Donald Glover, Phoebe Waller-Bridge get onboard for ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’ sequence

By ANI
WASHINGTON: Hollywood stars Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge will likely be placing a brand new spin on ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ for New Regency and Amazon Prime Video.

According to Variety, the sequence, which is predicated on the 2005 hit New Regency movie, is due in 2022.

Glover and Waller-Bridge will star in and government produce the sequence.

Former NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Stalke made the announcement by way of social media, posting a video to Instagram Stories with particulars of the venture. Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke additionally posted the information of the brand new present to her Twitter account on Friday.

“Talk about the dream team! Donald and Phoebe are two of the most talented creators and performers in the world. It’s truly a dream for us, as it will be for our global audience, to have these two forces of nature collaborating as a powerhouse creative team,” Salke mentioned in a statement- reported Variety.

“‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ is an iconic property, and we can’t wait to see how Donald, Phoebe and Francesca make it their own. We’re thrilled to be working with them, and with such great partners at New Regency,” she added.

The new tackle ‘Mr and Mrs. Smith’ is neither Glover nor Waller-Bridge’s first venture with the studio. Waller-Bridge created and starred within the hit sequence ‘Fleabag,’ which collected six Emmys, together with Outstanding Comedy Series in 2019, whereas Glover’s musical movie ‘Guava Island’ can also be an Amazon Original.

The sequence was co-created with Francesca Sloane, who will function showrunner, and has her personal total deal at Amazon Studios. New Regency’s Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer and Wells Street Films’ Jenny Robins will government produce.

The hit authentic ‘Mr and Mrs Smith’ from Doug Liman starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and grossed virtually USD 500 million worldwide. Alfred Hitchcock additionally directed a screwball marriage comedy titled ‘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 noteworthy pure chemistry and comedic reduction to the high-flying house journey. And since, the Emmy Award-winning creators of ‘Atlanta’ and ‘Fleabag,’ have been publicly supportive of every others’ careers. In 2019, Glover shared his admiration whereas presenting Waller-Bridge with the British Artist of the Year honour on the British Academy Britannia Awards.