‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Teaser Reveals Donald Glover and Maya Erskine’s Spy Couple!! Check It Out!!

It’s all about Donald Glover (Community) and Maya Erskine (PEN15) in the first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated action comedy series Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Today, Prime Video released a trailer that sets the tone for the upcoming show and confirms its release date for pretty early in 2024: February 2.

If you’re a fan of the original 2005 film with Brad Pitt (Bullet Train) and Angelina Jolie (Maleficent) of the same name, you’ll be glad to know that the key elements are all still there. The posh spy environment, the missions that take the couple across the world, their constant banter and bickering, and their weekly therapy sessions — during which they discuss marriage problems but can’t reveal they are secret agents. If this first teaser trailer intended to make a callback to the original movie, Prime Video certainly did it.

The trailer also offers a blink-and-you’ll-miss glimpse at some of the series’ guest stars, including Paul Dano (Dumb Money), John Turturro (Mr. Monk’s Last Case), Parkey Posey (Beau is Afraid) and Sarah Paulson (Ratched). Last but not least, the teaser also suggests that the duo’s biggest struggle will be to conciliate their secret identities and their fake marriage and decide how much they can reveal to each other. While he seems a lot more comfortable sharing, she seems pretty reluctant to open up.

What is The ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Series About?

For now, all we know from the Mr. and Mrs. Smith series is that it will follow the same premise of the movie (and other TV adaptations that failed), which is the main couple posing as happily married so that their neighbors and no one else suspects they’re on a mission. We’re yet to know if this first season will feature several missions or one overarching story that will be spread across all episodes. However, Prime Video tends to deliver shows that don’t often feature standalone episodes, so it’ll probably be the second option. In any case, we’ll find out in a couple of months.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith was originally going to feature Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) playing opposite Donald Glover, but she left the project in 2021 over creative differences. The cast will also feature Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You), Wagner Moura (Shining Girls), Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood), Eiza González (Baby Driver), Ron Perlman (Hand of God) and Úrsula Corberó (Money Heist). The series was created and written by Glover along with Francesca Sloane (Fargo).

Prime Video premieres Mr. and Mrs. Smith on February 2, and the original movie is available to rent or buy on the streamer. You can watch the trailer below: