‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Season 2 Begins Production — Who Are the New Smiths?

After a brief production delay, Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 2 has begun filming with two new stars as the titular spies. Season 1 stars Donald Glover and Maya Erskine are serving as executive producers.

Amazon MGM Studios and New Regency announced on Monday, April 13, that production on Mr. & Mrs Smith Season 2 is underway. The studio did not reveal who is starring in Season 2, but according to Variety, the new central Smiths will be played by Anora star Mark Eydelshteyn and Talia Ryder, who replaces the previously-reported Sophie Thatcher.

As previously announced, award-winning playwright and screenwriter Anna Ouyang Moench (Severance, Beef) joined as showrunner, writer, and executive producer alongside Glover (Atlanta, Swarm). Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer, Stephen Glover, Anthony Katagas, and Fam Udeorji return as executive producers, with Erskine joining as an EP. The second season will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Season 1 showrunner Francesca Sloane has inked a new exclusive overall deal with HBO that will see her helm Big Little Lies Season 3 with David E. Kelley, starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. Sloane served as showrunner, co-creator, and executive producer on Mr. & Mrs. Smith alongside star Glover through her Amazon-MGM Studios overall deal. Now, she’s moving to HBO for a reported two-year exclusive deal, and her ties to Mr. & Mrs. Smith at Prime Video seem to be cut. Sloane and Glover worked together on Atlanta.

In Season 1, two lonely strangers land jobs working for a mysterious spy agency that offers a life of espionage, wealth, world travel, and a dream brownstone in Manhattan. The catch? New identities in an arranged marriage as Mr. and Mrs. John and Jane Smith. As they navigate high-risk missions, their cover story becomes increasingly complicated when real feelings begin to emerge. What’s riskier: espionage or marriage?

The Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 2 delay and Sloane’s new Big Little Lies gig were revealed back-to-back in separate reports by Deadline on Thursday, September 11. This came after reports that Thatcher and Eydelshteyn would play the titular Smiths in the second season of the spy thriller. The delay could have impacted the show’s $22.4M tax credit from the California Film Commission granted for Season 2.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 1 ended on a major cliffhanger that left the fate of its titular couple hanging in the balance. The Season 2 renewal, which came months after Season 1 debuted in full on Prime Video in February 2024, confirmed that the cliffhanger would be addressed in some form, but it’s still unclear if this means that Glover and Erskine’s characters died in the Season 1 finale.

Here’s everything we know about this Emmy-nominated action-drama’s future following Sloane’s departure.

Is Mr. & Mrs. Smith canceled?

The series was on hold, not canceled, as of September 2025, but production on Season 2 is now underway in Los Angeles.

Casting issues were said to be the cause of the delay. Eydelshteyn and Thatcher were cast in December and February, respectively, per Deadline. Lily-Rose Depp, Francesca Scorsese, Levon Hawke, Wagner Moura, and Gael Garcia Bernal were rumored guest/recurring stars this summer, but casting deals were reportedly never finalized.

Deadline reports that Sloane was in talks to renew her overall deal with Amazon-MGM Studios, but Mr. & Mrs. Smith being in limbo resulted in a lower offer than she had before. She explored the market afterwards and ended up snagging the highly sought-after writing spot on Big Little Lies‘ return. Sloane will write the first episode of Season 3 and executive-produce the new season with Kelley, who created the Emmy-winning series.

Are Donald Glover and Maya Erskine coming back for Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 2?

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Glover was set to return as an executive producer in Season 2, with Sloane back as showrunner and EP. But Season 2 casting reports indicated that Glover and Erskine would not be returning onscreen as their John and Jane Smith. Now, the former stars are returning in producer roles, not onscreen.

The last time we saw the Season 1 Smiths, John was bleeding out from a gunshot wound, and Jane was trapped in a safe room with him, with Parker Posey‘s character armed and waiting just outside the door. They decided to open it and fight back, and the finale’s credits scene ended on an exterior shot of their New York City house, where two gunshots could be heard going off inside. Who fired the shots remains a mystery.

Deadline reported in October that Amazon MGM Studios was looking for actors in their 20s to play the next John and Jane in Season 2. These new Smiths would reportedly lead the series and would require a one-year deal with the show. Billie Eilish was rumored to be a name the studio was considering for Jane.

Glover and Erskine, as well as Sloane and other Amazon reps, have avoided revealing anything about a potential return from the Season 1 stars, who both received Emmy nominations for their performances. Sloane told Deadline after the Season 1 finale, “If we tell you too much, you’ll know early if they survived.” When asked if the series would become an anthology with new stars each season, Sloane replied with a succinct “maybe.”

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