Robert Rodriguez reboots the family in Spy Kids: Armageddon trailer

Labor laws be damned: Zachary Levi and Gina Rodriguez lead a new family of child secret agents

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Robert Rodriguez reboots the family in Spy Kids: Armageddon trailer
Gina Rodriguez, Everly Carganilla, Connor Esterson, and Zachary Levi
Photo: Robert Rodriguez (Netflix)

More than a decade removed from Spy Kids: All The Time In The World, director Robert Rodriguez has found a new pair of children to push into the dangerous world of espionage. Netlfix’s upcoming reboot of Spy Kids, entitled Spy Kids: Armageddon, is finally coming to the streamer for another round of adolescent spy games this fall.

The cast may have changed, but the story remains the same. Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi step in for Carla Gugino and Antonio Banderas as a pair of suburban superspies who “unwittingly help a powerful Game Developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology.” Now it’s up to a pair of 10-year-olds, played by Everly Carganilla and Connor Esterson, to clean up the mess. One thing is clear: Whatever state this family resides in must have the weakest child labor laws in the country.

Spy Kids: Armageddon | Date Announcement | Netflix

As with the other Spy Kids movies, Armageddon is another chance for Robert Rodriguez to show off his knack for special effects. In the trailer, the kids walk on ceilings, square off against motorcycle-riding robots, and fly around in what can only be described as a silver Naboo starfighter with the tails cut off.

Armageddon marks the second attempt at reviving the franchise via another pair of thrill-seeking youngsters. 2011’s Spy Kids: All The Time In The World also replaced the original Kids, played by Alexa PenaVega and Daryl Sabara. However, despite All The Time In The World being one of the few movies released in “Aroma-Scope,” which is precisely what you think it is (a scratch and sniff card so audiences wouldn’t miss a fart), it was the lowest-grossing of the series.

The reboot also marks the second collaboration between Robert Rodriguez and his son Racer. Previously, the father-son duo wrote The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl 3-D, released when Racer was seven.

Spy Kids: Armageddon lands on Netflix on September 22.

7 Comments

  • ghboyette-av says:

    It never really bothered me that he makes movies like this, and I love that he does it to hang with his kids. I just wish he’d make more movies like the El Mariachi trilogy.

    • bjackyll-av says:

      Once Upon a Time in Mexico was garbage, but I really do wish he made more movies for adults, and not cartoon bullshit like Machete.

    • milligna000-av says:

      I’m sure he wishes he still could too

    • retort-av says:

      I mean if the Mariachi movies are like the new spy kids you don’t want it. He had a creative trilogy with Spy kids ever since it ended the new movies have been just not as good sort of creatively in a rut.

  • Mr-John-av says:

    Let’s hope the mum is responsible for vaccinating the Spy Kids

  • roachmun-av says:

    They’re really replacing Banderas with Levi????? It’s like replacing Cavill with some Hemsworth brother!

  • trickster_qc-av says:

    not gonna lie, this looks pretty terrible!

    That said, it’s going to be a great Rainy-Sunday-Afternoon movies with kids and popcorn. 

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