By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 19, 2021 2:00 pm EST
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first foray on the small screen will be on Netflix. The untitled project stars Schwarzenegger and Monica Barbaro (Top Gun: Maverick, Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead) as a father and daughter duo who “learn that they’ve each secretly been working as CIA Operatives for years, they realize their entire relationship has been a lie and they truly don’t know one another at all. Forced to team up as partners, our series tackles universal family dynamics set against a global backdrop of spies, fantastic action and humor.”
The premise sounds like a fun vehicle for Schwarzenegger, who hasn’t really appeared onscreen lately beyond the recent Terminator films. But he and many former ’80s action stars have been figuring out how to navigate stardom as older actors, and this kind of father-daughter spy story seems like a good route — giving us the classic dynamic older, wizened pro who mentors the younger hotshot.
Schwarzenegger seems excited for the project, saying in a statement, “Fans from all over the world have been asking me for a wild ride like this for years, and now they’re finally going to get it because of our great partners at Skydance and Netflix. I am beyond pumped to start work on the show with Nick and Monica and the whole team.”
Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost will be executive producing the series along with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
