Charlie's Angels Movie Reboot Cast, Release Date and Everything to Know
Elizabeth Banks is directing a Charlie's Angels reboot movie, which is scheduled to arrive in 2019.
Charlie's Angels cast: Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska and Kristen Stewart
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Joseph Baxter
Feb 7, 2019
So, perhaps the Charlie's Angels movies are a bit dated now. The first one was good fun, but the second is best forgotten.
However, the core concept — three badass detectives working for a mysterious billionaire — seems like it could work in any setting. It worked for five seasons on ABC in the late '70s, after all. (We don't speak of the more recent TV reboot attempt...)
And with Elizabeth Banks in the director's chair for a new Charlie's Angels movie, perhaps things will be a little less frenetic this time around.
In the latest Charlie's Angels news...
A glimpse of the Charlie’s Angels reboot set has surfaced in a tweet from Elizabeth Banks, the film's director and cast member who's playing one of multiple manifestations of the classic Bosley character (with Patrick Stewart playing one of the others). Touting #4PercentChallenge – designed to persuade Hollywood to hire more female directors – Banks has posted an on-set image of herself standing with the reboot's new Angels, Ella Balinska, Kristen Stewart and Naomi Scott, seemingly teasing a covert op at a fancy party.
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Charlie's Angel Movie Reboot Release Date
Charlie's Angels is now scheduled to arrive on November 1, 2019.
The new release date represents a five-week shift from its previous slot on September 27, 2019. The move occurs after Warner Bros. made the decision to move the highly-anticipated DC sequel, Wonder Woman 1984, from its long-held November 1, 2019 slot to June 5, 2020.
Interestingly, Charlie's Angels was originally slotted for June 7, 2019 before its move to September.
Charlie’s Angels Reboot Cast
Your new Angels have been officially assembled!
The Charlie’s Angels reboot movie has completed its titular trio, ready to ravage crime across the globe at the behest of a fancy speakerphone. Pictured in the main image left to right, they will consist of...
Naomi Scott, a London-born actress, just played the Pink Ranger in the 2017 Power Rangers movie, and is about to bank another reboot as one of the Angels. Of course, Scott’s upcoming reboot cred doesn’t stop there, since she’s playing the role of Princess Jasmine in Disney’s 2019-scheduled Aladdin live-action movie, opposite star Mena Massoud.
Ella Balinska, also London-born, nabs a potential breakthrough role here. This will only serve as the second feature film appearance for Balinksa, a newcomer, who previously appeared in the 2017 U.K. thriller, A Modern Tale, with TV guest spots banked on Midsomer Murders and Casualty.
Kristen Stewart was the first of the new Angels to board the movie, way back in September of 2017, as Variety reported. The Twilight film franchise’s wannabe vampire and star of Snow White and the Huntress and The Clouds of Sils Maria – now reinvented as an indie favorite – will join Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska as director Elizabeth Banks’s new trio of movie Angels.
As Banks lauds in a statement:
“Charlie’s Angels, for me, is one of the original brands to celebrate the empowered woman since its debut in the '70s. This film honors the legacy of Charles Townsend and his agency while introducing a new era of modern and global Angels. I couldn’t be more excited to work with Kristen, Naomi and Ella to bring this chapter to fans around the world.”
The reboot has also cast none other than Sir Patrick Stewart as one of at least two Bosleys. More on that here.
Sam Claflin has joined the Charlie's Angels reboot cast, as reported by Variety. While details about Claflin’s character were not revealed, his casting will serve as a mini reunion of sorts for The Hunger Games films, since he played enigmatic winner-turned-rebel Finnick Odair, and director Elizabeth Banks famously played the sartorially-eccentric games escort, Effie Trinket. Claflin recently co-starred in thriller The Nightingale and co-starred in rescue drama Adrift alongside fellow-YA-movie-genre alumna Shailene Woodley. He also appeared in war drama Journey’s End and mystery movie My Cousin Rachel and WWII-era dramedy Their Finest.
Director Banks co-wrote the screenplay with Jay Basu (The Girl in the Spider's Web), working off drafts by Craig Mazin and Semi Chellas. At one point, it was set to be re-written by rewritten by Doug Miro and Carlos Bernard (Narcos).
According to the 2017 Variety article, Sony was interested in casting Lupita Nyong'o in one of the main roles, which would have been a great decision. Additionally, according to The Tracking Board, the studio was hoping to land Janelle Monae as one of the leads at one point.
Here's the original TV show's opening credits.
Joseph Baxter is a contributor for Den of Geek and Syfy Wire. You can find his work here. Follow him on Twitter @josbaxter.