Queen Latifah throws herself at the character as the former CIA member became a vigilante in a trailer full of The Equalizer action
Obviously, Queen Latifah has been busy for the past few months.
On January 9, a promotional trailer for his upcoming series The Equalizer was released on the series ’official Twitter account.
The remake of the action drama series will air on CBS, which also hosted the original show from the 1980s.
New promotion: a trailer for the upcoming series The Equalizer, led by Queen Latifah, was released on January 9
Wide release: The 30-second trailer was first posted on the series’ official Twitter account
The trailer begins with Latifah, who portrays Robyn McCall, walking with her daughter Delilah, played by Laya DeLeon.
When her son asked her why she abruptly quit her job a month earlier, a quick series of shots depicting Latifah training in a gym and off a street are shown, and the 50-year-old actress replies: “It’s complicated”.
Another montage of shots is seen, many of which feature the Grammy-winning singer holding a gun during an operation with other people and eventually finding several young women hidden in a closet.
She is then seen talking to former CIA director William Bishop, played by Chris Noth, who informs her that the agency is recovering from its surveillance activities, to which she responds that she is no longer under her jurisdiction.
Remake: The next show is a remake of the 80’s action drama series, which aired on CBS
Plot: The story will follow a former CIA agent who leaves the agency to pursue a life of surveillance
Then, Latifah confronts a friend of his who asks him if he is: “a kind of former police officer”, to which he replies that he has become “the one you call when you can’t call 911”.
Then there is a brief physical exchange where he pushes a criminal against a wall, to his surprise, and the material ends.
Below is a graph of fluorescent lights, along with the series release date of February 7, just after the Super Bowl.
The post-Super Bowl time slot is one of the most coveted spaces in television programming and many major networks use the time to air a special episode of an existing series or premiere a completely new one.
Some of the shows that have debuted after the annual sporting event are The A-Team, Family Guy and Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Broad premiere: The next show will debut directly after the Super Bowl on February 7th
Good place: the time slot directly after the annual sporting event has traditionally been used to air a special episode of a series or to premiere a completely new one.
Solid cast: Other cast members in the upcoming series include Chris Noth and Lorraine Toussaint, among others.
The development of the remake series was initially announced in November 2019, with Latifah as the program’s executive producer.
After CBS issued a pilot order in January last year, the production team began preparing to begin filming in March before being delayed by the onset of the global pandemic; filming finally began later this year.
Cast members Tory Kittles, Lorraine Toussaint and Liza Lapira, among others.
The Equalizer had previously become a 2014 film starring Denzel Washington and Chloe Grace Moretz; the project received mixed reviews, but was a box office success.
The Washington-directed film spawned a 2018 sequel, which also had a good economic performance.
Stay safe: The series would begin filming initially in March, but the impact of the global pandemic on the television industry forced filming to be delayed for several months.
Big screen: two derivative films inspired by the original program released in 2014 and 2018; both were financial successes at the box office