New ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Movie in the Works with Screenwriter Pete Chiarelli (Exclusive)

 Once upon a time, there was a TV show about three young women who went to a police academy and then became private investigators. Later, Sony Pictures made a movie or three about them.

Now, Sony is bringing the franchise back to life.

They are working on a new big-screen version of Charlie’s Angels, the action and crime adventure series featuring all-female detectives.

 Pete Chiarelli, who wrote the romantic comedy The Proposal and the movie Crazy Rich Asians, is writing the script for this new version.

It’s not clear who is producing the new movie, but some people say Drew Barrymore and her company, Flower Films, might be involved.

 Flower Films helped make the first big-screen versions of Charlie’s Angels in the early 2000s.

Sony hasn’t commented on the project yet.

Charlie’s Angels was a TV show that aired from 1976 to 1981 on ABC.

 It became a huge hit and made stars of Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith. The show also helped launch Aaron Spelling as a top TV producer. It introduced the idea of a group of strong female detectives working for the Townsend Agency, which was run by a mysterious man named Charlie Townsend. His assistant, Bosley, was a normal guy who acted as the agency’s contact.

The franchise made a big comeback when Sony’s Columbia Pictures brought it to the big screen in 2000.

 That movie, starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu, and directed by McG, was a huge success, earning over $264 million worldwide. It was followed by a sequel in 2003 called Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.

In 2011, there was a new TV series, but it was canceled after just seven episodes.

 In 2019, Sony tried to revive the movie franchise again with a film directed by Elizabeth Banks and featuring Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska. That movie, which made the Townsend Agency a global security and intelligence network, wasn’t as successful and performed poorly at the box office.

The new project is still in early development.

Pete Chiarelli started as a producer but moved into screenwriting, writing The Proposal under a different name.

 That movie became a big hit for Disney in 2009, which helped launch his writing career. He has since worked on movies like Now You See Me 2 and Crazy Rich Asians, which was a major hit for Warner Bros. He also worked on GOAT, a new animated movie from Sony Pictures Animation produced by Stephen Curry, which opens today.

Chiarelli is represented by UTA, Mosaic, and Yorn Levine.