ABC to launch 'Mr and Mrs Smith' series

ABC is apparently developing a television series to be based on the hit movie Mr and Mrs Smith.

The movie, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, was based on the lives of two secret assassins married to each other unknowing of the other's career and made more than $186 million at the North American box office last summer.

ABC has ordered a pilot, which the film's director, Doug Liman, is expected to shoot, subject to availability.

It envisages the pilot will be ready for midseason 2006-07 or fall 2007 consideration.