ABC has greenlit production for a TV version of the film Mr. & Mrs. Smith which starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The movie followed two married assassins hired to kill each other. Doug Liman directed the feature film and will also direct the TV show which is looking to debut in the Fall of this year.

Writer Simon Kinsberg said, “It’s essentially ‘Married … With Children’ with guns. The show takes all the marital issues a couple has and blows them up to action-genre size.”

The show will take place six months after the movie. They are looking to begin shooting in March. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are most likely NOT reprising their roles.

Why does Hollywood do this? Can’t they come up with any original ideas. I’m thinking two major D-listers for the leads. Let’s see we can have Andrew Shue, Dean Cain, Richard Dean Anderson or David Charvet for the Brad Pitt role. We can have Tiffani Thiessen, Shannen Doherty, Lisa Rinna or Mel Harris for the Angelina Jolie role. Brilliant.