Melissa Benoist Flies In Super-Poster For CBS’ Supergirl!
One of the most anticipated new shows of the 2015-2016 TV season is the next superhero series in the DC Television Universe: Supergirl (played by glee’s Melissa Benoist), the story about Kara Zor-El, cousin of Kal-El a.k.a Superman, who takes it to the skies and becomes National City’s guardian angel. With Supergirl’s series premiere being a few months away, CBS and Warner Bros. TV has made sure to kick off its marketing for the Girl of Steel as we today have a brand new poster featuring Benoist as the famous DC heroine.
The past few weeks has revealed some interesting things about the first season of the show, including what DC characters we are going to be meeting. At San Diego Comic-Con, executive producer and show-runner Ali Adler revealed that the famous characters Reactron and Livewire will be entering Supergirl’s world from the comics. In addition, we know that Peter Facinielli from the Twilight series has joined the show as iconic DC villain Maxwell Lord and recently we learned that Lucy Lane (sister of Lois Lane) will be coming to the show as well. As you can see, there are a lot of awesome reasons to look forward to Supergirl, as well as the fact that what we have seen of the show so far, is (no pun intended), super.
If you missed it, here is the full synopsis of CBS’ Supergirl series:
SUPERGIRL is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), Superman’s (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh), and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her identity a secret.
Years later at 24, Kara lives in National City assisting media mogul and fierce taskmaster Cat Grant (Golden Globe Award winner Calista Flockhart), who just hired the Daily Planet’s former photographer, James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), as her new art director. However, Kara’s days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw (David Harewood), head of a super-secret agency where her sister also works, enlists her to help them protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Though Kara will need to find a way to manage her newfound empowerment with her very human relationships, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime. Greg Berlanti (“The Flash,” “Arrow”), Ali Adler, Sarah Schecter and Andrew Kreisberg are executive producers for Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. The pilot was directed by Glen Winter (“Arrow”).
Supergirl premieres on Monday October 26, 8:30 PM before going back to its regular timeslot at 8 PM the following Monday, on CBS.
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