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Vanessa Hudgens leaves Rydell High to join DC TV Universe. Fresh off her widely praised performance as Rizzo in FOX's musical production "Grease Live", the "High School Musical" alum lands a role on NBC's DC Comics comedy pilot "Powerless".

The single-camera workplace comedy is set at "one of the worst insurance companies in America - with the twist being that it also takes place in the universe of DC Comics. The show is about the reality of working life for a normal, powerless person in a world of superheroes and villains."

The former Disney darling will topline the pilot and play the non-powered Emily Locke, "an insurance claims adjuster who loves her job because she gets to help people. Emily likes to fly under the radar and just get her work done. She finds herself increasingly exasperated by the disruptive antics of the various superheroes that proliferate in her city."

Ben Queen writes the script and Michael Patrick Jann is set to direct the pilot. Queen and Jann will also executive produce it. Christina Kirk is another actress tapped for the project.