The music video for the theme tune to the new Charlie’s Angels movie has been released.
‘Don’t Call Me Angel’ sees Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey teaming up to provide the soundtrack to this year’s new film, which technically isn’t a reboot or a remake of the franchise, but a continuation of the original TV series and the 2000s films.
The new clip was directed by Hannah Lux Davis, who has frequently collaborated with Grande in the past, directing the videos for her ‘7 Rings’ and ‘Thank U, Next’ hits.
In the four-minute clip, the trio of pop stars are cast as the members of a crime-fighting dream team, not unlike Charlie’s Angels themselves.
Tying the whole thing to the movie from which it is taken is a cameo from Elizabeth Banks, who not only stars in the new film, but directs it too.
You can watch the video below.
What is Charlie’s Angels about?
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The film marks the second time behind the camera for Elizabeth Banks (she previously directed 2015’s Pitch Perfect 2), and sees a new cast of faces stepping into the shoes of characters last played by Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu in 2003.
In the new film, the Townsend Agency has expanded internationally, recruiting the smartest, most fearless and highly-trained women from all over the globe.
There are now multiple teams of Angels guided by multiple ‘Bosleys’ (we’ll see at least three in the new movie, and director Banks plays one of them), completing the toughest missions across the globe.
The mission at the centre of the new film involves a young systems engineer, who blows the whistle on a technology that could revolutionise the energy industry.
But if that same technology were to fall into the wrong hands, it could be weaponised, and would prove dangerous to the entire world.
The Angels are called into action to stop that from happening, putting their lives on the line to protect us all in an action-packed comedy.
Who stars in it?
The three Angels are played by Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott (Power Rangers) and British actress Ella Balinska.
They’re not actually the same Angels as depicted by Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu in the series’ two previous films, but instead all new characters.
Elsewhere on the cast, Elizabeth Banks steps out from behind the camera to play a Bosley, Djimon Hounsou (Shazam!) is another Bosley, and Sir Patrick Stewart is a third.
Then there’s Noah Centineo (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) as Langston, and Mexican actor Luis Gerardo Méndez playing The Saint.
Outlander’s Sam Claflin, Jonathan Tucker, Chris Pang and Nat Faxon have also been cast, though their roles remain undisclosed.
When can I watch it?
Charlie’s Angels will be released in UK cinemas on Friday 29 November 2019.
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