Prime Video has set a premiere date for its reimagining of New Regency’s action comedy movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".
All eight episodes will debut on February 2, 2024, exclusively on the streaming service in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
The release was pushed to 2024 from its initially scheduled November window due to the dual Hollywood strikes.
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The project hails from co-creators and executive producers Donald Glover (Atlanta) and Francesca Sloane (Fargo), starring Glover as John Smith and Maya Erskine (PEN15) as Jane Smith.
The official description reads: “Meet the Smiths: Two strangers, John and Jane, who have given up their identities to be thrown together as partners — in espionage and in marriage. Matched by a mysterious agency, each episode follows them on a new mission and new milestone in their relationship. When the cracks begin to show through, they must fight to stay together. Because in this marriage, divorce is not an option.”
"Mr. & Mrs. Smith" is based on Doug Liman’s 2005 movie that starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a bored married couple who discover each is an assassin working for a competing agency who has been assigned to kill the other.
Amazon previously released a first look at the series in its Prime Day sneak peek of upcoming shows.
"Mr. & Mrs. Smith" has been in the works for years, and originally had Phoebe Waller-Bridge as co-creator and co-star along with Glover.
Waller-Bridge exited the series in 2021 and later opened up about her decision: “I worked on that show for six months fully in heart and mind and really cared about it — still care about it. And I know it’s gonna be brilliant. But sometimes it’s about knowing when to leave the party. You don’t want to get in the way of a vision. Creative collaboration is like a marriage, and some marriages don’t work out.”
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