Mr & Mrs Smith Season 2 Gets Major Production Update Over One Year After Season 1 Finale

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Just as season 2 will have new lead actors, it will also relocate to a completely different setting. The first season released in February 2024 to critical acclaim, particularly for Mr. & Mrs. Smith's main cast, headed up by Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, who were both nominated for Emmys for their performances.

Though the ending of Mr. & Mrs. Smith season 1 left the door open for Glover and Erskine to potentially return, they are so far not expected to reprise their roles, though Glover will remain on as showrunner and executive producer. Mark Eydelshteyn and Sophie Thatcher will reportedly lead season 2.

Deadline also recently reported that, unlike Mr. & Mrs. Smith season 1, which was set and primarily filmed in New York, the second installment has a brand new setting. While specific production details are still under wraps, .

This relocation . Other upcoming TV productions set for filming in California include The Pitt, Paradise, and NCIS: Origins.

For many TV series, the setting is so important that it feels like it's part of the main cast. However, by their very nature, movies and.

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It's becoming rarer and rarer for Hollywood productions to actually be filmed in California, as other locations, including season 1's New York, offer bigger tax breaks and incentives.

The 2020s in particular have not been kind to film and TV productions in California, as . Popular shows like Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Pitt, and others filming there is definitely a step in the right direction.

, stepping into Donald Glover and Maya Erskine's shoes, and the new location could work in their favor. If Mr. & Mrs. Smith were to remain in season 1, and even use some of the show's pre-established settings, it would just remind us that the beloved season 1 cast is gone.

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But by moving the action to California, we all know and love. After all, Glover and Erskine's iterations of their characters couldn't be more different from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's in the original 2005 movie, so Eydelshteyn and Thatcher deserve that same opportunity.

Source: Deadline