Henry Cavill, Kevin Hart to Star in New Netflix Spy Action Comedy!!

Henry Cavill is no stranger to the spy genre at this point. He’s been part of the espionage world in films like Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Argylle, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. He most recently teamed up with Jake Gyllenhaal in Guy Ritchie‘s In the Grey, which turned out to be one of this year’s most underrated action thrillers. Now, Cavill is headed back into the spy genre, and this time around, he’s got another really fun pairing lined up.

This time, he’ll be sharing the screen with Kevin Hart. Hart has made a career out of action comedies, and although lately it feels like he’s been making them with Dwayne Johnson every other year, his 2024 film Lift starred him at the center of a serious heist thriller without The Rock. Money Heist‘s Úrsula Corberó was also a part of Hart’s crew in that film. And this time, it’ll be just as fun to see Hart bounce off someone new for a change.

The Netflix Original spy action comedy starring Cavill and Hart is titled Spy Duo, and it was first announced earlier this year in May. Now we have a better idea of when cameras will start rolling. According to What’s On Netflix, filming is set to begin this August and will continue through November 2026.

‘Spy Duo’ Has the Right People Behind It

The film will follow Cavill and Hart as rival spies who cross paths in, of all places, a Lamaze class, where their wives strike up a friendship. From there, their secret double lives start colliding in increasingly hilarious and dangerous ways, and the two men find themselves forced into an unlikely alliance on the road to fatherhood. McG, the director behind The Babysitter and Charlie’s Angels, is set to direct.

The producing lineup is stacked too. Hart will produce through his Hartbeat banner. Ryan Reynolds is also on board through his Maximum Effort company. Shawn Levy, the director behind action-comedy hits like Free Guy and Deadpool & Wolverine, is also producing through his 21 Laps Entertainment banner. Netflix hasn’t announced a release date yet, but with filming expected to wrap by the end of 2026, a 2027 release seems most likely. And because Spy Duo is a Netflix Original, it’s already confirmed that the movie will debut directly on Netflix rather than getting a traditional theatrical release.