'Charlie's Angels': Minka Kelly, Rachael Taylor officially cast
by James Hibberd
ABC’s Charlie’s Angels has its trio female leads: Former Friday Night Lights star Minka Kelly’s will play a former Marine and weapons expert and Transformers star Rachael Taylor will play a con artist.
The duo have been near-deals for the roles this week and are now official on the Sony Pictures TV project. Kelly and Taylor join the previously cast General Hospital star Annie Ilonzeh. Here’s the trio:
The new modern-day version of the show will be set in Miami and is from with Smallville writer-producers Miles Millar and Al Gough, Leonard Goldberg (who produced the original version), Drew Barrymore, and Nancy Juvonen. Remakes have traditionally struggled to find viewers on broadcast, though CBS’ showed with Hawaii Five-0 that you can pull off a primetime hit with a classic title. And Angels is certainly on-brand for a network that has a strong female following with shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives.
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'Charlie's Angels' pilot lands 'Vampire Diaries' director -- EXCLUSIVE
by James Hibberd
Another piece falls into place on ABC’s Charlie’s Angels project: Marcos Siega has closed a deal to direct the pilot.
Siega helped get The CW’s Vampire Diaries off the ground with a strong first episode, and has also directed episodes of Showtime’s Dexter, CBS’ Cold Case and CW’s Veronica Mars. Siega was tapped by his fellow CW veterans, Angels‘ writing-producing team Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (who, of course, ran Smallville).
The Angels re-boot firmed up its much-buzzed-about trio of leads on Friday, adding Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor to the previously announced Annie Ilonzeh.
'Charlie's Angels': Minka Kelly, Rachael Taylor officially cast (pic) | Inside TV | EW.com