#The equalizer cbs series

On May 31, 2013, Melissa Leo was cast in the film. Chloë Grace Moretz was announced as a co-star on Anna Kendrick, Kelly Macdonald and Nina Dobrev were also considered. Director Antoine Fuqua came on board to direct on March 21, 2013, reuniting him with Washington after their successful collaboration on the 2001 Oscar-winning film Training Day. In December 2011, it was reported that Denzel Washington would star in the title role of the film version, to be financed by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Escape Artists.

In June 2010, it was announced that Russell Crowe was looking to bring The Equalizer to the big screen directed by Paul Haggis, with Crowe attached to play Robert McCall. An extended version appears on his album The Equalizer and Other Cliff Hangers. The show's theme music was created by composer/performer Stewart Copeland. The franchise centers on a retired intelligence agent with a mysterious past, who uses the skills from his former career to exact justice on behalf of innocent people who find themselves in dangerous circumstances, while sometimes also dealing with people from his past in covert operations who want to pull him back in or settle old scores.

#The equalizer cbs series

A series of novels featuring Robert McCall has been written by original co-creator Michael Sloan, with the first volume published in 2014. The concept was thereafter rebooted twice, first with a pair of movies ( The Equalizer in 2014 and The Equalizer 2 in 2018) starring Denzel Washington, slated to be followed up by a third film in 2023, and secondly with a re-imagined 2021 television series, also on CBS, starring Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall. The Equalizer is an American spy thriller franchise initially co-created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim, and originating with a CBS television series from 1985 to 1989, starring Edward Woodward. Actors who have starred in The Equalizer media: Edward Woodward in the 1985 TV series, Denzel Washington in the 2010s films, and Queen Latifah in the 2021 series