Given that this film was out only five years ago there is a modicum of surprise at the news, reported today by Vulture, that Fox’s Regency Enterprises are sending Mr & Mrs Smith back in time for a prequel to the Liman film, with a whole new cast and untangling the context by making Mr & Mrs Jones (yes, that is the planned title) about a couple of spies who set up as a fake married couple once they’re on their first assignment.
Pitt and Jolie are, presumably, now too expensive for a sequel so this iteration of the original idea will be looking for the next big couple in their early twenties to fill the title roles – Hudgens and Efron must be available surely?