With production now on for the first episode of the forthcoming CBS series for SUPERGIRL, Warner Bros. Television has released a set of photos of star Melissa Benoist in the brand new Supergirl costume, something that will no doubt be familiar to readers of the DC Comics.
The costume has once again been designed by Colleen Atwood, who is not only an Oscar winner for Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha and Alice in Wonderland, but is behind the iconic outfits on fellow DC properties Arrow and The Flash.
The costume has all the right hallmarks: the ‘S’ symbol, the red skirt and the blue body work. Like Man of Steel, or even The Flash, the colours are more subdued (because superheroes are serious now) and the character is thankfully showing far less skin than some of her comic book counterparts. Overall, it’s an iconic design and should read well on the small screen.
SUPERGIRL is due to hit screens later this year, with Arrow’s Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg excutive producing alongside Ali Adler and Sarah Schechter. Director and cinematographer Greg Winter (Smallville, Arrow and The Flash) will helm the pilot.
