Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge will reimagine “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” for New Regency and Amazon Prime Video. Based on the hit New Regency movie from 2005, the series will be released in 2022.
Glover and Waller-Bridge will star in the series and executive produce,
made the announcement via social media, posting a video to Instagram Stories detailing the project. Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke also posted the news of the new show to her Twitter account on Friday.
@donaldgloverx Phoebe Waller-Bridge x # Mr& MrsSmith 💥💥@PrimeVideo2022 💥💥 https://t.co/9rQYDmQzlr
– Jennifer Salke (@JSalke) February 12, 2021
“Talk about the dream team! Donald and Phoebe are two of the most talented creators and artists in the world. It is truly a dream for us, as it is for our global audience, to have these two forces of nature work together as a powerful creative team, ”Salke said in a statement. “‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ is an iconic property, and we can’t wait to see Donald, Phoebe and Francesca make it their own. We are delighted to be working with them, and such great partners at New Regency. . “
The new take on “Mr and Mrs. Smith ”is neither Glover nor Waller-Bridge’s first project with the studio. Waller-Bridge created and starred in the hit series “Fleabag,” which garnered six Emmys, including Outstanding Comedy Series in 2019, while Glover’s music film “Guava Island” is also an Amazon Original.
The series was created in collaboration with Francesca Sloane, who will serve as showrunner, and has her own deal with Amazon Studios. Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer of New Regency and Jenny Robins of Wells Street Films will executive produce.
New Regency’s Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer said, “Having had the pleasure of having successful collaborations with the incredibly talented Donald Glover, most recently on ‘Guava Island’, we all started talking about other projects we could do together and then he suggested the idea of a new look and iteration of the movie New Regency, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, we seized the opportunity to get started right away. Adding Phoebe and her company Wells Street Films as an employee and co-star takes everything to the next level and makes the project worthy of reimagining for new audiences as well as former fans of the original film. We are so excited to partner with Donald, Phoebe, Francesca and the entire Amazon Studios team. “
Doug Liman’s 2005 film, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, was a huge hit, grossing nearly $ 500 million worldwide. Alfred Hitchcock also directed a horrific wedding comedy entitled ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith ”in 1941, starring Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard.
Glover and Waller-Bridge starred as Lando Calrissian and droid L3-37 in 2018’s ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’, displaying remarkable natural chemistry and comic relief for the high-flying space adventure. And ever since, the Emmy Award-winning creators of “Atlanta” and “Fleabag” have publicly supported each other’s careers. In 2019 Glover shared his admiration at the Waller-Bridge award ceremony for the British Artist of the Year at the British Academy Britannia Awards.
More to come.