'Charlies Angels' Reboot in the Works from PROOF Playwright David Auburn

Variety reports that Sony is currently in discussions with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Auburn to pen the screenplay for a big screen reboot of the iconic '70's series CHARLIES ANGELS. PITCH PERFECT's Elizabeth Banks is set to helm the film which she will also produce via her Universal-based Brownstone production company.

Auburn received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his drama PROOF. The play was later adapted to the big screen featuring a script he co-wrote. The 2005 all-star movie cast featured Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis and Jake Gyllenhaal.

CHARLIE'S ANGELS debuted on ABC in 1976 and ran for five seasons. The show initially starred Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith who portrayed private detectives working for a mysterious benefactor named Charlie. Cheryl Ladd later replaced Fawcett. Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts appeared in later episodes. The show was adapted into a 2000 film starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu. The sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" appeared three years later.

David Auburn wrote several short plays, collectively grouped as Fifth Planet and Other Plays. The plays were presented at Beowulf Alley Theatre Company, Tucson, Arizona, in January and February 2008. His first full-length play, Skyscraper, ran Off Broadway in September - October 1997. His 2000 play Proof won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play, as well as the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

His work The Columnist had its world premiere in a production by the Manhattan Theatre Club on Broadway, running from April 3, 2012 through June 3, 2012 and starring John Lithgow with Boyd Gaines, Margaret Colin, Stephen Kunken, Marc Bonan, Grace Gummer and Brian J. Smith with direction by Daniel Sullivan. Lost Lake premiered Off-Broadway in a Manhattan Theatre Club production at New York City Center-Stage 1, running from November 11 to December 21, 2014. Directed by Daniel Sullivan, the two-person cast starred John Hawkes and Tracie Thoms.

Following Proof, he wrote the screenplay for the movie The Lake House, released by Warner Bros. in 2006. In 2007, he made his film directorial debut with The Girl in the Park, for which he also wrote the screenplay. He has also directed stage works. He directed the play Sick by Zayd Dohrn at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in August 18 to September 6, 2009. He directed Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in July 2013.He directed the play Side Effects by Michael Weller in June and July 2011 at the Off-Broadway MCC Theater.