A ‘Stargirl’ TV Show Is Coming To DC Universe, Written By Geoff Johns [Comic-Con 2018]
Last month, famed comic book writerGeoff Johnsstepped downas the president and chief creative officer of DC Entertainment to spend more time as a producer with DC films and TV shows. He instantly announced that he’s writing and producing DC’sGreen Lantern Corpsmovie, and now we know about another of his new projects: he’s writing and producing a live-actionStargirlTV show for the fledgling DC Universe streaming service.
During a spotlight panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Johns revealed that he’s working on aStargirlTV show centered around the DC Comics heroine he created. In the series, the title heroine will reportedly be going “on a mission to bring back the legacy of the Justice Society!” The show debuts in2019and will have 13 episodes in its first season.
This project is of deeply personal significance to Johns, who based the comic version of Stargirl on his own sister Courtney, who died in a plane explosion in the 1990s. The character will be a high school student who teams up with the Justice Society to take down villains both past and present. The character has appeared in live-action before, popping up on bothSmallvilleandLegends of Tomorrow, but she’ll almost certainly be recast for this version of the show.
Johns will write and produce the show through his new Mad Ghost Productions company, alongsideGreg Berlanti, the TV mastermind who’s largely responsible for DC’s domination of the small screen over the past ten years. Berlanti executive produces all of The CW’s DC superhero shows, includingArrow,The Flash, Supergirl, andLegends of Tomorrow.
We just saw thefirst foul-mouthed trailer forTitans, a live-action comic series heading to DC Universe, and there’s plenty more shows where that came from. In addition toStargirl, there’saSwamp Thingseries, aDoom Patrolshow, the return of the animated seriesYoung Justice: Outsiders, and aHarley Quinnanimated series to boot.
