I remember as a kid watching the old Get Smart show. At the time I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Oh man I would crack up every single time he talked into that shoe.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Get Smart… think of Inspector Gadget (which was modeled after the show Get Smart and even had Don Adams, the star of Get Smart, doing the voice of Gadget).
It appears that a new film for Get Smart is in development and will star Steve Carell. PERFECT casting. If you’re not sure who that is, just look for he guy who stole the show with small roles in both Bruce Almighty and Anchorman. This guy has just killer comedic timing. Anyway, Mac over at Twitch pointed me to the story at ComingSoon:
“They’re developing right now, and they are in the process of writing the script so it’s somewhere down the road. Right now, the approach is modern day. The basic premise is that both CONTROL and KAOS have fallen on hard times and are not being funded by the government. They’re not getting the same kind of funding as (the) CIA. They have one last mission to try to get back on top…it’s not retro at all.”
This is the first “TV show to Movie” adaptation that I’ve been excited about in a long time… if you don’t count The Transformers. You can also catch Steve Carell in the US version of The Office.
