Phoebe Waller-Bridge Exits Mr & Mrs Smith Series

Amazon are on the look out for a new Mrs Smith

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has left Amazon’s series adaptation of movie Mr & Mrs Smith starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The news comes exclusively from The Hollywood Reporter who claim Waller-Bridge left due to having a different creative vision from Donald Glover. Glover however, who came up with the idea for the show, will stay attached. He remains as co-creator, executive producer and star of the show.

Sources say Waller-Bridge and Glover did not part on bad terms. Reports explain the pair “remain friends following what was described as an amicable split”. The female lead is now due to be recast for Glover’s on-screen wife.

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The show will act as part of Donald Glover’s deal with Amazon to produce shows exclusively for the streaming service. It is still expected to begin filming in early 2022 despite Waller-Bridge’s exit, and is still on track to release in the same year.

Both Waller-Bridge and Glover have separately been finding a lot of success behind and in front of the camera. The former is currently filming alongside Harrison Ford on the new Indiana Jones instalment, also coming off the hype of No Time To Die, having contributed to the script. Want to know our thoughts on No Time To Die? Take a look at our review.

Glover has also just finished up filming on the third series of Atlanta, which is expected to hit screens in the first half of 2022, which a fourth series expected to release not long after due to both being filmed back to back.

Mr & Mrs Smith is expected to stream on Amazon Prime in 2022.