Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Reboots in the Works

Iconic children's cartoons Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends are getting reboots from original creator Craig McCracken.

The Powerpuff Girls reboot will revisit and expand upon the original show's universe, with Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup coming back to face a number of different villains, some familiar and some new. The original series premiered on Cartoon Network in 1998 and follows three young girls who develop super powers.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, on the other hand, will feature a new cast of imaginary friends, with the show returning as an original preschool animated series. The original series premiered in 2004 and was set in a world where imaginary friends co-exist with humans.

The two new reboots are being produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe.

"The Hanna-Barbera homecoming of Craig was an opportunity we could not pass up," said Sam Register, president of Cartoon Network Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. "Along with his unparalleled sense of fun and imagination, he's bringing two of his greatest works in the Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and we are so excited for these characters to be a part of the new legacy taking shape at the studio."

Meanwhile, The CW is still producing a live-action reboot of Powerpuff Girls, which was announced in August 2020.

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