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Rejected 'Smith' Pilot Has Guns, May Travel

Post by: Sal

One of the highest profile rejected pilots of the spring may not be dead just yet.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Regency TV is shopping its "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" pilot, an adaptation of the big screen action smash that failed to make it onto ABC's schedule earlier this week.

The trade paper says that Regency and production partner Dutch Oven had a contract stipulation that if "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" wasn't picked up, it would receive an early release. Thus, other networks will get the opportunity to see "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" as early as next week to decide if ABC made the correct decision.

If it were to find a new network home, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" will retain its main creative components -- Simon Kinberg and Doug Liman, who wrote and directed both the pilot and the film -- as well as its stars, Jordana Brewster and Martin Henderson, who had the unenviable task of filling in for feature leads Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

Like the movie, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" focused on married assassins-for-hire. The pilot was rumored to be one of the spring's most costly.


Take care guys,

Sal