Re: [NEWS] New animated "Powerpuff Girls" movie announced

[email protected] (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) 23 Jun 2026 12:43:44 GMT
Newsgroups alt.animation.warner-bros,rec.arts.animation
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In article <[email protected]>,
Your Name  <[email protected]> wrote:
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>    Warner Bros. has struggled to translate that formula into big-screen
>    success before. The franchise's first theatrical outing, 2002's
>    The Powerpuff Girls Movie, collapsed at the box office, scraping
>    together $16 million worldwide on an $11 million production budget.
>    A 2016 series reboot attempted to revive interest but failed to match
>    the original's cultural footprint. The studio's most infamous misstep
>    came with a live-action adaptation for The CW, which shot a pilot and
>    promotional material only for executives to scrap the entire project
>    before it ever reached viewers.
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The 2002 movie *looked* very good.  You could see the money spent on
the animation, which was much better than the show.  Unfortunately
the story did not get any of that money...

Let it lie fallow for a few more years, especially since the Professor
just passed.
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