History Trivia / CharliesAngels2019

** Finally, as if all that weren’t bad enough, as mentioned above, director[=/=]co-producer[=/=]co-star Elizabeth Banks seemed dead set on making sure whatever potential male audience the film could have had was gone. While promoting the film, she talked about how it was “a kickass action film for women that doesn’t concern men” and that, if it failed, it proved that men won’t go see an action movie starring women. Sure enough, it was a disaster both critically and commercially. When this happened, Banks claimed it was proof that sexism destroyed the movie. It was then pointed out to her that ''Wonder Woman'' and ''Captain Marvel'' were kickass action movies starring women that had men going to see it in droves. Digging herself even deeper, Banks ''then'' said they didn’t count because they were part of a bigger scope of films. This not only angered DC ''AND'' Marvel fans (quite a feat in itself), but also actual people involved in making those films. Banks would ultimately apologize for her remarks regarding the movies.

* CreatorBacklash: In a 2024 Variety piece, Kristen Stewart said point-blank that she didn't enjoy working on this movie.
* DearNegativeReader: According to Creator/ElizabethBanks, "If this movie doesn't make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don't go see women do action movies." Never mind the fact men flocked to the previous two ''Charlie's Angels'' movies. Banks' attitude hurt things even further when it was pointed out to her that ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' and ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' (both huge box office hits) had men going to see them in droves. She dismissed both, saying they didn’t count because they were part of a larger scope of films. Not surprisingly, this ended up angering not only comic book fans, but people involved in both films, causing her to apologize.

** Creator/KristenStewart as Sabina is an interesting example. Her BoisterousBruiser [[TheLadette ladette]] personality contrasts with the more quiet and introverted characters she's known for but is much closer to her real life persona known to her loyal fans.

* TroubledProduction: Deadline, among other publications, had a [[https://deadline.com/2019/11/charlies-angels-bombs-at-box-office-reasons-why-1202787938/ post-mortem]] after the film's disastrous opening weekend that outlined a project dead on arrival. Although the film's actual shoot went off without a hitch, issues abound before and after production:

** Finally, as if all that weren’t bad enough, as mentioned above, director, coproducer, and costar Elizabeth Banks seemed dead set on making sure whatever potential male audience the film could have had was gone. While promoting the film, she talked about how it was “a kickass action film for women that doesn’t concern men” and that, if it failed, it proved that men won’t go see an action movie starring women. Sure enough, it was a disaster both critically and commercially. When this happened, Banks claimed it was proof that sexism destroyed the movie. It was then pointed out to her that Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel were kickass action movies starring women that had men going to see it in droves. Digging herself even deeper, Banks THEN said they didn’t count because they were part of a bigger scope of films. This not only angered DC AND Marvel fans (quite a feat in itself), but also actual people involved in making those films. Finally, Banks apologized for her remarks regarding the movies.

* DearNegativeReader: According to Creator/ElizabethBanks, "If this movie doesn't make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don't go see women do action movies." Never mind the fact men flocked to the previous two ''Charlie's Angels'' movies. Banks' attitude hurt things even further when it was pointed out to her that Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel (both huge box office hits) had men going to see them in droves. She dismissed both, saying they didn’t count because they were part of a larger scope of films. Not surprisingly, this ended up angering not only comic book fans, but people involved in both films, causing her to apologize.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Jon Bosley mentions that Charlie has died, referring to Creator/JohnForsythe, who voiced the aforementioned character in the original series and passed away in 2010 at age 92.

* BreakawayPopHit: Despite receiving a lukewarm reception from critics, the single "Don't Call Me Angel" -- a collaboration between Music/ArianaGrande, Music/MileyCyrus, and Music/LanaDelRey -- has so far enjoyed far more commercial success than this film.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Jon Bosley mentions that Charlie has died, referring to John Forsythe, who voiced the aforementioned character in the original series and passed away in 2010 at age 92.
* DearNegativeReader: According to Banks, "If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don't go see women do action movies." Never mind the fact men flocked to the previous two ''Charlie's Angels'' movies. Banks' attitude hurt things even further when it was pointed out to her that Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel (both huge box office hits) had men going to see them in droves. She dismissed both, saying they didn’t count because they were part of a larger scope of films. Not surprisingly, this ended up angering not only comic book fans, but people involved in both films, causing her to apologize.
* DirectedByCastMember: The movie is directed by Creator/ElizabethBanks who also portrays Rebecca Bosley.

* DearNegativeReader: According to Banks, "If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don't go see women do action movies."

* {{Blooper}}: When Sabina, Elana, Jane, and Bosley are going over information on Flemming, Sabina (Kristen Stewart) is laying on a couch in bare feet, with her shoes sitting by the couch. However, when everyone gets up to leave, Sabina suddenly has her shoes back on, but when the film cuts back to the wide shot, her shoes are seen back by the couch.

* NoStuntDouble: Ella Balinska did most of her own stunts.

* BillingDisplacement: Creator/KristenStewart (Sabina) gets top billing, which makes sense from a marketing standpoint; of the three leads, she's the most well-known.

* BillingDisplacement: Creator/KristenStewart (Sabina) gets top billing, which makes sense from a marketing standpoint. Of the three leads, she's the most well-known. Although really, Naomi Scott's character [[AudienceSurrogate Elena]] is the one the film is centered on the most.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $48 million. Box office, $17.8 million (domestic), $73.2 million (worldwide). Writer/producer/director/co-star Creator/ElizabethBanks' continuation of both the 70's TV series and the film duology from the early 2000s received middling reviews and had a disastrous opening weekend of a mere $8.3 million, getting run over by ''Film/FordVFerrari'' and was also sunk by ''Film/Midway2019''. Banks later lampshaded on social media that even though she made a box office bomb, she at least did it with a movie where her name is on the poster three times.

** Lastly, Banks made some public-relations gaffes on the press rounds, voicing expectations that her film could flip the age-old Hollywood mantra of people not showing up to female-led action films, despite 21st-century female-led successes like the action films of Creator/AngelinaJolie and even the original ''Charlie's Angels'' film. When faced with counterarguments about the incredible success of films like ''Film/CaptainMarvel'', she trotted out another outdated Hollywood viewpoint that [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2485137/charlies-angels-director-elizabeth-banks-thinks-female-centric-superhero-movies-succeed-because-theyre-in-a-male-genre superhero films were for guys and female protagonists were simply carried by that demand]], despite ''Film/WonderWoman'' truly being a solo vehicle. Her point of superhero fare being "a male genre" enraged and alienated female genre fans on social media, the very audience Banks likely needed to make this film any kind of success. The final nail in the coffin was the film being released the weekend before ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', which swallowed up the female audience (and, in fairness, just about every other segment of the audience) that this film had been aiming for.

** Lastly, Banks made some public-relations gaffes on the press rounds, voicing expectations that her film could flip the age-old Hollywood mantra of people not showing up to female-led action films, despite 21st-century female-led successes like the action films of Creator/AngelinaJolie and even the original ''Charlie's Angels'' film. When faced with counterarguments about the incredible success of films like ''Film/CaptainMarvel'', she trotted out another outdated Hollywood viewpoint that [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2485137/charlies-angels-director-elizabeth-banks-thinks-female-centric-superhero-movies-succeed-because-theyre-in-a-male-genre superhero films were for guys and female protagonists were simply carried by that demand]], despite ''Film/WonderWoman'' truly being a solo vehicle. Her point of superhero fare being "a male genre" enraged and alienated female genre fans on social media, the very audience Banks likely needed to make this film any kind of success.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $48 million. Box office, $17.8 million (domestic), $73.2 million (worldwide). Writer/producer/director/co-star Elizabeth Banks' continuation of both the 70's TV series and the film duology from the early 2000s received middling reviews and had a disastrous opening weekend of a mere $8.3 million, getting run over by ''Film/FordVFerrari'' and was also sunk by ''Film/Midway2019''. Banks later lampshaded on social media that even though she made a box office bomb, she at least did it with a movie where her name is on the poster three times.

* DearNegativeReader: According to Banks, "If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don’t go see women do action movies."

** Kristen Stewart as Sabina is an interesting example. Her BoisterousBruiser [[TheLadette ladette]] personality contrasts with the more quiet and introverted characters she's known for but is much closer to her real life persona known to her loyal fans.

** It was not lost on critics and audiences that this film lacked the star power of the 2000s ''Charlie's Angels'' films, which featured two of the biggest actresses on the planet in the prime of their careers (comparatively, Kristen Stewart, the biggest name among the Angels here, had mostly stuck to arthouse films in the seven years since ''Twilight'' ended and has been an unproven box office draw on her own). This was because every big-name actress Sony took the script to (see WhatCouldHaveBeen) turned down the film, leaving the studio with no real star power for their big revival. Despite the unattractive script, Sony believed in Elizabeth Banks's spin on the property and eventually landed on their final leads, hoping the property could make the stars as opposed to the stars making the property.
** When it came time for the marketing push, Sony solely focused on the young female audience, realizing that a less sexualized, pro-feminist take on the series would probably alienate male viewers. However, the potential under-25 audience had no nostalgic ties to the property, considering the first film came out 19 years prior, and the series decades prior. Despite a dream-team trio for the official soundtrack single, buzz on social media for the film was almost non-existent, exasperated by Stewart's lack of social media presence, unable to push the film to fans in ways Dwayne Johnson and Will Smith can with their star vehicles.

** Lastly, Elizabeth Banks made some public-relations gaffes on the press rounds, voicing expectations that her film could flip the age-old Hollywood mantra of people not showing up to female-led action films, despite 21st-century female-led successes like the action films of Angelina Jolie and even the original ''Charlie's Angels'' film. When faced with counterarguments about the incredible success of films like ''Film/CaptainMarvel'', she trotted out another outdated Hollywood viewpoint that [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2485137/charlies-angels-director-elizabeth-banks-thinks-female-centric-superhero-movies-succeed-because-theyre-in-a-male-genre superhero films were for guys and female protagonists were simply carried by that demand]], despite ''Film/WonderWoman'' truly being a solo vehicle. Her point of superhero fare being "a male genre" enraged and alienated female genre fans on social media, the very audience Banks likely needed to make this film any kind of success.

* SequelGap: One possible reason for the film's under-performance in addition to it's release date, was how long it had been since the previous film, ''Full Throttle'' - ''16 years''.

** It was not lost on critics and audiences that this film lacked the star power of the 2000s ''Charlie's Angels'' films, which featured two of the biggest actresses on the planet in the prime of their careers (comparatively, Kristen Stewart, the biggest name among the Angels here, had mostly stuck to arthouse films in the seven years since ''Twilight'' ended and has been an unproven box office draw on her own). This was because every big-name actress Sony took the script to (see WhatCouldHaveBeen) turned down the film, leaving the studio with no real star power for their big revival. Despite the unattractive script, Sony believed in Elizabeth Banks's spin on the property and eventually landed on their final leads.
** When it came time for the marketing push, Sony solely focused on the young female audience, realizing that a less sexualized, pro-feminist take on the series would probably alienate male viewers. However, the potential under-25 audience had no nostalgic ties to the property, considering the first film came out 19 years prior. Despite a dream-team trio for the official soundtrack single, buzz on social media for the film was almost non-existent, exasperated by Stewart's lack of social media presence, unable to push the film to fans in ways Dwayne Johnson and Will Smith can with their star vehicles.

** It was not lost on critics and audiences that this film lacked the star power of the 2000s ''Charlie's Angels'' films, which featured two of the biggest actresses on the planet in the prime of their careers (comparatively, Kristen Stewart, the biggest name, had mostly stuck to arthouse films in the seven years since ''Twilight'' ended and has been an unproven box office draw on her own). This was because every big-name actress Sony took the script to (see WhatCouldHaveBeen) turned down the film, leaving the studio with no real star power for their big revival. Despite the unattractive script, Sony believed in Elizabeth Banks's spin on the property and eventually landed on their final leads.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $48 million. Box office, $17.8 million (domestic), $73.2 million (worldwide). Writer/producer/director/co-star Elizabeth Banks' continuation of both the 70's TV series and the film duology from the early 2000s received middling reviews and had a disastrous opening weekend of a mere $8.3 million, getting run over by ''Film/FordVFerrari'' and was also sunk by ''Film/Midway2019''. Banks later lampshaded on social media that even though she made a box office bomb, she at least did it with a movie where her name is on the poster four times.

** Lastly, Elizabeth Banks made some public-relations gaffes on the press rounds, voicing expectations that her film could flip the age-old Hollywood mantra of people not showing up to female-led action films, despite 21st-century female-led successes like the action films of Angelina Jolie and even the original ''Charlie's Angels'' film. When faced with counterarguments about the incredible success of films like ''Film/CaptainMarvel'', she trotted out another outdated Hollywood viewpoint that [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2485137/charlies-angels-director-elizabeth-banks-thinks-female-centric-superhero-movies-succeed-because-theyre-in-a-male-genre superhero films were for guys and female protagonists were simply carried by that demand]], despite ''Film/WonderWoman'' truly being a solo vehicle. Her point of women not going to superhero movies unless they were dragged by their significant others enraged and alienated female genre fans on social media, the very audience Banks likely needed to make this film any kind of success.

** Lastly, Elizabeth Banks made some public-relations gaffes on the press rounds, voicing expectations that her film could flip the age-old Hollywood mantra of people not showing up to female-led action films, despite 21st-century female-led successes like the action films of Angelina Jolie and even the original ''Charlie's Angels'' film. When faced with counterarguments about the incredible success of films like ''Film/CaptainMarvel'', she trotted out another outdated Hollywood viewpoint that superhero films were for guys and female protagonists were simply carried by that demand, despite ''Film/WonderWoman'' truly being a solo vehicle. Her point of women not going to superhero movies unless they were dragged by their significant others enraged and alienated female genre fans on social media, the very audience Banks likely needed to make this film any kind of success.