Mr. & Mrs. Smith Web Series Details:
Inspired by | Mr. & Mrs. Smith by Simon Kinberg |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Action Dramedy Spy |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 8 |
Release date | February 2, 2024 |
Running time | 42–63 minutes |
Age rating | TV-MA |
Starring | Donald Glover Maya Erskine |
Created by | Francesca Sloane Donald Glover |
Directed by | Karena Evans Hiro Murai Amy Seimetz Donald Glover Christian Sprenger |
Written by | Adamma Ebo Donald Glover Francesca Sloane Yvonne Hana Yi Carla Ching Stephen Glover Schuyler Pappas |
Produced by | Christian Sprenger Fam Udeorji Kaitlin Waldron |
Executive producers | Donald Glover Francesca Sloane Stephen Glover Hiro Murai Nate Matteson Anthony Katagas Arnon Milchan Yariv Milchan Michael Schaefer |
Cinematography by | Christian Sprenger Stephen Murphy Cody Jacobs |
Edited by | Kyle Reiter Isaac Hagy Greg O’Bryant Kate Brokaw |
Music by | David Fleming |
Production Company | Gilga Super Frog Big Indie Pictures New Regency Amazon MGM Studios |
Distributor | Amazon Prime Video |
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Web Series Cast & Character:
- Donald Glover as John Smith / Michael
- Maya Erskine as Jane Smith / Alana
- Alexander Skarsgård as First Other John
- Eiza González as First Other Jane
- Paul Dano as Harris Materbach
- John Turturro as Eric Shane
- Sharon Horgan as Gavol Martin
- Billy Campbell as Parker Martin
- Sarah Paulson as Therapist
- Parker Posey as Second Other Jane
- Úrsula Corberó as Runi
- Wagner Moura as Second Other John
- Ron Perlman as Toby Hellinger
- Michaela Coel as Bev
- Dave Attell as Kosher Food Mart Clerk
- Beverly Glover as Denise, John Smith’s mother (She is Donald’s mother in real life)
Storyline:
Two strangers independently agree to become secret agents for a mysterious organization under cover as a married couple using the names “John” and “Jane” Smith. The couple must work through missions as their espionage skills, and developing relationship, are put to the test. All instructions are received from an anonymous source via text.
About Mr. & Mrs. Smith Web Series:
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is an American spy web series created by Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover. Glover also stars in a lead role alongside Maya Erskine. Inspired by the 2005 film of the same name. The Smiths take on a separate mission in each of eight episodes and the show features different locales while also focusing on the marital relationship the two characters assume.
On February 12, 2021, it was announced that a TV series reboot based on the original film, created by and starring Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, with Francesca Sloane as co-creator and showrunner, would premiere on Prime Video in 2022.
The original film was directed by Doug Liman and starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Waller-Bridge exited the project in September 2021 due to creative differences with Glover. On April 7, 2022, it was reported that Maya Erskine would take over Waller-Bridge’s role.
On June 29, 2022, it was reported that Michaela Coel, John Turturro, and Paul Dano would appear in guest star roles. On September 22, 2022, it was reported that Parker Posey and Wagner Moura had joined the cast in recurring roles.
In addition to Glover and Sloane, the series was executive produced by Yariv Milchan, Arnon Milchan, Michael Schaefer, Stephen Glover, Anthony Katagas, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson, and Jenny Robins.
Filming began in the summer of 2022.
On September 23, 2022, it was reported that the release date for the series had been pushed back from 2022 to 2023.
Amidst the 2023 Hollywood strikes, Amazon delayed the release from 2023 to “early 2024”. All eight episodes of the series were released on February 2, 2024, on Amazon Prime Video.