Fleabag star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has exited Mr. & Mrs Smith series, an Amazon Studios project, due to creative differences with fellow actor and executive producer Donald Glover.

Apart from starring in it Waller-Bridge, was due to executive produce the new series alongside Glover. It has been reported that her departure is amicable and the role will be re-cast. The duo first worked together on Solo: A Star Wars Story.

The upcoming series, based on Doug Liman's film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, is a joint production between New Regency and Amazon Prime Video. It was due to go into production next year.

The story of a married couple who discover they are spies hired to assassinate each other was first released in 2005.

The show was conceived by Glover, who is staying on the series as co-creative producer and executive producer. He will essay the role played by Pitt.

Waller-Bridge is currently working on Indiana Jones 5. She holds a writer credited for the upcoming James Bond film No Time to Die.