The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is the sequel to the 2017 film The Hitman’s Bodyguard. In the sequel, bodyguard Michael Bryce’s (Ryan Reynolds) plans to swear off violence derailed when hitman Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) and his wife Sonia (Salma Hayek) entangle him in their mission to save Europe from a vengeful zealot (Antonio Banderas).
Originally scheduled for release on August 28, 2020, the film was put on the shelf due to Wuhan coronavirus and all movie theaters in the world being closed. Its new, tentative, release date is August 20, 2021.