Supergirl TV Series Won’t Be On The CW

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Supergirl TV Series Won’t Be On The CW
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‘Supergirl’ TV Show: What You Need to Know http://wallstcheatsheet.com/enterta...ou-need-to-know.html/?a=viewall#ixzz3CjdOJhVU

 

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The Casting Director That Brought Us Arrow And The Flash Is Working On Supergirl http://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/arrow-flash-casting-director-supergirl/

Last month, it was announced that a Supergirl television show had landed a series commitment at CBS, and that it would be coming from Arrow and The Flash producer Greg Berlanti and his frequent collaborator, Ali Adler (No Ordinary Family). Now, we’ve learned that the producer is not the only thing that Supergirl will share with the likes of CW’s two super shows. David Rapaport, the casting director who found Stephen Amell and Grant Gustin for Arrow and The Flash, respectively, will also find our Kara Zor-El.It’s not at all surprising that Berlanti would once again turn to Rapaport to find the star for his latest DC Comics adaptation. Amell and Gustin are widely revered as excellent choices for their title roles, and are surrounded by a pretty unique and well-balanced cast of supporting characters as well. So, it’s likely that Rapaport will find similar luck with Supergirl. Unfortunately, we still don’t know many details about the upcoming series, except that Superman’s Kryptonian cousin will be 24 years old and will begin the series just as she’s coming out of hiding and using her powers for the greater good.Tell us, who would you like to see play Supergirl on the small screen?

 

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It will never make it on CBS. The CW maybe, but not CBS.

 

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Casting for CBS' Supergirl Reveals Lead Roles http://www.comicvine.com/articles/casting-for-cbs-supergirl-reveals-lead-roles/1100-150253/

Meet the two lead roles for the upcoming show.
In a exclusive with TVLine, it was revealed that casting has begun for the upcoming Supergirl television series set to air on CBS. The series pilot is being written by Ali Adler of No Ordinary Family and Greg Berlanti of Arrow. Currently, the show is looking for two leads for the series

 

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CBS' Supergirl Casting Jimmy Olsen, Cat Grant and Others http://tvline.com/2014/10/31/supergirl-casting-jimmy-olsen-cat-grant/

On the heels of sharing details about the casting for Supergirl‘s titular heroine and her foster sister, TVLine now has the scoop on four other series-regular roles to be filled on the drama, which already has a series commitment from CBS.The Supergirl pilot was penned by Ali Adler (No Ordinary Family) and Greg Berlanti (Arrow), both of whom will exec-produce alongside Sarah Schechter (of Berlanti Productions) and Warner Bros. TV.

 

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Supergirl May Exist in the Same Universe as Arrow and The Flash.......Kara could team up with Oliver and Barry! http://ap.ign.com/supergirl/84683/news/supergirl-may-exist-in-the-same-universe-as-arrow

Even though DC hit the primetime TV landscape hard this fall season, some of the soft critiques were that not only were the TV shows not connected to the current DC movie universe (like Marvel's Agent of SHIELD is to the MCU) but they mostly weren't connected to each other. The Flash and Arrow were able to share a universe, but Gotham and Constantine remained separate.Then a Supergirl series was announced for CBS and it seemed like DC was fragmenting its TV-verse even more.But there's a catch: Even though Supergirl is on a separate network, it's being produced by Greg Berlanti, who also produces The Flash and Arrow. Plus, The CW is co-owned by CBS, so it wouldn't be as much of an issue to have Supergirl fly across the dial. So there was a possibility. So much so that IGN's Eric and Roth even had a discussion about it a few months back...

 

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Supergirl may cross over to Arrow and The Flash
Greg Berlanti is the producer for both the CW’s Arrow and The Flash. Now he’s working on the upcoming Supergirl series for CBS. One would assume that there would be no crossover, since Supergirl is going to be on a different network. However, it was revealed before by Berlanti that she may cross over. Now he has again said it’s possible (via THR), with reports saying that the Supergirl deal with CBS gives him that right. That’s exciting news!Now the next step is finding their Kara Zor-El. It’s been rumored that model and actress Gemma Atkinson is in the running.What do you think of Kara teaming up with Oliver Queen and Barry Allen?

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CBS reveals 'Supergirl' details: The costume is 'awesome' http://insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/12/supergirl/

CBS has yet to cast its Supergirl, but the network gave some tantalizing details about what the network’s entry into the super-hero genre will be like.Appearing at the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour in Pasadena on Monday, CBS entertainment chairman Nina Tassler was pressed for details about the project — which marks the network’s first entry into the genre since 1990’s short-lived version of The Flash — while critics also wondered why the network swooped in and grabbed the show rather than putting the series on its sister network, the super-hero-stuffed The CW.First, since Supergirl is on CBS, you can definitely expect the show to be a crime procedural. Yet Tassler emphasized the show will have serialized elements as well. “There will be [crime] cases, but what [executive producers] Ali Adler and Greg Berlanti pitched was a real series arc for her,” she said. “The beauty of it is now with shows like Good Wife and Madam Secretary, you can have serialized story elements woven into a case of the week. She’s a crime solver, so she’s going to have to solve a crime. She’s going to get a bad guy.”Tassler described the CBS version of the DC Comics icon as “a very strong, independent young woman. She’s coming into her own. She’s dealing with family issues. She’s dealing with work issues. It’s a female empowerment story. If you look at the strong female characters we have on the air, it really is resonant of that … We’re big feminists. It’s her intellect, it’s her skill, it’s her smarts. It’s all of those elements. It’s not just her strength, which she does have.”CBS has been searching for the perfect actress for several weeks and sources say the network is leaning toward a lesser-known performer for the role. Tassler emphasized the actress has to carry the series. “She’s got to be an every woman,” she said. “She’s got to be specific. She’s got to be a terrific actor. I think back to having had the good fortune of being at Warner Bros. when we were doing Lois & Clark, the chemistry between Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher was really wonderful. So I think in this case, it’s looking for someone who embodies both the freshness and the exuberance of being a young woman in today’s challenging climate and being someone who can carry this kind of series on her shoulders. It’s a big, big show.”Though there’s no actress announced yet, CBS has a costume design ready to go — one that Tassler was most definitely excited about. “We have seen the costume,” she said. “Awesome costume.” Tassler added that the costume was being made by Oscar winner Colleen Atwood, who also did the costumes for Arrow and The Flash.And speaking of which, reporters also wanted to know what made the young-ish super-powered character a good fit for CBS — especially when sister-network The CW has made youthful DC heroes a major part of its brand. “I think we’re watching an evolution with regard to the way that superhero characters are portrayed,” Tassler said. “There’s a humanity. They’re flawed. There’s a relatability. For our network right now, what we did respond to was the character’s humanity, the other characters in the show as well — the story trajectory and the character’s arc and growth. These are all things that made her just imminently relatable, and made the story exciting. We made a decision based on the pitch that we heard.”Earlier during the press tour, The CW’s president Mark Pedowitz was asked if he was dismayed that CBS landed the big title instead of his own network. Not surprisingly, the executive said he was fine with it. “I’m happy for [Warner Bros.] that they were able to sell it to CBS. We were aware of it. We knew about it … You don’t want to become just one thing to everybody. So it’s good to have some diversity, and I’m very happy that they sold it to another network.”Pedowitz added that he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a crossover between his DC titles like Arrow and The Flash. Superhero titles have exploded on broadcast over the last few years. In addition to The CW shows, ABC has Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, Fox is enjoying ratings success with its freshman drama Gotham, while NBC recently launched the struggling Constantine. Yet finding a successful female-fronted title has proved more challenging. NBC crashed with its 2007 Bionic Woman reboot and then its attempt to reimagine Wonder Woman in 2011 died during the development process. ABC launched Agent Carter last week to strong reviews, though the first episode’s ratings were a bit softer than expected.CBS, meanwhile, tends to struggle whenever it tries to get too outside-the-box with its dramas (remember musical Viva Laughlin or parter-swapping drama Swingtown?). But if CBS can somehow fuse the draw of a superhero show with a crime-solving format, Supergirl could be a formidable hit.Supergirl has a series commitment but no premiere date yet, but next fall is a good bet.

 

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CBS Has Found Its Supergirl https://tv.yahoo.com/news/cbs-found-supergirl-180100494.html Supergirl Scoop: Glee's Melissa Benoist to Star as Kara on CBS Series https://tv.yahoo.com/news/supergirl-scoop-glees-melissa-benoist-star-kara-cbs-183049166.html

Last September, when news broke that CBS was developing a Supergirl TV show, I suggested a handful of attractive, capable ladies for the role—and now it appears that the network completely ignored every single one of them! Former Glee star Melissa Benoist has landed the highly sought-after job of playing Kara Zor-El in the upcoming Supergirl, which hails from Arrow's Greg Berlanti and already has a series commitment, TV.com has learned.

 

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Mehcad Brooks Cast in CBS’ ‘Supergirl’ as Melissa Benoist’s Love Interest https://tv.yahoo.com/news/mehcad-brooks-cast-cbs-supergirl-melissa-benoist-love-014542080.html

Days after CBS found its “Supergirl” in actress Melissa Benoist, she has found her love interest. Mehcad Brooks has joined the cast as James “Jimmy” Olsen, Variety has confirmed.Jimmy, based on the DC Comics character, is an attractive photographer at CatCo, the media company where Kara Zor-El works as an assistant to Cat Grant (yet to be cast). Recently, Jimmy has been living and working in National City, though the reason is still a secret.In the “Superman” comics, Jimmy was close friends with Lois Lane and Kara’s cousin, Clark Kent.“Supergirl” is exec produced by Greg Berlanti (“The Flash,” “Arrow”) and Ali Adler (“Glee,” “The New Normal”), and hails from Berlanti Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. Berlanti and Adler penned the hourlong pilot.Brooks, best known for “Necessary Roughness,” “True Blood” and “Desperate Housewives,” is repped by the Gersh Agency, Atlas Artists and Dave Feldman.

 

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Superman to appear on CBS’ Supergirl after all http://www.comicsbeat.com/superman-to-appear-on-cbs-supergirl-after-all/

He’s really only alluded to in the series synopsis, but now according to a casting call listed on ProjectCasting, Superman will indeed be putting in some sort of appearance in the new CBS drama Supergirl.The call appears thusly:

We are looking for BODY DOUBLE for a DC Comic Superhero –
You must be available for an interview this Thursday and if selected will work several day during March.
This is for a CBS pilot. You can be SAG or Non-Union.
You should be 5’11 or taller and be Square Jawed
and have a ripped physique.
You must send a bodyshot, shirtless, sizes, current contact info and your first five to ChrisBSubmissions@centralcasting.com – in the subject line write SUPERMAN
So, if any you gents out there fit the bill, apply away!There are a number of Superman-based characters appearing in the series such as Cat Grant, Hank Henshaw, the Toyman, and Jimmy Olsen. But this report at least confirms that Kara won’t be the only Kryptonian around doing heroic deeds.

 

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Supergirl Scoop: Grey's Anatomy Vet Chyler Leigh Cast as Kara's Sis https://tv.yahoo.com/news/supergirl-scoop-greys-anatomy-vet-chyler-leigh-cast-205946333.html

The onetime Grey’s Anatomy‘s MD has joined the cast of CBS’ prospective series in the regular role of Alexandra “Alex” Danvers, Kara’s (Glee‘s Melissa Benoist) confident foster sister whose fascination with her sibling’s powers inspired her to become a doctor.The summer dramedy Taxi Brooklyn, on which Leigh starred, will not return for Season 2 on NBC.Additionally, Homeland‘s David Harewood (more recently seen on ABC’s late, great Selfie) has signed on to play Hank Henshaw, a onetime CIA agent who now runs the Department of Extra-Normal Operations (DEO), which tracks extraterrestrial threats on the planet Earth. (Fans of the comics will know that Hank Henshaw is famous in DC Comics lore for being Cyborg Superman.)The pair join a cast that also includes Desperate Housewives alum Mehcad Brooks (as Jimmy Olsen), Nashville‘s Laura Benanti (as Kara’s Krypton birth mom) and Calista Flockhart (as Kara’s boss).And in a major-ish behind-the-scenes development, Andrew Kreisberg will serve as an exec producer-writer on Supergirl alongside his Flash and Arrow colleague Greg Berlanti.

 

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A Former Superman And Supergirl Join The New Supergirl Show http://io9.com/a-former-superman-and-supergirl-join-the-new-supergirl-1688515014

CBS's new Supergirl TV series is casting characters all over the place! These two newest addition may take the Kryptonian cake, though — Dean Cain, who played Clark Kent in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Helen Slater, titular star of the 1984 Supergirl movie, are joining the series.Deadline on sales the two will be playing "mystery roles," so let's start speculating wildly and irresponsibly now. Seeing as they were announced together, and the stunt casting benefits of two former Super-stars (so to speak), I'm thinking they're playing Kara/Supergirl's Kryptonian parents — maybe in a series of flashbacks, or maybe Kara has a hologram machine that allows includes home movies from the House of El.That's not that wild or irresponsible a speculation, actually. Huh!

 

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Supergirl Has Signed On Jeremy Jordan To Play This Supervillain http://www.cinemablend.com/televisi...ed-Jeremy-Jordan-Play-Supervillain-70404.html

The upcoming CBS series Supergirl has been adding names left and right in recent weeks, and today is a continuation of that trend. New reports have named Jeremy Jordan as the latest actor to join the cast - and he may wind up having an important role as a key villain on the show.The Wrap has gotten word that Jeremy Jordan has signed on to Supergirl as Winslow “Winn” Schott, described as "a tech genius and superstar IT whiz" who is a co-worker of the titular character, (played by Melissa Benoist). Right now, some of you DC Comics fans may be scratching your heads wondering why that name sounds familiar. It's because Winslow Schott is the alter ego of Toyman, a genius inventor who uses toy-themed gadgets to commit crime:

 

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Supergirl Costume Revealed: First Photos of Melissa Benoist as CBS Superhero

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'Supergirl' Costume Revealed: First Pics of Melissa Benoist in Full Super-Suit https://www.yahoo.com/tv/first-look-at-new-supergirl-melissa-benoist-hey-112906091375.html

Hey there, Supergirl!Warner Bros. has released the first two images of Melissa Benoist as the titular character in CBS pilot for Supergirl. And she’s looking, well, super!The former Glee star begins shooting the pilot this week, in which she plays Kara Danvers aka Kara Zor-El, who escapes the destruction on Krypton to join her cousin on Earth. Uber-producer Greg Berlanti — who shepherds fellow DC Comics shows Arrow and The Flash — is behind the project.The high-profile pilot also features Mehcad Brooks as Jimmy Olsen, Laura Benanti as Alura Zor-El, Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, Chyler Leigh as Alexandra “Alex” Danvers, and Jeremy Jordan as Winslow “Winn” Schott. Dean Cain will also appear in a mystery role.

 

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Dean Cain and Helen Slater to play Supergirl’s parents in new show http://nerdreactor.com/2015/03/15/dean-cain-helen-slater-supergirls-parents/#wR3MF2U8CqbTWJAR.99

Some news has come out about CBS’ upcoming Supergirl, the series with a lot of hype surrounding Superman’s cousin. A lot of fans expect big things from the show, seeing that it is being run by Arrow and The Flash producer Greg Berlanti.Casting news last month revealed that Dean Cain and Helen Slater would be part of the show. Dean played Superman in the ’90s series Lois and Clark: The Adventures of Superman and Helen played Supergirl in the 1984 Supergirl movie. News has just come out that claims that the two former super heroes will actually play Supergirl’s parents in the show.The two actors are now listed on the official IMDB page for the roles of Fred and Sylvia Danvers, Supergirl’s adoptive human parents. This does fall inline with Greg’s previous casting choices. John Wesley Shipp, who played The Flash in the short run TV series now plays the father of Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen. Seems like there is a good chance that this rumor is authentic.The Supergirl pilot is currently shooting for a hopeful spot on the CBS Fall schedule. Stay tuned.

 

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New look at Melissa Benoist as Supergirl http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2015/04/new-look-at-melissa-benoist-as-supergirl.html

Back at the start of March we got our first official look at Melissa Benoist as Supergirl in CBS’ upcoming DC pilot, and now a new behind-the-scenes photo has surfaced via KryptonSite which gives us another, somewhat brighter, look at the costume…

 

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Pilot Buzz: ‘Supergirl,’ Flying at CBS
As April turns to May this week, network execs are huddling in screening sessions and debates over the pilots in contention for series orders to be unveiled in less that two weeks during the broadcast upfronts.The volume of new comedy series is expected to be high, and medical dramas have momentum at several nets. And don’t believe the rumors: Greg Berlanti’s “Supergirl” pilot for CBS is not destined to fly over to the CW, sources said.Though sources caution it’s still hard to declare definitive winners and losers, the picture is getting sharper. Here’s a look at what the broadcast networks have their eye on for the 2015-16 season.For detailed information on production and creative auspices of this year’s pilots, see Variety.com’s searchable Pilot Scorecard chart.
CW
While “Supergirl” would seem to be a fit with CW’s “The Flash” and “Arrow,” the show is seen as too expensive for the younger-skewing network, and would be more profitable for CBS Corp.’s overall portfolio, if it lands at CBS, where it currently has a good chance to go to series.Meanwhile, sources say the CW will preview a first-look trailer at the DC superhero spinoff at their May 14 upfront presentation.
CBS
Besides “Supergirl,” CBS is pulsing for a medical drama with “Code Black” and LFE” both hot among execs.The network is also eyeing the movie-to-television trend with two pilots high up on the list: “Rush Hour,” a take on the ’90s film, and “Limitless,” adapted from the 2011 film starring Bradley Cooper, who will serve as an exec producer if the thriller, set to star Jake McDorman and Jennifer Carpenter, goes to series.The “Criminal Minds” spinoff with Gary Sinise and Anna Gunn playing FBI agents who handle troubled Americans overseas is also a good bet at CBS.