Charlie's Angels (2019 film)

A team of Angels, led by senior operative John Bosley, capture international embezzler Jonny Smith in Rio de Janeiro and turn him over to American authorities. A year later, the European division of the Townsend Agency is informed that Elena Houghlin, an engineer and programmer employed by entrepreneur Alexander Brok, wants to expose her superiors. She knows that Brok's head of development, Peter Fleming, is covering up a discovery about how an energy conservation device that she helped invent, Calisto, has the potential to trigger fatal seizures when used. She meets with operative Edgar "Bosley" in Hamburg to turn over her findings, but an assassin named Hodak ambushes the meeting and subsequently kills Edgar, leaving Elena to drown. Edgar's protégé, Jane Kano, rescues her and brings her to operative Rebekah "Bosley" with the help of her partner, Sabina Wilson. Meanwhile, John, who has since retired from the agency, discovers that Rebekah has tagged him with the agency's specialized subdermal implant without his knowledge.

Rebekah tasks Sabina and Jane, joined by Elena, with breaking into Brok's corporate headquarters to steal the remaining Calisto prototypes before they can be duplicated. Elena finds one of the devices but is forced to use it to escape, accidentally killing the chief of security Ralph in the process, while the other prototypes are already gone, and Fleming is identified as the thief. Rebekah tracks him to Istanbul, where Jane utilizes one of her old intelligence contacts, Fatima, to locate Fleming. They track him to a remote rock quarry, where the supposedly-imprisoned Smith is revealed to be Fleming's intermediary for selling Calisto. Hodak is also present and kills Fleming before the Angels break up the sale. Rebekah suddenly disappears, allowing Smith and Hodak to escape with the prototypes.

Returning to their safehouse, Sabina shares her growing belief that Rebekah is secretly working against the agency and has been manipulating them to steal Calisto for her own benefit. While the three ponder Sabina's suspicion, the safehouse is bombed. Rebekah shows up only to be shot by John, who has come to rescue Elena. Sabina and Jane manage to survive and seek medical help from Fatima. Rebekah reappears and explains that John is the real traitor and that he has spent the last few decades secretly building his own network within the agency after he was passed over to succeed the late Charlie Townsend.

John takes Elena to a party hosted by Brok in Chamonix, who reveals himself as the mastermind behind the attempt to assassinate Elena and, unbeknownst to him, John's plan to weaponize Calisto. Using Elena's colleague Langston as a hostage, John forces her to program a Calisto device to kill both Langston and herself before leaving. The Angels, having deduced his plan due to the information provided by Smith, who is later revealed to have defected to their side, show up and rescue Elena and Langston, Elena having already disabled the Calisto device. Jane exacts revenge by impaling Hodak on a spike, while Rebekah catches up with John and his men. Outnumbered, she has other Angels posing as guests subdue the men, after which Sabina knocks out John with a punch. Brok is arrested for conspiracy, and Jane and Langston start a relationship. Elena is recruited as an Angel by the Townsend Agency after passing a series of rigorous training exercises.

In a mid-credits scene, Elena receives an official Angels tattoo and congratulations from Charlie.

• Kristen Stewart as Sabina Wilson, a wild and rebellious Angel
• Naomi Scott as Elena Houghlin, an engineer, programmer, and creator of the Calisto project, who gets recruited to become an Angel
• Ella Balinska as Jane Kano, a former MI-6 agent who became an Angel
• Elizabeth Banks as Rebekah "Bosley", a former Angel who became one of Charlie's assistants
• Djimon Hounsou as Edgar "Bosley" Dessange, one of Charlie's assistants
• Sam Claflin as Alexander Brok, Elena's employer[7]
• Noah Centineo as Langston, Elena's assistant
• Nat Faxon as Peter Fleming, Elena's superior
• Patrick Stewart as John Bosley, Charlie's first and original assistant. Stewart replaces Bill Murray, who portrayed the character in the first installment.[8]
• Chris Pang as Jonny Smith, an international smuggler
• Jonathan Tucker as Hodak, an assassin
• Luis Gerardo Méndez as the Saint, a Townsend Agency employee specializing in weapons and technology
• David Schütter as Ralph, the chief of security at Brok's corporate
• Hannah Hoekstra as Ingrid, an Angel who works as a secretary at Brok's corporate
• Marie-Lou Sellem as Fatima Ahmed, Jane's contact in Istanbul
• Robert Clotworthy as the voice of Charles "Charlie" Townsend, the owner of the Townsend Agency. Clotworthy replaces John Forsythe, who voiced the character in the television series and previous film installments, following Forsythe's death in 2010.[9]

Making cameo appearances in the film are Hailee Steinfeld, Lili Reinhart, Aly Raisman, Huda Kattan, and Chloe Kim as newly recruited Angels;[10] Ronda Rousey, Danica Patrick, and Laverne Cox as the Angels' instructors;[11] and Michael Strahan as the Townsend Agency's New York branch "Bosley".[12] Jaclyn Smith also makes a cameo appearance as Kelly Garrett, reprising her character from the television series for her second appearance in the film series, after cameoing in the second theatrical film.[13] Still photographs of Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and Eve. as their respective characters from the television series and previous installments also appear on a screen in the Townsend Agency's Los Angeles office.[14]

Official logo, as released by Sony Pictures.

In September 2015, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that it was rebooting the Charlie's Angels franchise, with Elizabeth Banks in talks to direct the film,[15] as well as produce, with her Brownstone Productions partner Max Handelman.[15][16] On December 16, 2015, Sony hired Evan Spiliotopoulos to write the script for the reboot film.[16] Banks was officially announced as the film's director in April 2016,[17] and rewrote the screenplay, which had previously been rewritten by Jay Basu, along with earlier touch-ups by Craig Mazin and Semi Chellas.[18] Banks received sole screenplay credit, with "story by" billing for Spiliotopoulos and David Auburn.

In July 2018, it was announced that Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska would play the leading trio of the fighting team and Banks would also appear as a Bosley, with the film featuring multiple characters by that name.[19][20] Doug Belgrad also co-produced the film through his 2.0 Entertainment, along with Elizabeth Cantillon, Banks, and Handelman. In September, Patrick Stewart was cast as a second Bosley.[21] That same month, Luis Gerardo Méndez and Jonathan Tucker joined the cast of the film, with Djimon Hounsou added as a third Bosley,[22][23][24] while Bill Pope was announced as the film's cinematographer.[25] In October 2018, Sam Claflin, Noah Centineo, Chris Pang and Nat Faxon joined the cast as well.[26][27][28]

Principal photography on the film began on September 24, 2018.[29] Filming took place at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany from October 2–7, 2018.[30] In early December 2018, further filming took place at the Spice Bazaar, Veliefendi Race Course, and Sultanahmet, all in Istanbul, Turkey.[31][32][33] Filming completed on December 9, 2018.[34]

It was later revealed that the new film would not be a reboot or remake, but rather a continuation that incorporates the events of the original TV series and the McG-directed films.[35] It was also revealed that Drew Barrymore, who had produced and starred in the previous film installments, would executive produce the film. Producer of the original series and first two films Leonard Goldberg came on board as an executive producer as well.[36]

Musician Brian Tyler composed the film's score,[37] while singer Ariana Grande co-executive produced the soundtrack along with music producer Savan Kotecha and record executive Scooter Braun.[38] Grande collaborated with fellow singers Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey on a song titled "Don't Call Me Angel", which was released as the lead single from the soundtrack on September 13, 2019.[39] A promotional single, "How It's Done", by Kash Doll, Kim Petras, Alma, and Stefflon Don, was released on October 11, 2019.[40] A second promotional single, "Pantera", by Brazilian singer Anitta, was released on October 23, 2019.[41] The soundtrack and score albums were released on November 1 and 8, 2019, respectively.[42]

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