Sony Dials In For Another ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Movie

Another old franchise means another reboot, and the latest to get pulled off the shelf is 'Charlie's Angels' (again). The time has apparently come for Sony to take another swing at Charlie’s Angels once more. Per the Hollywood Reporter, the studio’s working on a new film in the woman-led franchise, with writer Pete Chiarelli (Crazy Rich Asians) brought on to help get the ball rolling with a script. Interestingly, THR’s reporting mentions a source that’s alleged Drew Barrymore will producing this new film, as she did when she executive produced the short-lived ABC series from 2011 and the 2019 film. Barrymore, along with Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz, made up the best-known modern day incarnation from the early 2000s. This new version is in early development at time of writing, so it’s unclear whether Chiarelli’s script is looking to bring back that specific trio—everything old’s a legacy sequel, after all—or center on a new group of women working as detectives for a never-seen man named Charlie. The most recent version to come out was Elizabeth Banks’ aforementioned reboot headlined by Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska (with Banks herself also onscreen as a version of Bosley), and which got a mixed reception and fizzled quickly at the box office. We’ll have more on the new Charlie’s Angels movie as news emerges. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.