Messing With A Classic?
Posted on 02 June 2007, at 11:44 pm, by Judie Lipsett
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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2 Comments For This Post
June 3rd, 2007 at 8:36 am
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.
June 3rd, 2007 at 8:42 am
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.