A new superhero is coming to The CW.
First, viewers are treated to a flashback scene ofJoel McHale‘s Sylvester Pemberton/Starman and his sidekick Pat Dugan/S.T.R.I.P.E. (Luke Wilson), where it seems Starman has reached the end of his days after a battle.
The trailer then chronicles Courtney’s difficult move from Los Angeles to Nebraska with her mom and stepfather — who just so happens to be Dugan, seemingly retired from a life of crime fighting.
Soon, Courtney discovers an energy-laden “Cosmic Staff” stored away in the family’s new home. It’s a weapon Dugan describes to his stepdaughter as “extremely temperamental” and something that’s “not supposed to work for anyone except Starman.”
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Stargirl.The CW
It lights up when Courtney touches it, though, and soon she’s costumed up and fighting off an assailant from the top of a car in the parking lot of her new high school.
“The staff chose me, and I choose you,” Courtney tells Dugan in a subsequent scene.
“I never thought there’d be another Starman,” Dugan says, before Courtney corrects him: “Stargirl.”
Stargirl.Courtesy of Warner Bros.
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McHale, 48, chatted withPeople Nowover the summer about his involvement in the series, revealing his acceptance of the network’s offer was a no-brainer once he realized he would “get to be in a superhero suit” and “fly around.”
“I was like, ‘I’ll see ya in Atlanta,' where they shoot everything. I was just very excited to be a part,” McHale said. “Starman is a really old superhero from the ’40s, butStargirl is a brand-new superhero. It’s a whole other universe.”
“All my scenes are with Luke Wilson, and he’s … he’s a hack, is what he is. He can’t act,” the star joked, adding more seriously of Wilson, 48, “He’s super cute and a very good actor.”
source: people.com
