Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge have signed up to play the titular roles in an Amazon Studios TV adaptation of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a 2005 film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as married hit men in the suburbs. Variety reports that Glover and Waller-Bridge will also serve as executive producers on the series.
Guava IslandGlover’s music-focused movie starring Rihanna, was an Amazon Original. Waller-Bridge created and starred in the Prime Video series Flea bagThe two also shared scenes in Disney’s 2018 movie Solo: A Star Wars StoryGlover played Lando Calrissian and Waller-Bridge a droid called L3-37.
Last year, Glover reunited with the cast of his former NBC show Community Read in a virtual table for the benefit of COVID-19 relief efforts. His latest album, 3.15.20, was released in March.
Read Pitchfork’s review “Guava Island is a pretty good childish Gambino music video and pretty bad movie” on the pitch.