Dave Bautista Returning to Sequel MY SPY: THE ETERNAL CITY With Anna Faris and Craig Robinson
Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy, Knock at The Cabin) is set to return to play CIA Operative JJ in the sequel My Spy: The Eternal City, which is the follow up to his 2020 film, My Spy. He is joined by other returning castmates Chloe Coleman (Avatar: The Way of Water), Kristen Schaal (What We Do in the Shadows), and Ken Jeong (The Afterparty).
Newcomers to the franchise include Anna Faris (Mom), Craig Robinson (The Office), and Flula Borg (Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin).
The first film told the story of JJ (Bautista), a hardened CIA operative who found himself at the mercy of precocious nine-year-old Sophie (Coleman), after being sent undercover to surveil her family. Schaal played JJ’s tech specialist colleague Bobbi, with Jeong as his boss, David.
In the sequel from Amazon Studios, a now teenage Sophie convinces JJ to chaperone her school choir trip to Italy where they both unwittingly end up pawns in an international terrorist plot targeting CIA Chief, David Kim and his son, Collin — who also happens to be Sophie’s best friend. The STXfilms/Madison Wells Studio production will also have Nicola Correia-Damude (The Boys), Noah Dalton Danby (Titans) and Devere Rogers (Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.) reprising their roles, with Billy Barratt (Invasion) and Taeho K (Colony) coming aboard for new ones.
Peter Segal is returning to direct from a script by Erich and Jon Hoeber, who are also returning from the first film.
My kids are going to be stoked that this movie is getting a sequel. The first one was pretty fun, so I expect this one to be a good time as well. My Spy: The Eternal City is currently in pre-production.