PlayStation's 'Powers' PHOTOS: Michelle Forbes, Eddie Izzard, Sharlto Copley, Susan Heyward's Costumes! [WATCH]
Ever since its first trailer premiere at New York Comic Con, audiences are quite anxious to see PlayStation's first superhero/drama series, Powers. Based on the comic book by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, photos of the cast in costume, Deena Pilgrim (Susan Heyward), Christian Walker (Sharlto Copley), Wolfe (Eddie Izzard), and Retro Girl (Michelle Forbes) have been released.
As we previously mentioned, Powers is set in an alternate world where superpowers have become part of everyday life. At the "Powers" Division of the Chicago Police Department, Detective Christian Walker (Copley) has been assigned to his new feisty partner Deena Pilgrim (Heyward). The first story arc, "Who Killed Retro Girl?" follows the lead detectives as they investigate the murder of a popular super heroine (played by Michelle Forbes).
Entertainment Weekly has released photos of the cast, inluding the Hannibal actor, who plays the role ''Big Bad'' Wolfe. Imprisoned in solitary confinement, Wolfe has been repeatedly lobotomized in order to keep his regenerative powers at bay.
Izzard tells EW, ''I was slightly worried, because Wolfe does kill and eat people-and I had just come off Hannibal! But I haven't seen a character like this before.''
The Game of Thrones actor, Noah Taylor, will play criminal mastermind Johnny Royalle . Though she is just a little girl in the comics, actress Olesya Rulin plays an older version of Calista in the live-action adaptation.
Check out the rest of the EW photos here:
Bendis discusses the themes behind the series, "It matches up the best things about a cop show with the best things about the superhero genre and allows us to tell stories that completely deconstruct and reinvent everything about our culture."
Readers should also check out the Powers trailer [footage contains explicit language]:
We've previously mentioned how Hayward, Izzard, and Taylor have brought their comic book characters to life.
Powers is expected to air on the PlayStation Network on December 2014. Readers, what do you think of the costumes?