CBS' Supergirl Is Quickly Coming Together

Welcome back from the weekend everybody!  Even though I took the weekend off from writing, the news didn't stop arriving, so let's jump right back into things!

CBS has been moving full steam ahead with their Supergirl series, and they released the first pictures of Kara in her new costume.  If the look feels a little reminiscent of the Arrow and Flash costumes from the CW, there's a reason for that.  The absolutely amazing costume designer Colleen Atwood is responsible for her appearance.  Atwood is also the costume designer for the two CW DC shows, and has also lent her talents to movies like Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Alice in Wonderland.  She said that she wanted to keep the main design while giving it a more modern look.  It looks to follow the style of Henry Cavill's costume in Man of Steel.  Here's another look at her costume:



On top of revealing the new costume, CBS has announced that on top of Melissa Benoist playing Kara Zor-El, they've also signed Calista Flockhart to play Cat Grant, Mechad Brooks to play Jimmy Olsen, and most recently announced, Faran Tahir in a roll that hasn't been announced yet.  This is interesting for a number of reasons.  One, he is a very gifted actor, and two, he has a lot of experience with character roles based on comic books.  You may recognize him from the very first Iron Man movie...check him out:

 

Other characters that are going to be appearing in the new show are Hank Henshaw, the Lumberjack, and quite possibly Superman himself, if only for a moment.  None of these roles have been filled yet, though.  Production has already begun on the series, and if all goes well, we should be able to see Kara flying into our living rooms this fall on CBS.  She will be joining a number of other comic book based shows that will be arriving at that time, as well, like Titans, Krypton, Lucifer, iZombie, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel's Agent Carter, Gotham, Flash, and Arrow. Marvel might be ruling the silver screen, but DC is kicking butt on our televisions.  If you ask me, this gives DC a little bit of an edge as far as dominance goes, especially with their ambitious line up of movies that are soon to be getting released.

 

It's a great time to be a comic book geek!