“Mr. & Mrs. Smith” is a spy comedy inspired by the 2005 film starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the series.
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith is an American spy comedy television series
- The series is created by Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover
- It is inspired by the 2005 film
- The series premiered on February 2, 2024, on Amazon Prime Video
- It stars Glover and Maya Erskine
- Two spies are paired up together to impersonate a married couple as John and Jane Smith
- On February 12, 2021, it was announced that a TV series reboot based on the original film
- The reboor was to be created by and starring Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- With Francesca Sloane as co-creator and showrunner
- The series was expected to 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 will be 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 Prime Video
- A series of guerrilla marketing stunts were used to promote the series
- On January 19, 2024, a pair of shoes were stolen at an art exhibit after the lights went out
- On January 24, two furries sat next to Tyra Banks at a basketball game
- On January 25, a comedy show featuring Mark Normand was interrupted by two unknown people rushed the stage
- Social media posts about these events had advertisement disclaimers but did not specify the product being advertised
- Gothamist found that marketing firm Verb had put out casting calls for the “HiHi Mission Contest” that would take place at a “culture event in New York City”
- The comedy show was a taping by HiHi, according to the comedy club, that influencers had been invited to
- The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 87% approval rating
- With an average rating of 7.6/10
- Based on 78 critic reviews
- The website’s critics consensus reads, “Building on the basic premise of its source material, Mr. & Mrs. Smith anchors its spy hijinks in a relationship drama fueled by the chemistry between its charming leads”
- On Metacritic, the series holds a weighted average score of 77 out of 100,
- Based on 33 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
- On his personal Substack newsletter, Rolling Stone TV critic Alan Sepinwall noted that the premise of the series did not resemble that of the 2005 film so much as the short-lived and otherwise unrelated 1996 CBS series of the same name, which starred Scott Bakula and Maria Bello
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