‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ on TV

I don’t know if this is good news or bad news for people who liked ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ – the movie that made almost half a billion dollars worldwide and brought Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie together – but writer Simon Kinberg and director Doug Liman are now adapting the movie as a television series. Liman has a first look deal with NBC, so that would be the logical place to think the series might end up. Says Liman:

“I’m directing (the pilot). Simon wrote the script. Simon had originally conceived Mr. and Mrs. Smith as a TV show not as a movie. We’re going to do a nationwide talent search and find basically the next Brad Pitt and the next Angelina Jolie.”

Well, that pretty much has disaster written all over it. I’d rather watch a video where the guy at Starbucks pees in the coffee I’m drinking right now. The movie was fun, but only because Pitt and Jolie were great together, and good luck replacing the two most beautiful people on the planet. Some talent just cant be replaced. Like me. I’m still the only guy in my high schools history to letter in Ultimate Fighting and Lovemaking.

Forgotten fact: Nicole Kidman was originally cast as Mrs. Smith, but was forced to pull out when shooting on the Stepford Wives ran long. Then the role was offered to Catherine Zeta-Jones. That’s not really relevant to anything, I just wanted to mention it after these pictures of an insanely pregnant Angelina to see if I could make Jennifer Anniston cry.