There’s been a lot of DC news coming out of the Television Critics Association press tour this week – including news that Arrow and The Flash have been renewed, a spin-off centred on The Atom could be in the works, and a Vixen animated series is on the horizon. Now we have some details about CBS’ upcoming Supergirl series, with CBS entertainment chairman Nina Tassler offering up some details on the project to EW.
“There will be [crime] cases, but what [executive producers] Ali Adler and Greg Berlanti pitched was a real series arc for her,” said Tassler, when asked if the show would be a crime procedural. “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.”
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Tassler went on to describe their version of Kara, stating that she will be “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.”
She also discussed the casting search for the lead role: “She’s got to be an every woman. 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.”
And finally, there’s been a lot of speculation that Supergirl could share the screen with The Flash and Arrow, despite those two shows being on The CW. However, Tassler appears to rule it out for the time being: “Well, those two shows are on a different network, so I think we’ll keep Supergirl to ourselves for a while.”
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Originally published January 13, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
