Director Robert Rodríguez crushed box office expectations with his own family movie Spy children.
Featuring Rodriguez’s frequent collaborators Antonio Banderas, Danny Trejo And Cheek Marinalso known as the 2001 action comedy the project that launched the careers of titular children Alexa PenaVega And Daryl Sabara.
The film follows Carmen Cortez (PenaVega) and her brother Juni (Sabara) as they try to keep their superstar parents (Banderas and Carla Gugino) of a dastardly plot by Fegan Floop (Alan Cumming), the presenter of a children’s television program.
After raking in nearly $150 million at the box office, Spy children spawned three sequels – Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Spy Kids 3D: Game Over And Spy Kids: all the time in the world – as well as a 2018 animated TV show called Spy Kids: Mission Critical.
A rebooted version of the film franchise debuted on Netflix in September 2023. starring Gina Rodriguez And Zechariah Levi like the spy parents. Connor Esterson And Everly Carganilla, for their part, they took on the role of the young adventurers.
Keep scrolling to see the original’s cast Spy children has been going on since the film’s premiere in 2001.