It’s now twelve years since we last saw “Charlie’s Angels,” the three kick-ass women in a private detective agency working for the mysterious Charlie, on the big screen. A huge hit in the late 1970s when it emerged, the Aaron Spelling series was rebooted on the big screen by producer Drew Barrymore and director McG for a 2000 film, with Barrymore co-starring with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu (and, in the first film, Bill Murray as Bosley), with a 2003 sequel, “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” following.
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A 2011 TV reboot was short lived, but Hollywood’s love for a well-known property will never go away, and The Hollywood Reporter now reveal that Sony are developing a new version. And in place of McG, they’ve upgraded somewhat, at least from a feminist-friendly point of view, by actually putting the series in the hands of a female director, with actress and “Pitch Perfect 2” helmer Elizabeth Banks set to direct and produce the project.
There’s no writer on board yet, but we hope that Banks and her team can pull together something a little more narratively coherent than McG’s movies, because the appetite for a female-fronted action franchise is definitely out there, and ideally one less leery than both the original series and the early 00s movies. Banks has YA adaptation “Red Queen,” and possibly “Pitch Perfect 3” on the horizon, so this could be a ways off yet, but we’ll bring you more news as it arrives. And who would you cast in the project? Let us know below.
I think that they should be very serious about this effort. It could be a breakthrough film tent pole like mission Impossible if done right. They should ditch the camp and cast a diverse and A-list cast. Also why just have three angels, why not four. my dream cast would be Rinko Kikuchi, Lupita Nyong\’o, Alice Braga, and Janina Gavankar. They should not get glamorous actresses but strong thespians. Charlie should be portrayed by real life paraplegic Tom Muxie and Bosley should be Patrick Wilson.
Anyone but Kristen Stewart. She can\’t act and she\’s a major turn-off. Saorise Ronan is too good for crap like this. I admire Elizabeth Banks\’ ambition and it\’s good to see a woman get these directing jobs, but Pitch Perfect 2 was full of racist and sexist humor, it isn\’t exactly a feminist ideal. It will be interesting to see who she gets to write the screenplay.
Or maybe even Arden Cho from MTVs Teen Wolf or Adelaide Kane from CWs Reign
The first name that came to my head was Saoirse Ronan. Not sure who else, maybe Kristen Stewart as I would like to see her do a full on action film and Shailene Woodley
maybe Saorse Ronan, Gugu Mbathta Raw and maybe Diane Guerrero (she may be a bit too unknown, but)so was Lucy liu when they were making the 2000 film