I'm glad she's well-known enough to be considered, but I really dearly hope not.

lemniskate | November 15, 20:21 CET

Ooohhh she'd kick butt as an angel.

BrownCoat_Tabz | November 15, 20:25 CET

Lots of comments with people asking for SMG, Eliza and Summer also.

jighooligan101 | November 15, 20:26 CET

SMG would be great...but maybe Charlie's daughter...named Charlie...and she can take over as the voice.
But Felicia would be a better choice because she is an unexpected choice

impalergeneral | November 15, 20:38 CET

Heck yeah! She may be considered too old (she's on 30!), but there's not enough of her. Plus, she's an amazing actress, far better than Eliza (and, in my opinion, if someone like Amy Acker had of fronted the series, it might have done better, but, alas, it wouldn't have been around without Eliza and her deal with FOX)!

Frick | November 15, 20:42 CET

I'd certainly watch it if one of the Whedonverse alum were in it, especially Felicia Day--otherwise, it doesn't much interest me.

JTown | November 15, 21:09 CET

Of course I'd love to see more Felicia, but I don't think this is the series I'd like to see her in.

mr_waterproof | November 15, 21:23 CET

the concept of Charlie's Angels kind of squicks me out, there's all of this misogynistic vibe happening, i mean one 'all knowing' man controlling these three women. yuck.

Cazador | November 15, 22:49 CET

My first thought when I read about the remake was Summer, since it's Josh Friedman. What's with all the remakes anyway?

hacksaway | November 15, 23:13 CET

I think it's because the world's ending and therefore originality seems like a waste of effort. It's all explained in that new documentary, '2012'.

And yep, Summer's never going to be a bad choice. One of the commenters suggests Kristen Bell which is also a good idea. But then another says Summer is "too homely" so on average, you still shouldn't read comments on other sites on the internet.

Saje | November 15, 23:19 CET

So now they are rebooting reboots from just a few years ago?

Maybe felicia could make it better. a Felicia, Dushku, Geller team would make it better still, but I am sure that would never happen.

Jayne's Hat | November 15, 23:28 CET

Ha! This made me laugh.

Simon | November 15, 23:33 CET

Maybe it's time for Emma to don the rollerskates again.

kaiuno | November 15, 23:35 CET

Ooh, rollerskates in conjunction with "Charlie's Angels" reboots made me think of Ellen Page. She'd never do it but she'd kick ass if she did.

Ha! This made me laugh.

Even without massively pandering they got a link (kinda).

(Harry Lennix could only play Bosley in a "reimagining" of the role though, too much substance to be the buffoon)

Saje | November 15, 23:39 CET

Someone sent us an email a wee while back saying Joss should remake Airwolf.

Simon | November 15, 23:43 CET

My inner 14 year old completely agrees.

(still one of the best TV theme tunes I reckon. That and 'Shoestring')

Saje | November 15, 23:47 CET

a Felicia, Dushku, Geller team would make it better still

I think that would be called Giles' Slayers. With guns. Hmm.

hacksaway | November 15, 23:47 CET

I think, the concept, in basic theory (with the little I know of it), could prove to make a decent hour of television. I think the name Charlie's Angels is a little to stigmatized, though.

How about "Joss' Angels: With a bit of Josh F. thrown in."?

Jaymii | November 15, 23:53 CET

That's it! Anthony Stewart Head as the voice of Charlie...although I think SMG should be Charlie just to mess with us.

impalergeneral | November 15, 23:54 CET

Yeah, that's a change that could work well. "Charlie" is non-gender specific after all.

Saje | November 16, 00:16 CET

hrm, it honestly never caught my attention that the series could have been misogynistic Cazador. While the cutesy/simpering "good morning Charlie" was a little off putting, I always interpreted it from the perspective that it was the women who were always the ones doing anything. Actually going out there and being heroic and doing the detective work and/or crazy degree of role play being bounty hunters and whatever else they did on the show/movies...

Sort of like how in early Buffy even if Giles was sort of her patriarchal know-all, she was the actual Slayer with agency and what not. Plus as names go Charlie could serve both genders so if John Forsythe isn't up for at least a vocal cameo (that guy is 91?!) they could have the new Charlie be a woman. (I suppose even Barrymore herself depending on how much/little they want to tie this to the films?)

In any case, I'd actually be up for more women in action roles. Felicia is a brilliant suggestion since we're already aware of how versatile she is-- though I really don't remember how much slaying stuntwork she did on Buffy in hindsight.

I wonder how that'd work in terms of casting, if they want to stick to the classical three silhouette or if they'd want a bigger cast to not overwork the leads. There are so many Whedon-affiliated/adjunct actresses who could do with a a stable job where they'd get more exposure and show off their skills. It'd be great to not only keep Dichen in the country but maintain at least some ethnic minority presence on TV, Amy Acker is pretty much awesome all the time and it'd be sort of neat to see her as a major lead-- which she doesn't seem to be playing on Happytown, Summer nearly seems too obvious given how the Sarah Connor's guy is involved, Emma Caulfield would be great if they want at least one talented actress who can still pull off Farrah hair...

I absolutely agree that Kristen Bell would be great but if they want at least one token younger woman (which I'd prefer rather than populating it entirely with Gossip Girls-esque teen-ish agers) then maybe Michelle Tratchenberg even? I forget which of the NBC shows have been spared cancellation.

And this is totally off the point but maybe any of the women cast in Pushing Daisies ever? I actually just got really giddy over this idea but Gina Torres still plausibly kicks ass, Kristin Chenoweth marginally looks like Cameron Diaz and is hilarious regardless of the fact she might be a bit older, Anna Friel... well I just like her and know that she does accents really well.

I actually can totally see this show being something I'd love to watch, but I can just as easily see it ending up being an abomination (despite having some talent involved at the top) where they end up with three actresses chosen mostly since they have three different hair colors. (Which I will admit was a factor I was considering.)

orangewaxlion | November 16, 01:42 CET

Speaking of 'this made me laugh', from the comments:

stuart | November 16, 02:31 CET

My inner 14 year old completely agrees.

(still one of the best TV theme tunes I reckon. That and 'Shoestring')

Uh...Saje? You talking about Simon's comment about someone suggesting Joss redo Bellasario's Airwolf or are you commenting on the Charlie's Angels theme? Cuz I tend to prefer Sylvester LeVay's score for the former over the 70s disco vibe of the latter ;)

[ edited by BlueEyedBrigadier on 2009-11-16 03:59 ]

BlueEyedBrigadier | November 16, 04:01 CET

A Jossian Airwolf would be right up there with a Jossian Wonder Woman for this child of the 80s!

hopitopia | November 16, 04:59 CET

orangewaxlion, I get what you're saying because I watched Charlie's Angels when I was young because I liked seeing girls solve cases, but I do have a vivid memory of an episode in which the Angels spent the first two minutes trying on bikinis because they thought the case was in Hawaii or something, but then that case got canceled and they went somewhere else. Yeah. It was pretty bad.

Summer Glau is too stiff and frankly, too homely.
WHAT?? That's it, I'm never going to read comments on other sites again. There are some really crazy people out there.

jcs | November 16, 07:11 CET

"Charlie's Angels" was pretty sexist but that's really not the same thing as misogynist IMO (which surely has to be more actively anti-women rather than implicitly for men - or not so implicitly in the case of e.g. trying on bikinis). And despite the eye candy aspect (and one/more of the Angel's often being a damsel in the episode) it still featured 3 women as heroes and they often did it alone (i.e. without male help). To me it was a necessary early step on the road towards Buffy and Xena in the same way that Mr Humphries (from Britcom "Are You Being Served ?") was towards 'Queer as Folk' or Michael C Hall's character on 'Six Feet Under'.

Summer Glau is too stiff and frankly, too homely.
WHAT?? That's it, I'm never going to read comments on other sites again. There are some really crazy people out there.

In the cold light of morning (OK, half-light but trust me, it's very morning) I wonder if that's a joke ? Joss kids on his 'Firefly' commentaries about how Summer, Morena and Gina are "homely gals". 'Stiff' might be another jokey comment I just don't remember. Don't get me wrong though, the internet is still full of fail.

You talking about Simon's comment about someone suggesting Joss redo Bellasario's Airwolf or are you commenting on the Charlie's Angels theme?

Whoa, 'Airwolf' had a theme tune too ??

;-)

Saje | November 16, 08:38 CET

I think Nathan Fillion would make an awesome Stringfellow Hawke in a Joss rebooted Airwolf series.

Simon | November 16, 08:46 CET

Unless they re-imagined it on a scale equal to BSG, I'd give this one a pass. The movies were mind-numbing fluff, IMO.