Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV Series Confirms Whether Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Appear
According to co-creator and showrunner Francesca Sloane, the brand-new Amazon Studios series "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" is set in the same world as the 2005 film that starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Written alongside Donald Glover, the new "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" show changes everything we know about the film, with the titular couple beginning as strangers who sign up on dangerous espionage missions while posing as a married couple. Donald Glover stars as John Smith opposite Maya Erskine as Jane Smith. (You may be familiar with Erskine from her voicing Mizu in the Netflix anime "Blue Eye Samurai.")
But while the show might have an exceptionally talented pair taking the lead, do the originals appear? Sloane broke the news that, unfortunately, Pitt and Jolie don't cameo, but one of them approved Glover to carry the Smith name forward.
In an interview with The Direct, Sloane said, "I'll be real, Donald and Brad hung out. ... He gave us his blessings and love for the show." Taking the idea in a very different direction than the original film — which saw a married couple discover they'd been lying to each other about working for opposing agencies for years — Sloane is aware of the legacy the film has, even though it might not have stood the test of time like other action movies. She continued, "I think that, you know, that was a big swing and a miss. But what's important plays still."
Both Mr. & Mrs. Smiths live in the same world
Naturally, between all the break-ups and make-ups that come with combining married life with secret spy missions, audiences will be watching for winks or nods to the 2005 film in the new "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." According to Francesca Sloane, the new show is riddled with confirming where these Smiths sit in the timeline. "Even though our show is obviously its own thing and has its own tone, there are some Easter eggs to allude to the fact that it is still within that same world," Sloane said, keeping cryptic just like any good spy would. "So yeah, that is absolutely still a part of it. You know, there's like a timeline thing when one of the characters comes into play in Episode Four. That kind of is when the film came out."
It sounds like audiences won't even need to wait very long for the show to take the baton from 2005's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." Sloane explained, "The very beginning of the pilot ... is sort of like a nod to the film, and there are little easter eggs throughout that are also nods to the film. It's there. It's just our version of that world." You can see how the new happy couple handles themselves when "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" arrives on Prime Video on February 2.