Starts on February 2, 2024 Mr. & Mrs. Smith a new TV series on Amazon Prime Video that takes as its model one of the greatest action comedies of the 2000s: the film of the same name by director Doug Liman starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
Love in a hail of bullets
Strictly speaking, there was already a series about Mr. & Mrs. Smith, but it never got beyond a pilot episode in 2007. Now Amazon is trying it and is behind it Donald Glover (Atlanta) and Maya Erskin (PEN15) in the main roles. On board is a veritable star cast of actors such as Paul Dano, John Turturro, Eiza González, Ron Perlman and Alexanders Skarsgard.
The series itself, like the previous film, revolves around a hitman couple whose long-term professional and private life can be difficult to reconcile. It gives you a concrete impression of the story the first trailer for season 1 of Mr. & Mrs. Smith:
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith: The bullets fly in the first trailer for Donald Glover’s Amazon series
What else you should know about Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane are responsible for Mr. & Mrs. Smithwho previously worked together on the excellent TV series Atlanta worked. Originally it was supposed to be Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) stand in front of the camera alongside Glover, which would have led to a reunion between the two actors from Solo: A Star Wars Story.
However, creative differences meant that Waller-Bridge left the Amazon project and was replaced by Maya Erskin – who, by the way, is also part of the Star Wars universe: She appeared as rebel pilot Sully Stark in Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith was originally scheduled to launch on Prime Video in 2022, but now it’s only on the 2nd. February 2024 so far.
The original film with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie was considered successful, with worldwide box office receipts of over 487 million US dollars against a budget of 110 million (via Box Office Mojo), however, a cinema sequel never materialized.
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Have you already seen the original Mr. & Mrs. Smith film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and if so, how much did you like it? Are you excited about the Amazon series by Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane or could you do without it in good conscience? Let us know in the comments!