Arguably one of the best Seventies
revival success stories in pop culture would have to be the film adaptation of
the 1976-81 crime drama series “Charlie’s Angels” that was done in 2000. It
established that the movie was following up from the TV show, with the changing
main cast lineup being canonized as how the Townsend detective agency renews
its roster over the years. While the idea of “no guns, only martial arts” that
the film Angels used was considered fanciful, it may have caused the 2003
sequel to tank. But Sony and Columbia are keen on continuing the franchise, and
based on the trailer for the new film, they might have hit the jackpot.
CNN tells us that a first teaser has been put out for the new “Charlie’s
Angels” film by none other than its director and screenwriter herself.
Elizabeth Banks has shared the trailer over her Twitter page and it promises
some intense action and suspense along with a light shade of humor, as it
introduces a new generation of beautiful badass private investigators that
hopefully embody the “Independent Women” mystique that was hyped up in the 2000
movie. And as social media notes: if it could make Kristen Stewart show more
emotions than she did in the “Twilight” saga, then great.
The trailer adds a new element to
the basic “Charlie’s Angels” storyline. Where before it only operated from one
office of boss Charlie Townsend in the US, now the agency is worldwide a la “MIB:
International” from the same studio just this month. Several teams of Angels
work cases in different locations, aided by multiple mentors who all go by the
name of Bosley, after the succession of assistants answering to Charlie in both
series and previous films. A particularly dangerous assignment leads to an
assembly of Angels to tackle.
The official #CharliesAngels trailer right here, right now. 🎥😇 See you in November. @ellabalinska @NaomiScott #KristenStewart @MileyCyrus @ArianaGrande @LanaDelRey pic.twitter.com/E04I0X3Y1m— Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) June 27, 2019
When programmer Elena (Naomi
Scott) is threatened at her workplace by hostile parties trying to steal and
weaponize her energy research, she calls on Townsend Investigations to help
uncover the mystery. She is then taken under the protection of three Bosleys
(Elizabeth Banks, Djimoun Hounsou and Patrick Stewart) and must assist two
Angels – Jane (Ella Balinska) and Sabina (Kristen Stewart) – in their detective
work, ultimately setting her up to eventually join the Angels herself. What
follows is a montage of sweet and brutal fight choreography and the revelation
that these Angels are using guns again.
The film will have a theme song
performed by a team-up of Ariana Grande, Lana Del Rey and Miley Cyrus, in the
spirit of Destiny’s Child in the 2000 version. “Charlie’s Angels” is slated to
premiere this coming November 15.
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