We haven't heard anything else about the series since then, but the network revealed today that Adventure Time 's Nick Jennings has signed on to executive produce, confirming that it will arrive next year. Here's an excerpt from today's Cartoon Network press release regarding The Powerpuff Girls triumphant return. "Slated for a 2016 launch, The Powerpuff Girls reboot will include an all-new television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios and a full licensing program slated to roll out across all regions. One of the network's most enduring original series, The Powerpuff Girls , which debuted on Cartoon Network in 1998, earned two Emmy® Awards, five nominations and countless animation honors throughout its 78-episode run. The Powerpuff Girls centers on three sugar-coated superheroes -- Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup -- whose mission in life alternates between going to school, fighting crime, winning at hopscotch and saving the world before bedtime. Emmy® and BAFTA award winner Nick Jennings ( Adventure Time ) is on board as executive producer." No voice cast members have been announced for the new Powerpuff Girls animated series at this time. http://www.movieweb.com/powerpuff-girls-tv-reboot-producer
Supergirl) and Mehcad Brooks (Jimmy Olsen) have been announced, but casting is still under way for supporting roles. Comicbook.com discovered two audition videos posted by actor Jesse Liebman (Did You Hear About the Morgans?), who was auditioning for the Wynn Schott role. While the videos have since been taken down, the site transcribed the dialogue between Wynn and Kara, which reveals some intriguing new details about the show, and seemingly confirm that Superman will at least be referenced in the series. The character breakdown revealed that Wynn lives next door to Kara, and also works at CatCo as a programmer. http://www.movieweb.com/supergirl-tv-show-cousin-superman-new-costume
Timothy Olyphant Joins Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden Movie
The original Barbershop was a surprise hit in 2002, taking in a healthy $75 million domestic from just a $15 million budget. The story followed Calvin and the wide-ranging characters that inhabit his Chicago barbershop. The 2004 sequel Barbershop 2: Back In Business earned $65 million domestic from a $30 million budget, and it also spawned the spinoff Beauty Shop starring Queen Latifah. It isn't known if other Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back In Business cast members such as Sean Patrick Thomas (Jimmy), Eve (Terri), Troy Garity (Isaac), Michael Ealy (Ricky) and Leonard Earl Howze (Dinka) will reprise their roles for the sequel. http://www.movieweb.com/barbershop-3-director-cast-ice-cube-cedric
'X-Men: Apocalypse' Art Shows New Cerebro Helmet
Timothy Olyphant joins a cast that includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Snowden and Shailene Woodley as his girlfriend Lindsay Mills. We reported earlier this month that Melissa Leo is in talks to play Laura Poitras, the filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated documentary Citizenfour who also reported on the Snowden leaks. Zachary Quinto is in talks to play attorney and journalist Glenn Greenwald, who Edward Snowden entrusted with leaking the documents, while Tom Wilkinson is playing Ewen MacAskill, a reporter for The Guardian who helped break the story of the leaks, which exposed the NSA's mass surveillance tactics. http://www.movieweb.com/edward-snowden-movie-cast-timothy-olyphant
'Barbershop 3' Moves Forward with Director Malcolm D. Lee
With production on X-Men: Apocalypse slated to begin this coming April in Montreal, director Bryan Singer has been sharing a number of behind-the-scenes photos, including a look at the 1983 Cerebro set being built. Today, the filmmaker has shared yet another image through his Instagram account, which teases a new design for the Cerebro helmet, which will be worn by James McAvoy 's Charles Xavier. http://www.movieweb.com/x-men-apocalypse-cerebro-helmet-photo