Henry Cavill and Kevin Hart’s Netflix spy thriller just got an update

If you were hoping to see Henry Cavill and Kevin Hart in matching tuxedos cracking wise and potentially blowing stuff up, well, your wish is Netflix’s command. There’s a film called Spy Duo coming up, and frankly, the setup couldn’t sound much more ‘big streaming service algorithm’ if it tried.

The Gist: Spies, Babies, and Blokes You Know

Spy Duo (that’s the actual title – not exactly subtle, but at least you can’t accuse them of false advertising) teams up Cavill and Hart as rival spies whose paths cross in the last place you'd expect: a Lamaze class. Yes, really. Their wives hit it off, which leaves our two secret agents stuck playing nice with each other just as their double lives spiral into chaos and (presumably) a fair bit of slapstick.

Production info dropped in June and, according to Production Weekly, it’s ‘double lives colliding in unexpectedly hilarious and dangerous ways’ as the men – begrudgingly – become allies on the road to impending fatherhood. So it’s Spy vs. Spy meets Father of the Bride… or if you prefer, Mr. & Mrs. Smith for the NCT crowd.

When and Where’s This All Happening?

• Filming Location: New Jersey (because apparently there’s nowhere more glamorous for an international espionage caper than the Garden State)
• Production Schedule: Cameras start rolling in August 2026, with filming running up to November 2026
• Release Date: They haven’t coughed up an exact date yet, but it’s likely hitting Netflix in the back half of 2027 (so don’t hold your breath)

The People Pulling Strings

Directing this whole operation is McG – yes, him of Charlie’s Angels (the early-2000s one), Terminator Salvation, and The Babysitter. No stranger to shiny action set-pieces or, let’s face it, slightly daft premises.

The screenplay comes from Jonathan Tropper, who wrote The Adam Project, with Aaron and Adam Nee (the Masters of the Universe writers) also on board. The film is based on a short story by Sean Lewis, who probably didn’t expect his idea of spy dads in a Lamaze class to wind up getting this much Hollywood attention.

The producing credits are a who’s-who of Netflix’s regular collaborators:

• Kevin Hart, producing through his Hartbeat company
• Ryan Reynolds, lending his name (and presumably his gift for marketing) via Maximum Effort
• Shawn Levy – the man behind Stranger Things and this year’s Deadpool & Wolverine – producing through 21 Laps Entertainment

No one’s saying yet who else will join Cavill and Hart on screen; the rest of the cast is a closely guarded secret – or more likely, hasn’t been sorted yet.

Spy Credentials (or Not)

If you’re worried these two might not have the right ‘spy movie’ chops, let’s review the evidence. Hart isn’t just in bed with Netflix because of his stand-up specials – he’s worked with them on several features (Fatherhood, The Man from Toronto, Me Time, Lift, and 72 Hours, to name a few). In the realm of undercover agents and buddy capers: remember Central Intelligence (2016)? That one paired him with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson – Hart played the everyman, while Johnson was the stone-cold CIA type. The tagline: ‘Saving the world takes a little Hart and a big Johnson’. Subtle as a brick.

Cavill, on the other hand, has not only been doing the Netflix rounds (The Witcher, Enola Holmes) but has serious secret agent experience: there’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018), and the ever-present chatter about him inheriting the Bond tuxedo. Last time he played a spy though, in 2024’s Argylle, the film landed with a thud at the box office (even if it picked up a little on streaming later).

This time, Spy Duo goes straight to Netflix, so the odds of a humiliating theatrical flop are blissfully low.

So, What’s Next?

All we really know: filming’s due to start August 2026, there’s a star-packed producing team behind it, and you’ll probably be able to watch it — Cavill, Hart, Lamaze antics and all — sometime in 2027. That’s about it for now.