Henry Cavill has signed on to star opposite Kevin Hart in an untitled Netflix spy action-comedy directed by McG, completing the lead duo for a project that assembles some of Hollywood’s most commercially savvy producers.
The film, based on a short story by Sean Lewis, centers on two rival spies who end up in the same Lamaze class after their wives strike up a close friendship. Their parallel double lives crash together in ways both dangerous and darkly funny, forcing the men into an uneasy alliance as they stumble toward fatherhood. Cavill will play one of the spies, though specific character details remain under wraps.
McG directing is a significant signal. He launched his feature career with the Charlie’s Angels films in the early 2000s and later helmed This Means War — a spy action-comedy pairing Chris Pine and Tom Hardy — so the genre is familiar territory. His last five films have all landed on Netflix, making this another chapter in a relationship that has carried him through horror comedy with The Babysitter, family fare with Family Switch, and sci-fi with The Uglies.
The producing team carries serious commercial weight. Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and Emily Morris of 21 Laps join Ryan Reynolds, George Dewey, and Patrick Gooing of Maximum Effort, alongside Hart, Luke Kelly-Clyne, and Bryan Smiley from Hart’s Hartbeat banner. Levy and Reynolds’ pairing carries obvious echoes of Deadpool & Wolverine — a film Cavill himself appeared in — and suggests Netflix is betting on a similar blend of irreverent humor and polished action. The script comes from Adam and Aaron Nee, who wrote The Lost City, and Jonathan Tropper, who has previously collaborated with Levy on both This Is Where I Leave You and The Adam Project.
Cavill arrives at the project mid-surge. He can currently be seen alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Guy Ritchie’s action thriller In the Grey, and will next appear opposite Millie Bobby Brown in Enola Holmes 3, which Netflix releases July 1. He is also mid-production on the Highlander reboot for Amazon MGM, directed by Chad Stahelski and filming in Scotland, and previously wrapped Voltron, another Amazon MGM title directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber.
Hart’s 2026 calendar looks similarly packed, with Jumanji: Open World set for Christmas Day, alongside the Netflix comedy 72 Hours arriving in July. The spy comedy is expected to shoot in New Jersey.
