Dave Bautista’s new movie, My Spy, was due to hit the screens in North America this weekend, on March 13, after a good opening in New Zealand and Australia this weekend. Now, STX Films announced they are pushing back the release date to next month.
This is not the first time the spy film is being delayed – it was supposed to be released in August. This time the delay aims to take advantage of a slot opening in the Family Comedy Genre after the release of the new Bond movie No Time to Die was pushed to November and Trolls World Tour took its place. This left the April 17 slot open and the producers hope will improve the movie’s performance with minimal costs.
My Spy follows Bautista as a spy who is going undercover in order to surveil a family. The family’s 9-years-old daughter, played by Big Little Lies’ Chloe Coleman, discovers him and blackmails him into teaching her his craft. Peter Segal, who directed Get Smart is directing My Spy from a script written by Jon and Erich Hoeber from Red.
