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Executive Producer Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash) is certainly flying high today as Supergirl received an early pick-up at CBS. Melissa Benoist (Glee, Whiplash) must also be incredibly excited as she is playing the iconic role of Kara Zor-El. The premise of this incarnation of Supergirl is that she was born on the planet Krypton and escaped amid its destruction years ago. Since arriving on Earth, she’s been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin, Superman. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.

Writing on the pilot episode were Berlanti, Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg. Also starring in Supergirl are Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, Chyler Leigh as Alexandra “Alex” Danvers, Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen,  David Harewood as Hank Henshaw, Faran Tahir as The Commander and Lauren Benanti as Alura Zor-El. Helen Slater, who played Supergirl in the the 1984 film Supergirl, and Dean Cain are also slated to appear. Glen Winter (Smallville, Arrow) directed the pilot episode.

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