All aboard the remake train! Next stop: Mrs. and Mrs. Smith! You remember the 2005 film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a married couple who learn they're each a secret agent working for a competing agency, right? You may also recall that this was the film that helped create the entity that is now known as Brangelina, since shortly after it came out Brad Pitt left Jennifer Aniston for Jolie, and the two lived happily ever after with their hundreds of kids.
Well, now, after unsuccessfully attempting to re-launch Mr. and Mrs. Smith as a TV show, the Powers That Be over at Fox New Regency are looking to reboot/remake the film under the new title Mr. and Mrs. Jones, and original producer Akiva Goldsman is once again attached to produce this new incarnation. Rumor has it the reason why they won't attempt to make a sequel with Pitt and Jolie in the lead roles is because some don't feel like the couple will be together long enough for that to happen. Personally, I just think it's cheaper to bring on two new, younger people who could potentially sign on to three films right from the start so that those involved can work on making this a franchise from square one.
Crazy, though, since the first one just came out in 2005 (even though that was technically an uncredited remake of an earlier Hitchcock film under the same name). What's next? They'll start rebooting films that came out last year? I'm not sure how I feel about this one. Could a Mr. and Mrs. Jones live up to its predecessor, especially when you're following an on-screen duo like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?
[via Vulture]
