I know I just posted about a the upcoming Speed Racer movie, which would have ordinarily stopped me from posting about yet another upcoming movie so soon…but how could I resist?
We’re talking about the Get Smart movie here. Yep, you heard right!
One of my favorite TV shows ever is coming to the big screen. The idea of a Get Smart movie should probably make me more nervous than it is, but look at the line-up: they have pegged Steve Carrell to play Agent Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway for Agent 99. I can totally see both actors in those roles, so already I’ve got a good feeling. Other cast members will be Alan Arkin as Chief of CONTROL, Terence Stamp as Seigfried, and The Rock as Agent 23.
I see enough of a resemblance between the main actors and the originals to be comfortable; what do you think?
2008 is shaping up to be an interesting movie year.
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Get Smart is a paraody of all spy movies and if they remove the campyness of the original and make it all too serious, then it is going to suck.
http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett Hughes
Since Steve Carrell (The Office, The 40 Year Old Virgin, etc.) is pretty campy, and since Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, Princess Diaries, etc) has always had a funny streak and has done physical comedic sequences, I think the directors were thinking “campy” when they hired them. I have high hopes for this one.
