True Lies Boss Discusses Avoiding The ‘Nitty Gritty’ Of Spycraft In Season 1, But Will The Show Get A Season 2?

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True Lies came to CBS in 2023 as the TV take on the 1994 film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in the lead roles. With Steve Howey and Ginger Gonzaga playing Harry and Helen Tasker for the series, the episodes so far (available streaming via Paramount+ subscription) have delivered some seriously cinematic action with a kind of spycraft not found anywhere else on the small screen. With network TV finale season approaching and no renewal for True Lies just yet, it’s worth looking ahead to the future… and back at what showrunner Matt Nix already had to say about the show’s approach to spycraft.

How True Lies Approaches Spycraft

 A lot was bound to be different between the new show and the classic film, and not just because of the differences in format of a movie (with no sequel) and an ongoing broadcast network series. What the True Lies spies can do in 2023 is a big step up from what they could do in 1994 thanks to all the technological advances. When CinemaBlend spoke with showrunner Matt Nix at SCAD TVfest in Atlanta earlier this year, I asked if the advanced technology of 2023 elevated the spycraft and helped to set the show apart, and he shared:

There’s an element of that, although I think the thing about True Lies is it’s not really about the nitty gritty of how stuff works, right? If you watch the movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger – I think he famously shoots like 90 people. I don’t know that anybody actually has aim that good. It’s not really a documentary about spies. Definitely the technology is a piece of it, but everything on the show is filtered through the lens of what’s the most fun. What would be fun to do? Not, like, how do satellites work? [laughs] No one is showing up to True Lies and being like, ‘I really want them to get the satellite technology correct.’ Nobody cares.

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