Prime Video’s new TV adaptation of hit action-comedy Mr and Mrs Smith has a brand new Mrs Smith.
When it was first introduced in February 2021 that the 2005 film, which starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, was being taken to TV by Prime Video (opens in new tab), the information was accompanied by affirmation that Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge can be taking the title roles.
Glover has remained on board, however Waller-Bridge departed the mission in September 2021, citing artistic variations.
The query of her substitute has been the topic of intense hypothesis, however a reputation has now been confirmed by Glover himself.
Talking to Interview Journal, (opens in new tab) the Atlanta star revealed that Maya Erskine, who’s finest recognized for her function as Maya Ishii-Peters in hit Hulu (opens in new tab) comedy Pen15, will play reverse him.
Glover mentioned of the casting: “She’s dope. It’s thrilling. I actually love the present. I’m writing the finale now.”
On Waller-Bridge’s departure, Glover merely put the reasoning right down to “traditional artistic variations.”
Mr and Mrs Smith starred Pitt and Jolie as a married couple going via difficulties. So far as each characters are conscious, John Smith is a development govt and Jane is a tech assist marketing consultant. Nevertheless, the pair rapidly uncover that they’re each assassins, belonging to competing businesses, who’ve been assigned to kill one another.
The movie was a field workplace hit, taking in virtually $500 million. Whereas no sequel was ever green-lit, author Simon Kinberg wrote a spin-off for TV again in 2007, although it by no means bought past the pilot stage.
For the reboot, Glover, who has an general take care of Amazon, is the mission’s co-creator, author and govt producer.
There is no such thing as a launch date for the sequence as but.
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