‘Mr. &
Mrs. Smith’ is making a comeback with a new take as an original TV series for
Amazon Prime Video, Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge disclosed on their
social media handles. The news was later verified by Amazon. The TV series is
bound to premiere in 2022 on the Amazon streaming service. Glover, Waller-Bridge
and Francesca Sloane will be co-creating the TV series in partnership with New
Regency, the studio that worked on the original film. Glover and Waller-Bridge
will assume the roles of executive producers as well.

Waller-Bridge
shared a teaser on her Instagram feed where she and Glover have assumed the
roles of Mr. And Mrs. Smith, recreating a scene from the movie.

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Amazon
Prime Video shared the news on Twitter on Friday afternoon.

“@donaldglover + Phoebe Waller-Bridge = Mr. &
Mrs. Smith. But what does that really mean??” the tweet said.

The 2005 film ‘Mr. And Mrs. Smith’ starred Brad Pitt and
Angelina Jolie as a married couple who find out they are spies for rival
agencies. Helmed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg, the movie grossed
$500 million at the box office.

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 “Talk about the dream team! Donald and Phoebe
are two of the most talented creators and performers in the world. It’s truly a
dream for us, as it will be for our global audience, to have these two forces
of nature collaborating as a powerhouse creative team,” said Jennifer Salke,
Head of Amazon Studios in a statement.

 
“Having had the pleasure of successful collaborations with the incredibly
talented Donald Glover, most recently on Guava
Island, we all started talking about other projects to do together
and when he suggested the idea of a new take and iteration on the New Regency
film, Mr. & Mrs. Smith,
we jumped at the chance to get going right away,” said Yariv Milchan and
Michael Schaefer of New Regency in a statement. 

“Adding
Phoebe and her company Wells Street Films as a collaborator and co-star takes
everything up another level and makes the project worthy of a reimagining for
both new audiences and past fans of the original film.  We are so excited
to be working with Donald, Phoebe, Francesca and the entire team at Amazon
Studios,” they said.