{"id":17427,"date":"2021-02-13T17:32:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T22:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=17427"},"modified":"2021-02-13T17:32:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T22:32:28","slug":"donald-glover-and-phoebe-waller-bridge-to-create-and-star-in-new-amazon-original-series-mr-and-mrs-smith-with-co-creator-francesca-sloane-based-on-the-2005-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/13\/donald-glover-and-phoebe-waller-bridge-to-create-and-star-in-new-amazon-original-series-mr-and-mrs-smith-with-co-creator-francesca-sloane-based-on-the-2005-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge to Create and Star in New Amazon Original Series &#8220;Mr. and Mrs. Smith,&#8221; With Co-Creator Francesca Sloane, Based on the 2005 Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11850\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amazon-studios-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amazon-studios-logo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amazon-studios-logo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amazon-studios-logo-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amazon-studios-logo-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amazon Studios announced today that the award-winning writers, producers, and actors Donald Glover (<em>Atlanta<\/em>) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (<em>Fleabag<\/em>) will create and star in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a new series based on the 2005 New Regency film. Glover and Waller-Bridge will also serve as executive producers, with co-creator and executive producer Francesca Sloane (<em>Atlanta, Fargo<\/em>), who will serve as showrunner, and executive producers Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer (New Regency), and Jenny Robins (Wells Street Films).<\/p>\n<p>From Amazon Studios and New Regency, <strong><em>Mr. and Mrs. Smith<\/em><\/strong> will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3436962585\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Talk about the dream team! Donald and Phoebe are two of the most talented creators and performers in the world. It&#8217;s truly a dream for us, as it will be for our global audience, to have these two forces of nature collaborating as a powerhouse creative team,&#8221; said Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios. &#8220;<em>Mr. and Mrs. Smith<\/em> is an iconic property, and we can&#8217;t wait to see how Donald, Phoebe and Francesca make it their own. We&#8217;re thrilled to be working with them, and with such great partners at New Regency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Said Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer of New Regency: &#8220;Having had the pleasure of successful collaborations with the incredibly talented Donald Glover, most recently on Guava Island, we all started talking about other projects to do together and when he suggested the idea of a new take and iteration on the New Regency film, <em>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith<\/em>, we jumped at the chance to get going right away. Adding Phoebe and her company Wells Street Films as a collaborator and co-star takes everything up another level and makes the project worthy of a reimagining for both new audiences and past fans of the original film. We are so excited to be working with Donald, Phoebe, Francesca, and the entire team at Amazon Studios.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2005 feature film <em>Mr. and Mrs. Smith<\/em>, from New Regency and starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, grossed $487 million worldwide during its release.<\/p>\n<p>Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a multi-award-winning writer and actor, known for the BBC 3\/Amazon series Fleabag, in which she starred, created, and produced. Waller-Bridge won three Primetime Emmy Awards for the second season, including\u00a0 Best Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead\u00a0 Actress in a Comedy Series, and\u00a0 Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.\u00a0 She also won two Golden Globe Awards (Best Actress &#8211; Television Series Musical or Comedy and\u00a0 Best Television Series &#8211; Musical or Comedy),\u00a0 two Critics&#8217; Choice Awards (Best Actress in a Comedy Series and\u00a0 Best Comedy Series), and the\u00a0 Screen Actors Guild Award (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series), in addition to a BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Program.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1027632856\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>As a writer and producer, Waller-Bridge is known for her work on Season 1 of the critically acclaimed BBC America series <em>Killing Eve<\/em>. She contributed to the script of the latest James Bond film, No Time to Die, which will release later this year. On television, she has been seen in \u00a0Crashing, which she also wrote, Broadchurch, and Run, which she executive produced with Vicky Jones. On film, Waller-Bridge has appeared in\u00a0 <em>Solo: A Star Wars Story, Goodbye Christopher Robin<\/em>, and <em>The Iron Lady<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, her debut play\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Fleabag<\/em>&#8221; \u00a0earned a 2014 Olivier Award nomination and a Special Commendation from the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2013. In addition to the hit television series, the play spurred celebrated Off-Broadway and West End runs of the production (Lucille Lortel Award, Drama League, Drama Desk and Olivier Award nominations), and the publication of Fleabag: The Scriptures. Waller-Bridge has established her own production company, Wells Street Films, and serves as the Co-Artistic Director of\u00a0 DryWrite Theatre Company.<\/p>\n<p>Francesca Sloane is currently under an overall at Amazon Studios, where she is also developing a series based on Anais Nin&#8217;s erotic fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Studios announced today that the award-winning writers, producers, and actors Donald Glover (Atlanta) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) will create and star in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a new series based on the 2005 New Regency film. 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