Here is an excerpt from the exclusive report over at Deadline. The British actress is best known for her roles in Bad Teacher, Dinner For Schmucks and St. Trinian's. Stay tuned for more information on casting as and when we have it, and be sure to share your thoughts on this news in the usual place!
Lucy Punch has been tapped as the female lead in the FX drama pilot Powers. Based on the graphic novel by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, the project, written by Charles H. Eglee and to be directed by Michael Dinner, is a police procedural set in a world where superpowers are relatively common and centers on two detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim (Punch), in a Homicide department that deals with cases involving "powers" (people with superpowers).