A sequel to ‘My Spy’ is in development. Dave Bautista is set to return as J.J., a CIA agent tasked with surveilling Sophie’s mother in hopes of locating her criminal brother-in-law. Producer Chris Bender revealed the news while speaking to Puck.
Chris revealed he is still making comedies, along with other genres; when I called, he was in South Africa, scouting for a sequel to his 2020 Amazon comedy My Spy, with Dave Bautista. Chris revealed that he had coincidentally just written himself a Jerry Maguire-style memo on this subject, called MUSINGS ABOUT THEATRICAL COMEDY WHILE ON A 10-HOUR FLIGHT. In the memo, which he forwarded to me, he acknowledges all the reasons comedies have disappeared from theaters and shares some ideas on how to save them.
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Speaking to Collider, Bautista confirmed that a sequel, My Spy 2, is in development. Bautista said, “Well, I’m definitely going to do the sequel to My Spy. I know that for sure because we start later next month. So I’m off to South Africa to do that, which I’ve been pushing for a very long time because I love the first film. It was so much fun. So we’re gonna do a sequel to that.”
My Spy is directed by Peter Segal, from a screenplay written by Jon and Erich Hoeber. The film follows, “Nine-year-old Sophie catches JJ, a hardened CIA operative, spying on her family during a routine surveillance operation. In exchange for not blowing his cover, JJ begrudgingly agrees to show the precocious girl how to become a spy. What at first seems like an easy task soon turns into a battle of wits as Sophie proves you don’t need much experience to outsmart a seasoned agent.”
The film stars Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Kristen Schaal, Parisa Fitz-Henley, and Ken Jeong. My Spy was released theatrically in January 2020 by STX Entertainment.