Greet the new assassin couple.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Donald Glover will star in a remake of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith, ”starring the 2005 film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
The project with New Regency and Amazon Studios in collaboration with author Francesca Sloane will hit Amazon Prime Video in 2022, according to Glover.
The project was announced on Instagram – literally in a pandemic way. Waller-Bridge, 35, wore pajamas to film herself in a doorway – the same leg lift that Jolie, 45, did for the film’s poster and promotional material. Glover, 37, filmed a bit of himself flossing – the dance, not the dental routine – to celebrate.
The videos, which originated in Glover’s Instagram Stories, were also posted by Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios.
‘Mr + Mrs. Smith. Donald Glover x Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Created with Francesca Sloane. New Regency + Amazon Studios, ”wrote Glover. “Amazon Prime Video 2022.”
This is the second time that Glover, whose musical stage name is Childish Gambino, and Waller-Bridge will star in a film together. The duo were previously co-stars in 2018’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story”, with Glover as a young Lando Calrissian and Waller-Bridge as the voice of L3-37.
“Mr. and Mrs. Smith” starring Jolie and Pitt, who saw the couple, who met on set and fell in love, as secret assassins of rival agencies who were unknowingly out to get each other ‘ a box office hit that grossed nearly $ 500 million worldwide, and Pitt and Jolie filed for divorce in 2016.