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My Spy: The Eternal City

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My Spy: The Eternal City
Release poster
Directed byPete 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 byAmazon 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.

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

Premise

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

Cast

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Production

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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

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "My Spy: The Eternal City (12)". British Board of Film Classification. July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  2. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 11, 2020). "My Spy 2 Being Explored By STX & Amazon Studios". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Grobar, Matt (February 22, 2023). "Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman & More Returning For My Spy Sequel At Prime Video; Anna Faris, Craig Robinson & Flula Borg Among New Additions". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Northrup, Ryan (May 3, 2023). "Dave Bautista Confirms My Spy 2 Filming Wrap In Venice". Screen Rant. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  5. ^ de la Fuente, Anne Marie (October 3, 2023). "Amazon Studios Now Called Amazon MGM Studios, Exec Pablo Iacoviello Reveals in Iberseries Keynote". Variety. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  6. ^ Bleving, Adam (April 18, 2024). "Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman Are Back in First 'My Spy: The Eternal City' Image". Collider. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  7. ^ "My Spy: The Eternal City". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 28, 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ "My Spy: The Eternal City". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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