On July 30, 2018, it was announced that the first film in the planned series, now titled My Spy, would be directed by Peter Segal from a screenplay written by Jon and Erich Hoeber. In October 2018, it was announced that Ken Jeong, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Chloe Coleman, and Kristen Schaal had joined the cast of the film. It was further announced that Segal, Chris Bender, Jake Weiner, and Gigi Pritzker would serve as producers for the film, that the Hoebers, Michael Flynn, Rachel Shane, and Adrian Alperovich would serve as executive producers, and that Stacy Calabrese would serve as a co-producer. Additionally, it was reported that MWM Studios had joined the film as an additional production company.