Maya Erskine
‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Co-creator Francesca Sloane Breaks Down the Emmy-Nominated Drama’s ‘Couple’s Therapy’ Episode
Francesca Sloane, writer and co-creator of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, worked with Donald Glover to reinterpret the 2005 film of the same name into a dark dramedy about two for-hire agents embroiled in a tumultuous fake marriage. Sloane selected this scene from episode six, “Couples Therapy,” where John and Jane Smith (Glover and Maya Erskine) […]
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Maya Erskine on ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Emmy Nom, Becoming a Mom of Two and What She’ll Work on Next
Maya Erskine was speaking to a contractor when the Emmy nominations were released. “We’re turning our garage into an office,” she says. They were talking about paint samples when her husband called with the news. Erskine, known for playing a 13-year-old on PEN15, is nominated for her performance in Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the […]
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‘Sacramento’ Review: Michael Cera and Kristen Stewart Star in a Slight but Winning Road Comedy
A free-spirited man convinces his best friend to go on a road trip in Michael Angarano's Tribeca-premiering film, also featuring Maya Erskine.
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‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon
It’s official: Mr. & Mrs. Smith will be back on the case. Amazon kicked off its inaugural meeting with Madison Avenue ad buyers Tuesday with a slew of announcements, including news that the action series starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine has been renewed for a second season. A reimagining of the 2005 feature that […]
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Donald Glover and Maya Erskine on Real-Life Marriage, Professional Divorce and When to Walk Away
When Donald Glover was first approached about the possibility of remaking Mr. & Mrs. Smith, he wasn’t exactly enthused. “I don’t really do remakes,” he told his buddy, an exec at New Regency, which produced the 2005 original starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as married spies. Of course, he’d never actually seen the film, just […]
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‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Showrunner Unpacks That Open-Ended Finale
[This story contains spoilers from the season finale of Mr. & Mrs. Smith.] Prime Video unloaded all eight episodes of Mr. & Mrs. Smith on Feb. 2 — and, given the short order and relatively propulsive nature of the spy drama, it’s likely that more than a few viewers plowed through the entire run. That’s […]
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How Francesca Sloane Reimagined a More Relatable ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’
Updating a 2005 action movie, one most remembered for a tabloid frenzy inspired by the on-set romance between its stars, was not on Francesca Sloane’s to-do list. And yet, Donald Glover called her a few years ago with that very proposition. Sloane had been writing and producing on the final two seasons of Atlanta, a […]
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‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Review: Donald Glover and Maya Erskine Lack the Romantic Fizz to Lift Amazon’s Spy Caper
Two espionage agents are assigned to work together posing as a married couple in a reboot of the 2005 big-screen action comedy that paired Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
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Donald Glover, Maya Erskine See Romantic Sparks, Bullets Fly in ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Remake Trailer
Donald Glover and Maya Erskine as two lonely strangers get to grips with undercover marriage and dangerous espionage in the latest trailer for Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith series, a reboot of the 2005 New Regency film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. “They didn’t bring up [that] we’d be pairing until the last […]
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‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Teaser Puts Donald Glover and Maya Erskine in Peril
The first teaser for Mr. & Mrs. Smith from Amazon’s Prime Video showcases the beginnings of a relationship between its two lead characters — and a lot of bullets. The series, loosely based on the 2005 film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has Donald Glover and Maya Erskine playing the two title characters. The […]
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‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Review: Maya Erskine in Netflix’s Gorgeously Violent Adult Animated Revenge Drama
A mysterious swordmaster cuts a path of revenge through 17th-century Japan in an adult animated series created by Amber Noizumi and Michael Green.
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Donald Glover’s ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Remake Delayed to 2024
With no end in sight for the writers and actors strikes, another title is getting pushed to early next year: Prime Video’s reimagining of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The project was originally scheduled for a November release and is from co-creators and executive producers Donald Glover (Atlanta) and Francesca Sloane (Fargo), starring Glover as John Smith […]
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