The new generation

OF CHARLIE’S ANGELS EMBRACES THE LEGACY THAT CAME BEFORE

Director Elizabeth Banks takes the helm as a new generation of fearless Charlie’s Angels take flight. In Banks’ bold vision, Kristen Stewart (Twilight, Personal Shopper), Naomi Scott (Aladdin, Power Rangers), and newcomer Ella Balinska are working for the mysterious Charles Townsend, whose security and investigative agency has expanded internationally. With the world’s smartest, bravest, and most highly trained women all over the globe, there are now teams of Angels guided by multiple Bosleys taking on the toughest jobs everywhere. And the team at the heart of this movie is led by a Bosley played by…Elizabeth Banks!

When it was suggested to Banks that she might be the right director to create a new Charlie’s Angels for the next generation – one with humor and grit, she was taken by surprise. It was something she had never considered. Yet the moment it was raised she couldn’t stop thinking about it. Banks realized that, as a powerful female filmmaker committed to telling women’s stories, Charlie’s Angels was exactly the project she wanted to be making.

“I’m always looking for stories about strong women,” says Banks. Following the success of her directing debut, Pitch Perfect 2, Sony approached Banks and asked if she might have any ideas about what a 2019 version of Charlie’s Angels, the classic crime-fighting adventure, might look like. “I went home and started dreaming about it…Charlie’s Angels has always stood for sorority to me. I loved the movies and grew up a little bit on the TV shows. I thought I knew exactly how to tell that story and how to embrace the legacy that came before.”