Update: July 13, 2018
April Bowlby to Play Elasti-Woman in DOOM PATROL in DC Universe Live-Action Series
April Bowlby, who plays Rita Farr, aka Elasti-Woman (fka Elasti-Girl), in a guest-starring stint on the upcoming
DC Universe series
Titans, will reprise the role as one of the leads of the digital service’s follow-up live-action series
Doom Patrol, from
Greg Berlanti and Warner Bros TV.
Bowlby’s Rita Farr, an actress on the rise, adopts the moniker of Elasti-Woman after she was exposed to a toxic gas that altered her cellular structure. Longing for the days of old, Rita finds a place for herself among the Doom Patrol.
Jeremy Carver is writing
Doom Patrol, a reimagining of the beloved superhero DC characters originally written and drawn by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani. It revolves around Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman (Bowlby) and Crazy Jane, led by modern-day mad scientist Dr. Niles Caulder aka The Chief. The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find. Part support group, part Super Hero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of super-powered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them.
Picking up after the events of
Titans, Doom Patrol will find these reluctant heroes in a place they never expected to be, called to action by none other than Cyborg, who comes to them with a mission hard to refuse, but with a warning that is hard to ignore: their lives will never, ever be the same.
Doom Patrol, which received a 13-episode straight-to-series order in May, begins production this year for a 2019 premiere on DC Universe, the joint venture of Warner Bros Digital Networks and DC Entertainment. It will follow the live-action
Titans, slated to debut later this year.
Bowlby, best known for playing Stacy Barrett on all six seasons of
Drop Dead Diva, recently was a series regular in Fox drama pilot
Gone Baby Gone based on Dennis Lehane’s bestselling book. She just became available after the pilot did not go to series.
‘Doom Patrol’: April Bowlby To Play Elasti-Woman In DC Universe Live-Action Series