Spy Kids (2001) After retiring from espionage for 10 years, Gregorio and Ingrid (
Antonio Banderas and
Carla Gugino) are pulled back into duty for their important assignment despite the fact they were out of practice, and were captured. Their two children, Carmen and Juni (
Alexa Vega and
Daryl Sabara), stay with their first uncle Felix Gumm (
Cheech Marin) and discover the truth of their parents' past, which they had neglected to tell them because they were afraid that if they knew, they would picture danger at every corner; and decide to rescue them. On their first mission, Carmen and Juni manage to bring around their estranged uncle,
Isador "Machete" Cortez (
Danny Trejo), a genius gadget inventor and Juni helps to redeem a kids' TV show host named Fegan Floop (
Alan Cumming). Together, Carmen and Juni thwart the plan of Floop's notorious second in-command Alexander Minion (
Tony Shalhoub) to develop an army of androids resembling young children (including Carmen and Juni themselves) for a mastermind named Mr. Lisp (
Robert Patrick) and his partner Ms. Gradenko (
Teri Hatcher). The robots based on Carmen and Juni became part of Floop's own TV show. The film was shot on location in Austin, Texas and Latin America.
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) As agents of the OSS, Carmen and Juni try to save the daughter (
Taylor Momsen) of the President of the United States (
Christopher McDonald) while facing a particularly hard competition with Gary and Gerti Giggles (
Matt O'Leary and
Emily Osment), the two children of a double-dealing agent Donnagon Giggles (
Mike Judge), whom Carmen and Juni helped to rescue them from the first film. Juni gets fired from the OSS after fighting with Gary over a smaller version of the Transmooker, a device that can shut off all of the
electronic devices even though it was Gary who started the fight. Juni loses his spot for the best Spy Kid of The Year award, while Donnagon plans to steal the Transmooker to take over the world. On their second mission, Carmen and Juni follow the trail to the mysterious island of Leeke Leeke which is home to Romero (
Steve Buscemi), an eccentric scientist who attempted to create genetically miniaturized animals, but instead wounded up with his island inhabited by mutant monsters. Eventually, Donnagon is fired and Gary is suspended, and the Transmooker is destroyed. Juni is offered his job back, but in order to take a break from the OSS, he retires to begin his own private eye agency.
Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (2003) After retiring from the OSS, Juni is thrust back into service when an evil mastermind named Sebastian "The Toymaker" (
Sylvester Stallone) creates a fictional video game called
Game Over, which hypnotizes its users. Carmen was sent on a mission to disable the game, but disappeared on Level 4. With the help of his maternal grandfather, Valentin Avellan (
Ricardo Montalban), who uses a wheelchair, Juni is sent after Carmen and helps her to disable the game in order to save the world. It is revealed that Sebastian was the one who disabled Valentin in the first place. Instead of avenging his ex-partner, Valentin forgives Sebastian who is redeemed.
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011) The OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has become defunct. Marissa (
Jessica Alba), a retired spy, is thrown back into the action along with her two stepchildren, Rebecca and Cecil (
Rowan Blanchard and
Mason Cook), when a maniacal Timekeeper (
Jeremy Piven) attempts to take over the world. In order to save the world, Rebecca and Cecil must team up with Marissa.
Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023) The fifth installment titled
Spy Kids: Armageddon, served as a
relaunch of the franchise, involves a plot that centers on a multicultural family. Robert Rodriguez is again writer/director, while the project is a joint-venture production between
Skydance Media and
Spyglass Media Group. The film was released on
Netflix, making it the second
Spy Kids project produced for the platform.
Gina Rodriguez,
Zachary Levi, Everly Carganilla and Connor Esterson were set to star, along with
Billy Magnussen and
D. J. Cotrona. The plotline for the film: "When the children of the world's greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful Game Developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, they must become spies themselves to save their parents and the world". Production of the film wrapped in late August 2022, and was released on Netflix on September 22, 2023. Though the movie does not include other characters from the franchise, Rodriguez confirmed that it takes place in the same
continuity as the previous installments.
Future In September 2023, Rodriguez confirmed that global streamer Netflix intends to develop additional
Spy Kids movies, Rodriguez stated that
Armageddon incorporated a new family because so much time had passed since
All the Time in the World, and so he wanted to incorporate a new set of characters before returning to what came before; confirming that he intends to bring back "legacy characters" from the previous installments in future movies. == Television ==