ONE of Angelina Jolie’s most iconic films has been tagged to be put into a television show after 18 years.
Amazon Studios recently brought the Mr & Mrs Smith reboot production to a screeching halt.
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Originally, the streamer had planned to premiere the TV version of the film on Amazon’s Prime Video platform in November 2023, Deadline reported on Thursday.
That release date has now been extended to 2024 because the Hollywood strikes that arose this summer are still ongoing.
Atlanta creator Donald Glover, 39, and co-creator Francesca Sloane are the creative minds behind the Mr & Mrs Smith series.
Donald will star in the show as John Smith, Brad Pitt’s, 59, character in the original 2005 movie.
Maya Erskine, 36, will star opposite Donald as Jane Smith, Angelina’s, 48, character in the first Mr & Mrs Smith.
The streaming platform’s delayed program is the latest show to be stalled due to the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strike happening simultaneously.
As of today, the WGA is on Day 136 of the strike, and SAG-Aftra is on Day 63.
Some fans are disappointed with the show being put at a standstill.
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“Huge mistake pushing this series back,” one fan wrote online.
IN LIMBO
Mr & Mrs Smith aren’t the only other shows on Prime Video that were greenlit and are now paused.
The Summer I Turned Pretty will be back for its third season on the streaming service later than sooner.
Not too long after the season two premiere of the drama on Amazon Prime in mid-July, it was announced that the show would be granted a season three, Deadline reported.
The Summer I Turned Pretty has been a huge success on the streamer, gaining twice as many viewers this season compared to last season.
Vernon Sanders, Head of Television at Amazon and MGM Studios, confessed to Deadline that he was “delighted to see the passion with which fans have embraced The Summer I Turned Pretty.”
Amazon Prime executives approved the third season of the series prior to the current ongoing strikes that the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA initiated in early summer.
Until WGA and SAG-AFTRA negotiations are fully handled, production for season three of The Summer I Turned Pretty won’t begin, the outlet explained.
Fans on X, formerly known as Twitter, appear to welcome another season of the show, but not the halt.
“Yeah but we won’t get it for 2 years with this strike,” one person tweeted.
Another added: “Finallly a show that has not been canceled.”
The strikes happening with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA have been greatly impacting the entertainment industry.
On July 13, 2023, the union that makes up SAG-AFTRA announced it would be initializing a strike at midnight.
BREAKING DOWN THE MACHINE
The WGA strike is an ongoing dispute between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
The strike officially began on May 2, 2023, after the WGA and AMPTP could not reach an agreement on a new three-year film TV contract to replace one that expired on May 1.
The possibility of a strike was already hinted back in March, with the WGA announcing on April 17 that 97.85% of its members voted in favor.
More than 11,000 writers are participating in this protest from several studios, including Netflix, Paramount, and HBO.
Writer Courtney Perdue told Variety: “No one wants this, but it’s necessary.
“This business starts on the page. No pages, no profits.”
Despite the strike being hinted back in March, the fear began back in February during a series of meetings discussing the contract with AMPTP.
Issues that have seemingly been discussed the most is pay, with the Los Angeles Times reporting that writers are pushing for higher minimum pay rates across a range of services.
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