continue reading CALISTA FLOCKHART Joins SUPERGIRL
Big changes are coming from DC Comics this summer. The publisher announced 24 new books in June including new solo series starring Black Canary and Starfire plus more Harley Quinn each month.
The new books follow the successful relaunch of Batgirl and trend of female heroes taking the lead in their own titles.
Mike Madrid traced the history of Batgirl, Black Canary and other fan-favorite icons in The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism and the History of Comic Book Heroines.
I asked the author his take on the women of the “newer” New 52. Continue reading THE SUPERGIRLS Author On The New BLACK CANARY
A breakout young actress is set to soar as a DC icon.
Warner Brothers and CBS find their Supergirl.
Melissa Benoist (Glee, Whiplash) has been cast as DC heroine in the CBS television pilot according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash) is an executive producer along with his No Ordinary Family partner Ali Adler.
Supergirl is Kara Zor-El, the Man of Steel’s cousin born on Krypton but escaped before it was destroyed. Kara will find her way to Earth and be adopted by the Danvers. Continue reading MELISSA BENOIST Cast As SUPERGIRL