Do you know that unexpected explosion of joy that happens when you find a $ 20 bill in an old coat pocket? Here is the entertainment news equivalent to this: Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller Bridge, who has already co-starred in Solo: a Star Wars story, are creating and starring in a new iteration of the romantic spy thriller Mr. AND MRS. SMITH for Amazon Prime Video.
Donald Glover announced the news through a fun series of stories on Instagram, which you can still watch if you act quickly.
The award-winning writers / producers / actors are addressing what is described as “a new vision and iteration” in the 2005 film New Regency, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a couple who have a monotonous family life, only for their relationship will be significantly peppered when they realize that each one lives a double life like murderers who work for competing companies, and are designed to kill each other.
Glover and Waller-Bridge will star in the series and serve as executive producers. Co-creator and executive producer Francesca Sloane (Atlanta, Fargo) will serve as a showrunner, and Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer, and Jenny Robins everyone will be executive producers as well. It is unclear whether Glover and Waller-Bridge, who are also incredible writers, will also write some of the episodes or whether they will only be responsible for overseeing the creative direction of the series. It may make me a basic bitch, but I’m totally happy with it. A pair of sexy geniuses doing a sexy action-based relationship thriller? It sounds like catnip streaming to me and like the gift we need in a post-pandemic world.
Glover, a multi-talented actor, rapper, producer, writer and director, makes music under the pseudonym Childish Gambino and went out of fame on YouTube to become one of the defining voices of his generation. He is also the star and creator of the acclaimed FX series Atlanta. Waller-Bridge is best known for her work on Amazon’s unique and amazing series Flea bag, and but she also worked on Killing Eve and HBO’s Run, and was one of the writers of the next James Bond film No time to die. The two multi-hyphenates worked together on the 2018 Ron Howard film Solo: a Star Wars story, playing Lando Calrissian and droid L3-37, respectively, and Glover had already shouted Waller-Bridge’s talents before in public, so of course they have a great relationship.
Mr. AND MRS. SMITH will debut exclusively on Amazon Prime Video sometime in 2022.
Interesting posts from around the web: