Charlie's Angels

Shot in Miami by Millar/Gough Ink, Flower Films and Panda Prods. in colaboration with The new sony Pictures Television. Executive producers, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Came Barrymore, Leonard Goldberg, Nancy Juvonen, Marcos Siega producers, Chris Burns, Ember Truesdell, Tim Scanlan, Peter Schindler director, Siega authors, Gough, Millar in line with the series produced by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts.Kate Prince - Annie Ilonzeh Eve French - Minka Kelly Abby Sampson - Rachael Taylor John Bosley - Ramon Rodriguez The thought of restarting seventies series is hardly new, despite an uneven history, in the short-resided "Bionic Lady" and passed-on "Question Lady" to CBS' stronger "Hawaii Five-O" update. Like individuals game titles, "Charlie's Angels" -- formerly elevated in primetime and theatrically -- is definitely promotable, but additionally instantly dated. Despite cosmetic flourishes (this time around even Bosley has six-pack abs) along with a couple of modest facial lines, it's difficult to flee feeling this is actually the very same excuse to place "babes" in revealing clothes, both to thwart evil and inspire promising off fatty meals. Without giving an excessive amount of away, the brand new series includes a revenge plot to find the ball moving, because the suspicious Eve ("Friday Evening Lights'" Minka Kelly) is employed to assistance with a mission and, transparently, get to be the third cherub. Beyond that, there's barely a dollar's price of difference (modified for inflation) between these Angels and also the original ones -- having mad abilities they used within the service of justice, as directed through the unseen Charlie and the surrogate Bosley (Ramon Rodriguez). Additionally to Kelly, there's Rachael Taylor ("Grey's Anatomy") as Abby, a 1-time cat thief and Annie Ilonzeh's Kate, an old cop. "We are angels, not saints," Abby states, implying they are not above seeking old-fashioned vengeance. Within the pilot overseen by "Smallville" alums Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, their target is really a stock crime kingpin, performed by "24's" Carlos Bernard. There is however relatively little to caper, and much less leering as you might expect. On the other hand, apart from Kelly (and, of course, this really is highly subjective) the casting seems short about the requisite sizzle to create these Angels really fly, presuming they still could. As presumptions go, this is a large "if." Primetime is moving with female cops and vigilantes (think CW's "Nikita"), so once audiences work through the nostalgia, the task is going to be getting it well, even when the series has got the budget to blow stuff as promiscuously because the pilot does -- another large "if." (Came Barrymore, who is probably the producers, had that luxury within the movies, that have been effective despite being pretty awful.) In its heyday, women loved "Charlie's Angels," and youthful boys felt no compunctions about plastering Farrah Fawcett posters across their walls. Today, individuals boys are drawn inside a 1000 different directions, and ladies aren't harming for butt-kicking surrogates that do not take marching orders from masculine voices. Like "Five-O," "Angels" (occur Miami) provides light escapism and beach scenery. Nonetheless, it is going to test Gough and Millar's bag of methods, particularly with ABC asking the show to boost a Thursday selection moored by its seen-better-days "Grey's." When it comes to projects, that mission sounds as formidable as anything likely to end up tossed the ladies' way. Sorry, Charlie.Camera, Rodney Charters production designer, Ruth Ammon editor, Shawn Paper music, Louis Febre original theme by Jack Elliot, Allyn Ferguson casting, John Papsidera. 60 MIN.With: Nadine Velazquez, Carlos Bernard, Ivana Milicevic. Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com