The long-awaited TV remake of Mr. & Mrs. Smith is finally making its way to Amazon Prime Video, more than two years after it was officially announced. Co-created and executive produced by Donald Glover, the upcoming series is a reimagining of the 2005 film that starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as married spies. After a lengthy development and production process, which included the recasting of Glover’s co-star, Amazon Studios is now preparing to deliver the series to the world.
On Thursday, Prime Video released a teaser to showcase the shows and movies set to hit the streaming service in the second half of the year. That teaser included a few scenes from Mr. & Mrs. Smith, along with the news that the series will debut in November. A specific release date hasn’t yet been announced. You can check out the full teaser video below!
In addition to creating the series alongside Francesca Sloane, Donald Glover will be playing one of the titular spies in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. When the series was first announced, Fleabag creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge was set to star opposite Glover as the other half of the couple. Several months later, however, Waller-Bridge exited the project.
The other lead role ultimately went to Maya Erskine, the Emmy-nominated co-creator and star of Hulu’s PEN15. Erskine is also starred in the acclaimed romantic comedy Plus One and recently appeared in multiple episode of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The cast of Mr. & Mrs. Smith also includes I May Destroy You‘s Michaela Coel, and The Batman stars John Turturro and Paul Dano.
It wasn’t surprising to see Waller-Bridge attached to the Mr. & Mrs. Smith series when it was first announced, especially since she has an overall deal at Amazon and she worked with Glover on Solo: A Star Wars Story. However, creative differences led her depart the series in 2021.
Ahead of her starring turn in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny this summer, Waller-Bridge was asked about her departure from Mr. & Mrs. Smith. She compared it to a marriage that simply didn’t work out.
“I worked on that show for six months fully in heart and mind and really cared about it — still care about it,” she told Vanity Fair last month. “And I know it’s gonna be brilliant. But sometimes it’s about knowing when to leave the part. You don’t want to get in the way of a vision.”
“Some marriages just don’t work out,” she added.
Are you looking forward to checking out Mr. & Mrs. Smith on Prime Video later this year? Let us know in the comments!
