Last September, when news broke that CBS was developing a Supergirl TV show, Former Glee star Melissa Benoist has landed the highly sought-after job of playing Kara Zor-El in the upcoming Supergirl, which hails from Arrow's Greg Berlanti and already has a series commitment, TV.com has learned.
According to the project's logline, Kara escaped Krypton amid its destruction years ago and has been hiding the special powers she shares with her famous cousin since her arrival on Earth. Now, at 24 years old, Kara has decided that she's over being normal and wants to embrace her superhuman abilities to become the hero she was always meant to be.
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well with superhero become popular i am not surprised supergirl was going rebooted