The announcement for the Mr. & Mrs. Smith reboot series created by and starring Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge has everyone talking.
The announcement of the Mr and Mrs Smith The reboot series created by and starring Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge has everyone talking. The series will be a reboot of the famous 2005 film of the same name, where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie played rival married spies who were unaware of each other’s professional identity.
The announcement comes on the heels of the news that Atlanta Star Donald Glover has signed a massive multi-year contract with Amazon. The reboot will be released on Amazon’s streaming service and Phoebe and Donald just dropped a quirky Instagram video announcing the project. Here’s everything there is to know about the reboot series.
7 Phoebe and Donald will play the original characters Brad and Angelina
There is currently a lot of fan speculation about whether Phoebe and Donald will actually play the married killers Brad and Angelina played in the 2005 action comedy (Mr and Mrs Smith It was also the film that cemented Brangelina’s iconic romance, as everyone knows.) Since the movie will be rebooted as a series, it will have the same premise and the two actors have been cast to play the same roles as Brangelina, though they may have different names and their backstories may be reaffirmed to make it more relevant. .
6 The leading couple announced the news with a dance / move video.
Dancing was a big part of the 2005 movie? Brad and Angelina had a waltz sequence at a restaurant (where they hilariously tried to hurt each other) but Phoebe and Glover decided to break the news of the reboot with a mini dance video.
Technically, only Glover danced while a pajama-clad Phoebe simply got out of bed to strike Mrs. Smith’s pose near her door.
5 Phoebe and Donald are executive producers of the show
Clearly, the two stars have a lot of faith in the project as they both chose to be executive producers of the series as well. This is not the first time that Donald and Phoebe will work together; previously appeared on screen together in Solo: A Star Wars Story, in which Donald Glover played Lando Calrissian and Waller-Bridge played L3-37. In 2019, BAFTA’s Donald presented Phoebe with the British Artist of the Year award and also gave an adorable speech, appreciating her work.
4 Jennifer Salke, director of Amazon Studios was the one who broke the news
Neither Phoebe nor Donald are on Instagram. As a result, the responsibility for announcing the next series fell to Jennifer Salke, the head of Amazon Studios who praised the “dream team” in an interview. “Talk about the dream team! Donald and Phoebe are two of the most talented creators and performers in the world. It is truly a dream for us, as it will be for our global audience, to have these two forces of nature collaborating as a powerful creative team. Mr. and Mrs. Smith is an iconic property, and we can’t wait to see how Donald, Phoebe and [co-creator] Francesca [Sloane] Make it yours. We are delighted to be working with them and with such great partners at New Regency, ”he said. Phoebe and Donald have previously worked with Amazon with Fleabag and the independent film Guava Island respectively.
3 Atlanta writer / producer Francesca Sloane is one of the creators
Atlanta writer Francesca Sloane is one of the showrunners of the series. Sloane has also produced Fargo Season 4 and has signed a global contract with Amazon Studios to develop a series based on the works of Anaïs Nin.
Noble A spy in the house of love, the half-hour series will be based on the pioneering works of the iconic erotic writer Nin, and will follow a young French immigrant named Sabina who arrives in New York on a journey toward self-discovery.
two The series will launch in 2022
the MR. And Mrs. Smith The series is scheduled to premiere in 2022. Phoebe has been busy finishing the script for the next Bond movie. No time to die and has also rehearsed the role of a demon named Sayan Kotor on the HBO show Its dark materials. Donald is reported to have signed an eight-figure, multi-year deal with Amazon, where he will executive produce several projects. She recently brought in Malia Obama to join the writing room for her upcoming Amazon Hive project, a series rumored to be about a Beyoncé-like personality.
1 This is not the first attempt by a Mr. and Mrs. Smith
In 2007, a pilot was made for a series spinoff from the 2005 film for ABC, which was set six months after the end of Mr and Mrs Smith, and was written by Simon Kinberg and directed by Doug Liman. The roles of John and Jane Smith were played by Virgin river star Martin Henderson and Jordana Brewster, but that pilot never took off. In 2010, Angelina Jolie revealed who was interested in developing something in this regard, but Mr. and Mrs. Smith 2 it never really happened. “We asked someone to research Mr. and Mrs. to see if they could come up with a sequel, but there was nothing original. It was just, ‘Well, are they getting married, or have kids, or split up.’ Never great. “, He said.
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