Yahoo News Donald Glover's Mr and Mrs Smith TV show unveils first look trailer
An extended trailer has landed for the Donald Glover-led TV remake of Mr and Mrs Smith.
Atlanta's Glover stars alongside Obi-Wan Kenobi's Maya Erskine in the small screen reboot of the somewhat infamous Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie movie.
In the 2005 film, the titular characters are a married couple who are both deadly assassins, except the don't know each other's secret. The truth only comes out when each becomes the other's target.
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This new take on the original story sees Glover and Erskine as two lonely strangers who land a job at a spy agency that promises to give them an exciting life of spying, riches and world travel.
Of course, there's a catch. The two are not only given new identities but are put into an arranged marriage as Mr. & Mrs. John and Jane Smith.
The trailer sees the faux spouses face high risk missions while reluctantly catching feelings for each other.
In between a hit kill and a couples therapy session (led by a counsellor played by Sarah Paulson), John and Jane will find that achieving a healthy work-life balance is especially hard in their unique line of work.
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"It's just a job. It is not life and death," Paulson's therapist insists after the couple pretend to work as software engineers, causing them to nervously cackle.
The series will also star Severance's John Turturro, I May Destroy You's Michaela Coel, Beau is Afraid's Parker Posey and The Batman's Paul Dano.
Originally, Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge was meant to be in Erskine's role but she exited the project in September 2021, reportedly due to creative differences.
Speaking to Interview Magazine last year Glover addressed Waller-Bridge's exit and said there were no hard feelings, adding: "I still like her, I assume she still likes me."
Mr and Mrs Smith will premiere on February 2, 2024 on Prime Video.
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