The Equalizer
American television series
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| May 4 2025 | The series finale of The Equalizer aired on CBS. |
| 2025 | Ching Valdes-Aran plays Lorna Bayani in season five of the 2021 reboot episode 'Dirty Sexy Money' |
| 2025 | Planned guest appearance of new characters played by Titus Welliver and Juani Feliz in a spring episode, potentially setting up a spin-off series. |
| April 2025 | After the guest star episode aired, CBS reported that the proposed spin-off would not be moving forward. |
| March 2025 | The first four seasons of The Equalizer became available on the free streaming service Tubi. |
| December 2024 | The first three seasons became available on Netflix in the U.S. |
| October 20 2024 | The fifth season of The Equalizer premiered. |
| April 2024 | CBS renewed The Equalizer for a fifth season. |
| February 18 2024 | The fourth season of The Equalizer premiered. |
| September 1 2023 | The third film in the series, The Equalizer 3, was released. |
| 2022 | Valarie Pettiford began a recurring role as Carol Dante in the reboot series, starting with the season two episode 'D.W.B.'. |
| 2022 | Dennis Boutsikaris played Judge Thomas Clemmens in the reboot episode 'D.W.B.'. |
| 2022 | Neal Ben-Ari plays Arieh Bitton in the reboot episode 'What Dreams May Come' |
| October 2022 | Filming for the third Equalizer film began on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. |
| October 2 2022 | The third season of The Equalizer premiered. |
| June 2022 | Dakota Fanning was cast in a supporting role for the third film. |
| May 2022 | CBS renewed The Equalizer for its third and fourth seasons. |
| April 2022 | Sony confirmed the release date for the third Equalizer film as September 1, 2023. |
| January 2022 | Third Equalizer film confirmed to be in development, with Denzel Washington set to return in the titular role and Antoine Fuqua slated to direct. Principal photography was scheduled to commence in 2022. |
| 2021 | Laila Robins portrayed CIA Director Suri Nance in the reboot episode 'The Milk Run'. |
| 2021 | The Equalizer TV series was rebooted, with Melissa Leo reprising her role as Susan Plummer in the film adaptation and Valarie Pettiford playing a recurring role as Carol Dante. |
| 2021 | The TV series was rebooted, with notable guest stars from the original series like Valarie Pettiford and Laila Robins returning in new roles. |
| 2021 | Valarie Pettiford reprised her role in the TV series reboot, playing Carol Dante, a recurring character. |
| October 10 2021 | The second season of The Equalizer premiered. |
| March 2021 | CBS renewed The Equalizer for a second season. |
| February 7 2021 | The Equalizer television series premiered on CBS, rebooting the original series with Queen Latifah as the lead character. |
| January 18 2021 | Richard Lindheim, co-creator of the series, passed away from heart failure while working on the show. |
| 2020 | The third novel in the series, 'Equalizer: Requiem', was published by Michael Sloan, further expanding the narrative of Robert McCall's post-Company life. |
| May 8 2020 | CBS officially picked up the series and added Chris Noth to the cast as William Bishop, an ex-CIA director character. |
| March 2020 | CBS fast-tracked the series to production due to COVID-19 pandemic disruptions affecting Universal Television's pilot filming. |
| March 3 2020 | Tory Kittles joins the cast in a starring role. |
| January 27 2020 | CBS issued a pilot order for the new version of The Equalizer. |
| November 2019 | CBS announced a reboot of The Equalizer with Queen Latifah set to star as lead character Robyn McCall, with Andrew Marlowe and Terri Miller as showrunners. |
| 2018 | Michael Sloan released the second novel in the series, 'Killed in Action: An Equalizer Novel', continuing the modern reimagining of the original TV series and featuring recurring characters like Mickey Kostmayer, Control, and Scott McCall. |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 ultimately grossed $102.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $88.3 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $190.4 million against a production budget of $62 million. |
| August 2018 | The film grossed $8.8 million in its third weekend, dropping to fifth place in the box office. |
| August 2018 | Director Antoine Fuqua announced plans to continue the Equalizer film series, expressing interest in an international setting for future plots. |
| July 2018 | In its second weekend, the film's box office dropped 61% to $14 million, finishing third behind Mission: Impossible – Fallout and Mamma Mia! |
| July 2018 | The Equalizer 2 was released in theaters, debuting to $35.8 million and finishing first at the box office. It was Denzel Washington's third-best domestic opening weekend. |
| July 2018 | The film made $3.1 million from Thursday night previews, which was double the $1.45 million earned by the original film in 2014. |
| July 20 2018 | The Equalizer 2, the sequel to the original film, is released. |
| July 20 2018 | The Equalizer 2 was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing. |
| March 25 2018 | Sakina Jaffrey was added to the cast of the film. |
| February 13 2018 | Final release date settled on July 20, 2018. |
| September 28 2017 | Sony moved the film's release date forward to August 3, 2018. |
| September 14 2017 | Principal photography for 'The Equalizer 2' began in the South End area of Boston, Massachusetts, marking the start of film production. |
| August 24 2017 | Ashton Sanders joined the cast, playing a character who considers Washington's McCall a father figure. |
| August 23 2017 | Melissa Leo and Bill Pullman confirmed to reprise their roles as Susan and Brian Plummer from the first film. |
| August 21 2017 | Pedro Pascal was cast in an unspecified role for the film. |
| November 3 2016 | Sony initially pushed the film's release date from September 29, 2017 to September 14, 2018. |
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