The Rise Of The Power Heroes

The Rise Of The Power Heroes is a live-action superhero teen drama based on the Les Pyjamasques book series by Romuald Racioppo and the animated children series, PJ Masks. The original crew behind the animated series will be involved in the live-action adaptation. Unlike the animated series, the live-action series is aimed for an older audience (mainly the original fans of the animated PJ Masks who grew up).

Premise
In 2015 during the day, ordinary 16-year-olds Connor Rodriguez, Amaya Reyes, Greg Connors, Newton Twain, An Yu 'Anne' Chen, Ivan Patel, Bahia Ibrahim, Lily Watson and Dylan Anderson go to high school in the fictional town of Tarabiscoville located in the outer suburbs of Vancouver, British Columbia like any other teen. However, at night, they transform into Catboy, Owlette, Gekko, Newton Star, Dragon Girl, Ice Cub, Bastet, Lilyfay and Armadylan and form the team, the Power Heroes. As the Power Heroes, they fight villains such as Romeo, Luna Girl, Motsuki, Night Ninja, The Wolfy Kids, Munki Gu, Octobella, Percival, Pharoah Boy and the Speedy Twins.

The Power Heroes
Connor Rodriguez/Catboy (portrayed by TBA) is a blue-eyed 16-year-old boy with brown hair. When he transforms, he wears a blue cat costume. His powers include super speed, super-sensitive hearing, high jump, and strikes. Unlike the animated series, his ethnicity is confirmed to be Latino (Mexican) and is more mature rather than childish and is also partially deaf in both ears which requires hearing aids. Though his outfit remains the same as the animated series.

Amaya Reyes/Owlette (portrayed by TBA) is a brown-eyed bespectacled 16-year-old girl. She has dark brown hair with a pink, wing-shaped hair clip. When she transforms she wears a red owl costume. Her powers include nighttime vision, the ability to fly, the ability to make a strong gust of wind from her wings, and super feathers. Unlike the animated series, her ethnicity is confirmed to be Southeast Asian (Thai and Filipino), is more mature and is also bisexual. Her appearance is also a lot different than her animated counterpart, her hair is kept shoulder-length and has curtain bangs and her dress, leggings and mary jane shoes were replaced by a red elbow-length shirt with pink sleeves (in a similar design as her animated counterpart), black jeans and red and white shoes. It is also confirmed that she has myopia.

Greg Connors/Gekko (portrayed by TBA) is a green-eyed, blonde-haired 16-year-old boy. When he transforms, he wears a green lizard costume with a thick reptilian tail and fins on top of his head. His powers are super strength, invisibility, sticking on walls for scaling, and shields. Unlike the animated series, he is more mature (although slightly childish). Though his outfit remains the same in the animated series.

Dylan Anderson/Armadylan (portrayed by TBA) is a brown-eyed, brown haired 16-year-old boy. When he transforms, he wears a brown armadillo costume. His abilities include super-strength, producing earthquakes, and converting to a ball to roll on surfaces or travel underground. Unlike the animated series, he has a daytime form and is more mature and experienced. He also doesn't get easily tricked by villains. His daytime outfit consists of a brown jacket over a white shirt, tan cargo pants and brown and white shoes.

An Yu 'Anne' Chen/Dragon Girl (portrayed by TBA) is a brown-eyed 16-year-old girl. She has dark brown hair tied into pigtails. When she transforms her eyes turn red and she wears a red and gold qipao-inspired superhero dragon suit. She wields a bo staff that can also turn into a magic flute. Unlike the animated series, she has a daytime form, is more mature, not a deity and is also bisexual. Her daytime outfit consists of a red and gold jacket over a white shirt, black jogging pants and red and white shoes. She is of East Asian (Chinese) descent.

Newton Twain/Newton Star (portrayed by TBA) is a green-eyed bespectacled 16-year-old boy with brown hair. When he transforms, he has a red and yellow costume. His powers include shields, surfing with asteroids, creating white orbs, and the ability to fly. Unlike the animated series, he is more mature and less introverted and shy. He is of African descent.

Ivan Patel/Ice Cub (portrayed by TBA) is a handicapped brown-eyed 16-year-old boy with brown hair. When he transforms, he is no longer handicapped and has a white polar bear costume although he still needed the snowboard to get around. His powers include super snowballs, polar bear sniff and polar bear hug. Unlike the animated series, he is more mature and similar to Connor, he advocates for the disabled. He is of South Asian (Indian) descent.

Lily Watson/Lilyfay (portrayed by TBA) is a blue-eyed 16-year-old girl with blonde hair tied into pigtails. When she transforms, she wears a white and grey fairy/snowflake costume. Her powers include creating white orbs, flight, surfing with asteroids and creating stellar snow. Unlike the animated series, she is more mature and her costume also included wings.

Bahia Ibrahim/Bastet (portrayed by TBA) is a brown-eyed hijabi (though her hijab is occasionally off) 16-year-old girl with long curly brown hair. When she transforms, she wears a yellow serval costume. Her main power is the Sun Disc, a weapon composed out of pure light that can be used as shield, teleportation, throwing disc and for heat. Unlike the animated series, she joined the Power Heroes during their first formation and wasn't mistaken for a villain and is more mature. She is a practicing muslim and of Middle Eastern (Egyptian) descent.

PJ Robot (voiced by Juan Luis Bonilla) a robot who is in charge of the Power Heroes' headquarters. However, he also has a daytime identity unlike the animated series where he was a seventh generation roomba.