My Spy: The Eternal City

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My Spy: The Eternal City
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Release poster
Directed by Pete Segal
Written by
  • Erich Hoeber
  • Jon Hoeber
  • Pete Segal
Based on
Characters created
by
  • Jon Hoeber
  • Erich Hoeber
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLarry Blanford
Edited byJason Gourson
Music bySean Segal
Production
companies
Distributed by Amazon MGM Studios
Release date
  • July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
Running time
113 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

My Spy: The Eternal City is a 2024 American action comedy film directed by Pete Segal, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jon and Eric Hoeber. A sequel to the 2020 film My Spy, it stars Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Kristen Schaal, and Ken Jeong reprising their roles from the previous film, with Flula Borg, Craig Robinson, and Anna Faris joining the main cast.

Contents

My Spy: The Eternal City was released in the United States on July 18, 2024.

Premise

JJ is persuaded to accompany Sophie on her school trip to Italy, where they become involved in a terrorist plot.

Cast

Production

Amazon MGM Studios and STXfilms began exploring a sequel to the 2020 film in August 2020, after its success on Amazon Prime Video. [2] The film was confirmed in February 2023, with Pete Segal returning to direct and Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Kristen Schaal, and Ken Jeong reprising their roles. Anna Faris, Craig Robinson, and Flula Borg would also join the cast, with production beginning that month. [3] Filming concluded in Venice in May of that same year. [4]

Release

My Spy: The Eternal City was released in the United States via streaming on Prime Video by Amazon MGM Studios on July 18, 2024. [5] [6]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 21% of 38 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.1/10.The website's consensus reads: "Wasting Dave Bautista's crack comedic timing on a leaden script, this My Spy sequel is a mission failure." [7] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 36 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. [8]

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References

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