Exclusive: A reimagination of the Charlie’s Angels franchise for tweens set in Brazil is in development from Sony Pictures Television – Kids and Sony Pictures Television-backed Floresta.
Viewers can expect the same high-octane action and comedy from the various Charlie’s Angels projects as well as a mysterious boss and empowered young female characters. Brazilian actress and writer, Suzana Pires (Sol Nascente; Flor do Caribe) will pen the Portuguese-language, live-action collaboration.
At the center of the tale are three pre-teens from different backgrounds and realities who are selected by a talent scout according to their special skills to join a secret school of spies called the Angels Academy. Each episode will follow the angels as they solve crimes and save the world…all while navigating their first year of spy school. The stories will blend a mix of real, relatable and at times, absurd cases, amped up with elements of fun and wish fulfillment.
Viewers can expect the same high-octane action and comedy from the various Charlie’s Angels projects as well as a mysterious boss and empowered young female characters. Brazilian actress and writer, Suzana Pires (Sol Nascente; Flor do Caribe) will pen the Portuguese-language, live-action collaboration.
At the center of the tale are three pre-teens from different backgrounds and realities who are selected by a talent scout according to their special skills to join a secret school of spies called the Angels Academy. Each episode will follow the angels as they solve crimes and save the world…all while navigating their first year of spy school. The stories will blend a mix of real, relatable and at times, absurd cases, amped up with elements of fun and wish fulfillment.
- 5/9/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Jaclyn Smith is an American actress and designer. She is best known for her role in Charlie’s Angels, her Kmart fashion and skincare lines.
Jaclyn Smith Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Jaclyn Smith was born on October 26, 1945 (Jaclyn Smith: age 77) in Houston, Texas. Her parents were Margaret Ellen and Jack Smith (of Russian-Jewish heritage). In 1964 she graduated from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School and went to study psychology and drama at Trinity University. After one year she transferred to Balanchine School of American Ballet.
Her first acting roles consisted of modeling for commercials and ads, including Listerine and Breck Shampoo in 1971. A few years later she joined her future co-star Farrah Fawcett as a spokesmodel for Wella Balsam Shampoo. Her first movies consisted of Goodbye, Columbus (1969), The Adventurers (1970), Probe (1972) and Bootleggers (1974) before starting her role as Kelly Garrett in Charlie’s Angels.
In her exclusive interview with uInterview, Smith discussed...
Jaclyn Smith Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Jaclyn Smith was born on October 26, 1945 (Jaclyn Smith: age 77) in Houston, Texas. Her parents were Margaret Ellen and Jack Smith (of Russian-Jewish heritage). In 1964 she graduated from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School and went to study psychology and drama at Trinity University. After one year she transferred to Balanchine School of American Ballet.
Her first acting roles consisted of modeling for commercials and ads, including Listerine and Breck Shampoo in 1971. A few years later she joined her future co-star Farrah Fawcett as a spokesmodel for Wella Balsam Shampoo. Her first movies consisted of Goodbye, Columbus (1969), The Adventurers (1970), Probe (1972) and Bootleggers (1974) before starting her role as Kelly Garrett in Charlie’s Angels.
In her exclusive interview with uInterview, Smith discussed...
- 3/5/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Actress Jaclyn Smith, best known for her iconic role as Kelly Garrett in Charlie’s Angels, recently sat down with uInterview founder Erik Meers to discuss how she got her start on the show for our Icon Interview series.
“I had done Switch with Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert and I had a semi-regular role and oddly enough, Rj had an interest in Charlie’s Angels and Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts who were the producers of hour pilot said we like the girl on Switch, even though they wanted a redhead because it was to be a blonde, a brunette and a redhead thinking it covered all the bases and women in the world which was a little crazy,” Smith said describing how she ended up being cast. “Even though I didn’t have red hair, I got the part. I went in a read among a lot of other actresses,...
“I had done Switch with Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert and I had a semi-regular role and oddly enough, Rj had an interest in Charlie’s Angels and Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts who were the producers of hour pilot said we like the girl on Switch, even though they wanted a redhead because it was to be a blonde, a brunette and a redhead thinking it covered all the bases and women in the world which was a little crazy,” Smith said describing how she ended up being cast. “Even though I didn’t have red hair, I got the part. I went in a read among a lot of other actresses,...
- 12/29/2022
- by Rose Carter
- Uinterview
Fierce Irish rebels go head-to-head with Brit occupation forces, and James Cagney is first on the barricades. Michael Anderson’s thriller about terror violence in 1921 Dublin has suspense, beautiful cinematography in real Irish locations, and a standout cast: Don Murray, Glynis Johns, Dana Wynter, Michael Redgrave, Cyril Cusack and Sybil Thorndike — plus added-value players Richard Harris, Donal Donnelly and Niall MacGinness. Cagney’s surgeon-turned guerilla doesn’t yell “Top of the World!” but he’s as psychotic as Cody Jarrett: he wants to shoot both the leading ladies. Included is a good interview with Don Murray.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1959 / Color B&w / 1:66 widescreen/ 111 min. / Street Date January 4, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95
Starring: James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns, Michael Redgrave, Sybil Thorndike, Cyril Cusack, Marianne Benet, Robert Brown, John Cairney, Harry H. Corbett, Eileen Crowe, Allan Cuthbertson, Donal Donnelly, Richard Harris,...
Shake Hands with the Devil
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1959 / Color B&w / 1:66 widescreen/ 111 min. / Street Date January 4, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95
Starring: James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns, Michael Redgrave, Sybil Thorndike, Cyril Cusack, Marianne Benet, Robert Brown, John Cairney, Harry H. Corbett, Eileen Crowe, Allan Cuthbertson, Donal Donnelly, Richard Harris,...
- 3/1/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Now that we can read the real story of the great silent actor and makeup magician Lon Chaney, the inaccuracies are fairly glaring in this well-received biopic about his career heights and difficult personal life. But it remains a compelling James Cagney movie, allowing the actor to try on different acting styles (and even a dancing style). The dramatic conflicts may be invented, but they’re compelling just the same. The movie works even as it represents Chaney’s original fantastic makeup creations with a series of ever-worsening rubber masks. Excellent supporting performances from Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer and Celia Lovsky. This one carries a good Tim Lucas commentary as well.
Man of a Thousand Faces
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1957 / B&w / 2:35 anamorphic widescreen / 122 min. / Street Date October 29, 2019 / Available from Arrow Video / 34.95
Starring: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau, Jim Backus, Robert Evans, Celia Lovsky, Jeanne Cagney, Jack Albertson.
Man of a Thousand Faces
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1957 / B&w / 2:35 anamorphic widescreen / 122 min. / Street Date October 29, 2019 / Available from Arrow Video / 34.95
Starring: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau, Jim Backus, Robert Evans, Celia Lovsky, Jeanne Cagney, Jack Albertson.
- 10/12/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The reboot button was once again hit for Charlie’s Angels. Following McG’s early 2000s films and even a 2011 television series, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts’ original creation is now in the hands of Elizabeth Banks. Written by, directed by, produced by, and even starring Banks, the first trailer has now arrived for the action feature, coming this November.
Led by Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska, it’s another globe-trotting adventure of espionage. “It was important to me to make a movie about women working together and supporting each other, and not make a movie about their romantic entanglements or their mother they don’t call enough. When I’m at work, I don’t talk about those things. I get on with my job,” Banks told EW. “It felt important to do that for the Angels, to treat them with the respect their skill set demands.
Led by Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska, it’s another globe-trotting adventure of espionage. “It was important to me to make a movie about women working together and supporting each other, and not make a movie about their romantic entanglements or their mother they don’t call enough. When I’m at work, I don’t talk about those things. I get on with my job,” Banks told EW. “It felt important to do that for the Angels, to treat them with the respect their skill set demands.
- 6/27/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Principal photography has started on actress/director Elizabeth Banks' reboot of "Charlie's Angels", starring Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska, as "...beautiful girls who live dangerously as private investigators...", opening September 27, 2019:
Created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producer Aaron Spelling, the original 1976 'Angels' included Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith.
The first "Charlie's Angels" feature (2000) starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu, followed by the sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle".
"...'Sabrina Duncan', 'Jill Munroe' and 'Kelly Garrett' have all graduated from the police academy in Los Angeles, California.
"Despite proving their capability during training, all three have subsequently been assigned to be a meter maid, office worker and crossing guard, respectively.
"Dissatisfied with these jobs, they are recruited to work for the 'Charles Townsend Agency' as private investigators.
"Their boss, 'Charles (Charlie) Townsend', who nicknames them 'Angels',...
Created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producer Aaron Spelling, the original 1976 'Angels' included Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith.
The first "Charlie's Angels" feature (2000) starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu, followed by the sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle".
"...'Sabrina Duncan', 'Jill Munroe' and 'Kelly Garrett' have all graduated from the police academy in Los Angeles, California.
"Despite proving their capability during training, all three have subsequently been assigned to be a meter maid, office worker and crossing guard, respectively.
"Dissatisfied with these jobs, they are recruited to work for the 'Charles Townsend Agency' as private investigators.
"Their boss, 'Charles (Charlie) Townsend', who nicknames them 'Angels',...
- 9/25/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Dynamite Entertainment's "Charlie's Angels" #3, available August 8, 2018, in support of director Elizabeth Banks' upcoming "Charlie's Angels" feature film reboot, is written by John Layman and illustrated by Joe Eisma, with covers by Eisma and Vicente Cifuentes:
"...somethin' ain't right with 'Charlie' and the missions he's sending the 'Angels' on are also 'not right'.
"It hasn't taken the Angels long to figure out this Charlie might not be their Charlie- which means the next mission he sends them on could be a suicide mission..."
Created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producer Aaron Spelling, the first 1976 line-up of 'Angels' included Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith.
The first "Charlie's Angels" feature (2000) starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu, followed by the sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle".
"...'Sabrina Duncan', 'Jill Munroe' and 'Kelly Garrett' have all graduated...
"...somethin' ain't right with 'Charlie' and the missions he's sending the 'Angels' on are also 'not right'.
"It hasn't taken the Angels long to figure out this Charlie might not be their Charlie- which means the next mission he sends them on could be a suicide mission..."
Created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producer Aaron Spelling, the first 1976 line-up of 'Angels' included Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith.
The first "Charlie's Angels" feature (2000) starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu, followed by the sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle".
"...'Sabrina Duncan', 'Jill Munroe' and 'Kelly Garrett' have all graduated...
- 8/10/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart will next star in director Elizabeth Banks' "Charlie's Angels" feature film reboot, alongside Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska, as "...beautiful girls who live dangerously as private investigators...", opening September 27, 2019:
Created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producer Aaron Spelling, the first 1976 line-up of 'Angels' included Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith, followed by numerous other angels until 1981.
The first "Charlie's Angels" feature (2000) starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu, followed by the sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle".
"...'Sabrina Duncan', 'Jill Munroe' and 'Kelly Garrett' have all graduated from the police academy in Los Angeles, California.
"Despite proving their capability during training, all three have subsequently been assigned to be a meter maid, office worker and crossing guard, respectively.
"Dissatisfied with these jobs, they are recruited to work for the 'Charles Townsend Agency' as private investigators.
Created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producer Aaron Spelling, the first 1976 line-up of 'Angels' included Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith, followed by numerous other angels until 1981.
The first "Charlie's Angels" feature (2000) starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu, followed by the sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle".
"...'Sabrina Duncan', 'Jill Munroe' and 'Kelly Garrett' have all graduated from the police academy in Los Angeles, California.
"Despite proving their capability during training, all three have subsequently been assigned to be a meter maid, office worker and crossing guard, respectively.
"Dissatisfied with these jobs, they are recruited to work for the 'Charles Townsend Agency' as private investigators.
- 7/26/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart and Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years A Slave") are in talks to star in another reboot of "Charlie’s Angels", as "...beautiful girls who live dangerously", to be directed by Elizabeth Banks ("Pitch Perfect 2") targeting a June 7, 2019 release:
Created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producer Aaron Spelling, the first 1976 line-up of 'Angels' included Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith, followed by numerous other angels until 1981.
A "Charlie's Angels" feature (2000) starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu, with a sequel titled "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle".
"...'Sabrina Duncan', 'Jill Munroe' and 'Kelly Garrett' have all graduated from the police academy in Los Angeles, California.
"Despite proving their capability during training, all three have subsequently been assigned to be a meter maid, office worker and crossing guard, respectively.
"Dissatisfied with these jobs, they are recruited to work for...
Created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producer Aaron Spelling, the first 1976 line-up of 'Angels' included Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith, followed by numerous other angels until 1981.
A "Charlie's Angels" feature (2000) starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu, with a sequel titled "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle".
"...'Sabrina Duncan', 'Jill Munroe' and 'Kelly Garrett' have all graduated from the police academy in Los Angeles, California.
"Despite proving their capability during training, all three have subsequently been assigned to be a meter maid, office worker and crossing guard, respectively.
"Dissatisfied with these jobs, they are recruited to work for...
- 1/13/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Getty
From an Irish Breakfast to Irish music, there are plenty of ways to spend St. Patrick’s Day. Speakeasy has put together an exhaustive, absolutely-definitive list of the Top Five. Here they are:
1. Eat an Irish Breakfast.
There’s “starch before you march” at Ulysses Folk House , 95 Pearl Street, or you can get Irish breakfast at Tir Na Nog on 5 Penn Plaza, bet. 33rd and 34th, or the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. Fitzpatrick’s Hotel on 687 Lexington (where...
From an Irish Breakfast to Irish music, there are plenty of ways to spend St. Patrick’s Day. Speakeasy has put together an exhaustive, absolutely-definitive list of the Top Five. Here they are:
1. Eat an Irish Breakfast.
There’s “starch before you march” at Ulysses Folk House , 95 Pearl Street, or you can get Irish breakfast at Tir Na Nog on 5 Penn Plaza, bet. 33rd and 34th, or the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. Fitzpatrick’s Hotel on 687 Lexington (where...
- 3/17/2012
- by Gwen Orel
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Chicago – Out of all the franchises recently resurrected on the small screen, “Charlie’s Angels” is perhaps the least necessary. Does the world really need yet another rehash of the hit ’70s show that has been hailed for its female empowerment but was mainly popular because of its scantily clad female ensemble? There’s a very good reason why the show was referred to as “Jiggle TV,” and the reason was Farrah Fawcett.
Yet Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films seems determined to make the dated schlock relevant for a new generation. The company produced two “Angels” films in the early 2000s that were trashy fun at best, audience-insulting dreck at worst. Now Flower Films has teamed up with “Smallville” creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar to launch the latest incarnation of “Angels” on the 35th anniversary of its original debut. Too bad the ladies’ clipped wings already appear primed for cancellation.
Yet Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films seems determined to make the dated schlock relevant for a new generation. The company produced two “Angels” films in the early 2000s that were trashy fun at best, audience-insulting dreck at worst. Now Flower Films has teamed up with “Smallville” creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar to launch the latest incarnation of “Angels” on the 35th anniversary of its original debut. Too bad the ladies’ clipped wings already appear primed for cancellation.
- 9/22/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Gina Herold Gabriel Byrne, left, and Enda Walsh
Directors Jim Sheridan and Enda Walsh chatted with actor Gabriel Byrne yesterday at MoMA about their own films and others, as part of “Revisiting The Quiet Man: Ireland on Film,” an exhibit which runs through June 3. John Ford’s classic 1952 story about Sean Thornton (John Wayne), an American boxer born in Ireland who returns to Innisfree and falls in love with Mary Kate Danneher (Maureen O’Hara), is more than just a feel-good St.
Directors Jim Sheridan and Enda Walsh chatted with actor Gabriel Byrne yesterday at MoMA about their own films and others, as part of “Revisiting The Quiet Man: Ireland on Film,” an exhibit which runs through June 3. John Ford’s classic 1952 story about Sean Thornton (John Wayne), an American boxer born in Ireland who returns to Innisfree and falls in love with Mary Kate Danneher (Maureen O’Hara), is more than just a feel-good St.
- 5/29/2011
- by Gwen Orel
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
From Sony Pictures TV and Drew Barrymore's Flower Films, Sneak Peek an image from the new ABC pilot reboot of the classic 1976 'Jiggle TV' series "Charlie's Angels", created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts.
The 3 new female leads are :
Annie Ilonzeh ("General Hospital");
Minka Kelly ("Friday Night Lights");
Rachael Taylor ("Transformers").
The pilot script, directed by Marcos Siega ("The Vampire Diaries") is written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar ("Smallville"), who also executive produce along with Nancy Juvonen and original "Charlie's Angels" TV producer Leonard Goldberg.
Premise of the new show will remain the same as the original series, with three women who work as private investigators for a mysterious, unseen man named 'Charlie Townsend' (Robert Wagner), who only communicates with them through a speaker box.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek the original "Charlie's Angels"...
The 3 new female leads are :
Annie Ilonzeh ("General Hospital");
Minka Kelly ("Friday Night Lights");
Rachael Taylor ("Transformers").
The pilot script, directed by Marcos Siega ("The Vampire Diaries") is written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar ("Smallville"), who also executive produce along with Nancy Juvonen and original "Charlie's Angels" TV producer Leonard Goldberg.
Premise of the new show will remain the same as the original series, with three women who work as private investigators for a mysterious, unseen man named 'Charlie Townsend' (Robert Wagner), who only communicates with them through a speaker box.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek the original "Charlie's Angels"...
- 3/18/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. .Monday Nights with Oscar®. series will celebrate film noir with a screening of .White Heat. (1949) on Monday, March 7, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. Academy Writers Branch member Richard Lagravenese (.The Fisher King,. .Water for Elephants.) will introduce the screening.
Directed by Raoul Walsh, .White Heat. marked the return of James Cagney to the gangster genre that made him a star. Cagney portrays Cody Jarrett, a mother-obsessed escaped convict and leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. While plotting the biggest heist of his life, Jarrett unwittingly befriends an undercover cop (Edmond O.Brien) and sets the stage for his own downfall. Virginia Moll rounds out the cast as the gangster.s wife.
The screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts features such memorable lines as .Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
Directed by Raoul Walsh, .White Heat. marked the return of James Cagney to the gangster genre that made him a star. Cagney portrays Cody Jarrett, a mother-obsessed escaped convict and leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. While plotting the biggest heist of his life, Jarrett unwittingly befriends an undercover cop (Edmond O.Brien) and sets the stage for his own downfall. Virginia Moll rounds out the cast as the gangster.s wife.
The screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts features such memorable lines as .Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
- 3/3/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Welcome back to The Pilot Pirate, where we preview the latest scripts looking for a home on the 2011-12 primetime TV schedule. Each week, we read and preview some of the projects interest to the AfterEllen.com community, breaking down scripts to help you, the optimistic TV fan anxiously awaiting the next Modern Family or Glee, keep up with the onslaught of pilots in contention.
A reminder: These are early stage scripts that are likely to be revised and, in some cases, drastically change before filming, and only some of which will make it to the airwaves.
Pilot: Charlie's Angels (drama)
Writers: Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville). Based on the original TV series created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts
Network: ABC
Logline: The remake of the 1970s series, described as a modern take on the Angels set in Miami.
Cast: Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights), Rachael Taylor (Transformers...
A reminder: These are early stage scripts that are likely to be revised and, in some cases, drastically change before filming, and only some of which will make it to the airwaves.
Pilot: Charlie's Angels (drama)
Writers: Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville). Based on the original TV series created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts
Network: ABC
Logline: The remake of the 1970s series, described as a modern take on the Angels set in Miami.
Cast: Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights), Rachael Taylor (Transformers...
- 2/17/2011
- by Lesley Goldberg
- AfterEllen.com
From Sony Pictures TV and Drew Barrymore's Flower Films, the new ABC pilot reboot of the classic 1976 'Jiggle TV' series "Charlie's Angels", created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, has now cast their 3 'sexy sleuth' leads :
Annie Ilonzeh ("General Hospital");
Minka Kelly ("Friday Night Lights");
Rachael Taylor ("Transformers").
Script is written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar ("Smallville"), who also executive produce along with Nancy Juvonen and original "Charlie's Angels" TV producer Leonard Goldberg. The pilot will be directed by Marcos Siega ("The Vampire Diaries").
The premise of the show will remain the same as the original series, with three women who work as private investigators for a mysterious, unseen man named 'Charlie Townsend' (Robert Wagner), who only communicates with them through a speaker box.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Charlie's Angels"...
Annie Ilonzeh ("General Hospital");
Minka Kelly ("Friday Night Lights");
Rachael Taylor ("Transformers").
Script is written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar ("Smallville"), who also executive produce along with Nancy Juvonen and original "Charlie's Angels" TV producer Leonard Goldberg. The pilot will be directed by Marcos Siega ("The Vampire Diaries").
The premise of the show will remain the same as the original series, with three women who work as private investigators for a mysterious, unseen man named 'Charlie Townsend' (Robert Wagner), who only communicates with them through a speaker box.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Charlie's Angels"...
- 1/30/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
HollywoodNews.com: “White Heat” (1949), featuring the return of James Cagney to the gangster genre that made him a star, will be screened as the final feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood’s Dark Side” on Monday, August 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The film will be introduced by writer, producer, director and five-time Oscar® nominee Paul Thomas Anderson.
“White Heat,” which stars Cagney as Cody Jarrett, a mother-obsessed escaped convict, was directed by Raoul Walsh from a screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts. It received an Academy Award® nomination for Writing – Motion Picture Story (Virginia Kellogg).
At 7 p.m., the Warner Bros. cartoon short “Golden Yeggs” (1950), starring Daffy Duck, and footage from the 1975 dedication of the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters building and Samuel Goldwyn Theater will be screened as part...
“White Heat,” which stars Cagney as Cody Jarrett, a mother-obsessed escaped convict, was directed by Raoul Walsh from a screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts. It received an Academy Award® nomination for Writing – Motion Picture Story (Virginia Kellogg).
At 7 p.m., the Warner Bros. cartoon short “Golden Yeggs” (1950), starring Daffy Duck, and footage from the 1975 dedication of the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters building and Samuel Goldwyn Theater will be screened as part...
- 8/24/2010
- by Linny Lum
- Hollywoodnews.com
Film Noir Classic Collection: Vol. 5, has dusted off eight films of the celebrated genre and adapted them to DVD format. Collections like these, which bring older films to newer light, are godsends regardless (to a degree) of which films are selected, because as timeless as some of these stories and performances might be, the barrier of being stuck in an old format can bury them forever. And these stories deserve to be told. If you watch a few well made noir thrillers you will no doubt see the seeds that were planted in the heads of crime-thriller filmmakers the likes of Martin Scorsese or Michael Mann. Though there are better films in the noir genre that this collection could have culminated, there are also a lot worse. Any fan of noir films or old mysteries and thrillers will be pleased at what this box set has to offer.
Desperate (1947)
Directed...
Desperate (1947)
Directed...
- 7/20/2010
- by Ryan Katona
- JustPressPlay.net
ABC reports it will 'reboot' the classic TV series "Charlie's Angels", hiring writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar ("Smallville") to develop a pilot for a possible mid-season series launch.
The original "Charlie's Angels", airing on ABC, 1976 to 1981, was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producers Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, under the working title "The Alley Cats".
Premise of the first episode followed three women who graduate from the Los Angeles police academy only to be assigned duties handling switchboards and directing traffic.
Quitting the force, they are hired to work for the 'Charles Townsend Agency' as private investigators. Their boss, 'Charlie', is never seen full face, assigning cases to the 'Angels' and his liaison, 'Bosley', via a speaker phone.
Most episodes followed a regular structure whereby a crime is committed; the Angels are given the case details by Charlie and Bosley; the trio go undercover (usually involving...
The original "Charlie's Angels", airing on ABC, 1976 to 1981, was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producers Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, under the working title "The Alley Cats".
Premise of the first episode followed three women who graduate from the Los Angeles police academy only to be assigned duties handling switchboards and directing traffic.
Quitting the force, they are hired to work for the 'Charles Townsend Agency' as private investigators. Their boss, 'Charlie', is never seen full face, assigning cases to the 'Angels' and his liaison, 'Bosley', via a speaker phone.
Most episodes followed a regular structure whereby a crime is committed; the Angels are given the case details by Charlie and Bosley; the trio go undercover (usually involving...
- 5/24/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Though many recent primetime schedules are littered with unsuccessful revivals of old TV shows, ABC thinks the time is right for a new version of Charlie's Angels. It's actually the third time that this has been attempted. Will this one actually make it?
Created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, the original Charlie's Angels debuted on ABC on September 22, 1976. The story revolves around three picture-perfect young ladies who work for a private investigation agency and use their beauty and skills to solve cases.
The show's original trio of women was played by Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith. David Doyle played helper John Bosley and John Forsythe voiced the unseen owner of the agency, Charlie Townsend. Fawcett left after one season was replaced by Cheryl Ladd. Jackson left after three seasons and was replaced by Shelley Hack. The producers...
Created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, the original Charlie's Angels debuted on ABC on September 22, 1976. The story revolves around three picture-perfect young ladies who work for a private investigation agency and use their beauty and skills to solve cases.
The show's original trio of women was played by Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith. David Doyle played helper John Bosley and John Forsythe voiced the unseen owner of the agency, Charlie Townsend. Fawcett left after one season was replaced by Cheryl Ladd. Jackson left after three seasons and was replaced by Shelley Hack. The producers...
- 11/14/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
A California appellate panel has ruled that actor Robert Wagner may be the owner of rights in the Charlie's Angels television series but he is not entitled to profits from the Columbia Pictures movie franchise based thereon.
In an opinion issued Monday, the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected Wagner's claims that he and his children are contractually entitled to net profits earned by 2000's Charlie's Angels and 2003's Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, which starred Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu.
Wagner and his former wife Natalie Wood developed the popular 1970s TV series with producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg and their Spelling-Goldberg Prods. Under an agreement with the production company, Wagner and Wood were entitled to 50% of the net profits Spelling-Goldberg received "for the right to exhibit photoplays of the series and from the exploitation of all ancillary, music and subsidiary rights in connection therewith."
Years after Spelling-Goldberg sold both its rights and obligations relating to Charlie's Angels to Sony Pictures Television, Columbia purchased theatrical motion picture rights from heirs of the show's writers, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, to whom film rights had reverted under Writers Guild of America "separated rights" rules. Both Columbia and Sony Pictures Television are Sony-affiliated companies.
Wagner argued that under his contract with Spelling-Goldberg, the "subsidiary rights" provision meant he and his children with Wood, who died in 1981, were entitled to share in 50% of the income "from all sources," including the films.
In an opinion issued Monday, the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected Wagner's claims that he and his children are contractually entitled to net profits earned by 2000's Charlie's Angels and 2003's Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, which starred Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu.
Wagner and his former wife Natalie Wood developed the popular 1970s TV series with producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg and their Spelling-Goldberg Prods. Under an agreement with the production company, Wagner and Wood were entitled to 50% of the net profits Spelling-Goldberg received "for the right to exhibit photoplays of the series and from the exploitation of all ancillary, music and subsidiary rights in connection therewith."
Years after Spelling-Goldberg sold both its rights and obligations relating to Charlie's Angels to Sony Pictures Television, Columbia purchased theatrical motion picture rights from heirs of the show's writers, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, to whom film rights had reverted under Writers Guild of America "separated rights" rules. Both Columbia and Sony Pictures Television are Sony-affiliated companies.
Wagner argued that under his contract with Spelling-Goldberg, the "subsidiary rights" provision meant he and his children with Wood, who died in 1981, were entitled to share in 50% of the income "from all sources," including the films.
- 1/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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