The year 2000 saw a first for movies, with a big screen adaptation of a 1970’s TV show. It may seem common practice now, but it was a foreign concept then, starting back with McG’s take on Charlie’s Angels.
The first film, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu, was a success, and went on to spawn a sequel, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. In 2019, there was even another reboot based on the TV show, this time helmed by Elizabeth Banks. But, despite the 20 years since his last, and a reboot in-between, McG is very open to taking up a third film.
“It would take a long discussion with those three wonderful performers who I adore. I was very happy to see Elizabeth Banks take the helm and do what she did, which was fun,” he told EW at the time of the 2019 film.
“I’m very happy to discuss it with Drew and Cameron and Lucy, but at the same time, I’m very happy to pass the torch,” he said, as ComicBook reports, “I mean, I love the Tim Burton Batman movies, I love the new Batman movies. It’s just sort of like there can be a keeper of the flame and you can pass the torch.”
“Who knows? Maybe we’ve got one left in us that tells a very compelling story if the opportunity presents itself. I love the three of them so much. They put me on the map. They looked out for me when I was a first-time filmmaker. I was very nearly fired off that film on many, many occasions, and Drew stood up for me and I’m forever indebted to her. And obviously, those are three performers where God broke the mold. They don’t make ’em like that. I mean, those are three special ones.”
After a reunion with her fellow castmates in 2020, Barrymore expressed her own desire to return to a sequel to People magazine earlier this year. “There’s so much history there that they don’t feel like [the work of] making films. It’s like, ‘Do you want to spend your life doing that? With those people?’ Yes. I would show up. I really would.”
Charlie’s Angels and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle are available to stream and own.
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