First look at ‘Get Smart’
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 | 39 comments
USA Today has a first-look photo of Get Smart, starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway.
Alan Arkin, Steve’s co-star in Little Miss Sunshine, also appears in the film.
Link: Would you believe a ‘Smart’ spy spoof?
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I live in Montreal and saw Steve Carell yesturday (well a few meters away)!!! He was shooting in Old Monteal and we were there for three hours! They had the street look like Eastern Europe, old cars, signs in Russian. They were also going to “blow up” the building at 3 in the morning. They also filmed in a cathedral(the one Celine Dion got married in) and we saw all the extras go in. Steve Carell is going to be on The Daily Show monday and it’s bound to be hilarious cause he used to work there.
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“Smart-funny” seems to be exclusively the domain of TV nowadays…
This will be dawesome.
I agree with Dave (33). With the star power (not to mention comic abiity) Carell has right now, he should really be picking up better work than this in movies. And if this is the best Hollywood can do in making comedies, then they really need to get out of the business and start cleaning pools or something. What happened to smart funny? (no pun intended!)
Wow! That is going to be AWESOME! Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway are two of my favourite actors! CANT WAIT
I love Steve and I’m sure he will be worth watching, but the movie as a whole seems like a bad idea. The TV adaptation genre has never produced anything worthwhile except the first Brady Bunch movie. And the age difference between Steve and Hathaway is just creepy. Are we really to believe there are no talented, beautiful actresses over the age of 30 who could play this role?
Between this and “Evan Almighty”, I think Steve needs a new agent.
I can’t wait.
I love Get Smart. I love Steve. I love Anne.
Win-Win-Win.
I read the ENTIRE article, and it states that she is supposed to be a younger agent with Smart teaching her the ropes, but doesn’t say whether they are to be “romantically involved”.
Let’s hope not.
Seems to be just another cheap attempt to change old TV shows as vehicles for a hot, young actors to bring in younger audiences (The Avengers, Mod Squad, Lost in Space, Wild, Wild West, etc.). God forbid they cast an actress over the age of 30…
Perhaps they could remake “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” with Paris Hilton…
Anne Hathaway is playing agent 99? They didn’t want to cast a woman a little closer in age to Steve Carell?
In the TV show, she was Maxwell Smart’s love interest. If this is the case in the new movie, Hathaway is TWENTY YEARS YOUNGER than Carell!
I’m pretty tired of movies teaming older men with really young women.
That kind of casting is creepy and not realistic.
Let’s hope that’s not how this movie is scripted – maybe Agent 99 is his daughter.
oops – almost forgot to mention
Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart is absolutely genius! He’s perfect for that role
Anne Hathaway would be a perfect young agent 99
they should have hired someone like, Jennifer Connelly. the original 99 was a bit older
I’m with NoGould (26) on the point about 99′s feminism. While she may not have been the outrightly emancipated woman we see today, she was clearly a precursor (perhaps contributor?!?) to the feminist movement: she was smart, sexy, confident, and reliable.
In fact, 99 definitely performed her gender in a positive and affirming manner, something that perhaps cannot be said for Maxwell Smart himself, who, like Dick Van Dyke a decade before, played the bumbling fool (read: man) who was wholly reliant on his wife for day-to-day functionality.
Hmm. Good spoiler page there. I think it would have been smarter to have Hathaway play 99 as a wunderkind, a couple years from training school (since she’s only 24) but a remarkably good agent nonetheless. Then 86 could be like hey, she’s young, I’ve been here for years, professional jealousy battling romantic inclinations thing, all the while saving the world hand in hand. And what’s with thinking the original 99 wasn’t a sophisticated woman? She was a very forward character for her time. This will probably end up another lame in name only rip-off, sorry to say.
I can see your points about the age thing, *esp* if 99 is supposed to be the “veteran”…after all she was last playing the assistant in …Prada. I guess it’ll be a testament to her acting ability if she can pull it off.
I’ve seen the script and covered it on my podcast
There’s also a spoiler-filled review here
The age difference with Hathaway is explained in the movie, though she looks older than her age in this photo. Steve’s “Maxwell Smart” is a combo of Andy Stitzer and the clueless part of Michael Scott. It’s really perfect casting. Arkin and The Rock are also well-cast for their roles.
The script wasn’t great but I’m sure Steve will add some good things to the script and/or via improvization.
Agent Michael Scarn?
I’m 20 years old and I grew up watching the re-runs on nick-at-nite or tvland. I loved the show, Steve Carell is perfect for the role and I think Anne Hathaway is a good choice for 99. Not sure if them two together will be good but I’m sure they’ll make it work!
Rashida Jones would have been the right age for the role and with her look and style would have brought a modern feel to the whole thing without messing it up. I’m not a big fan of Karen but I’d have picked RJ for 99.
But if they didn’t want to take a risk like that then maybe Christine Taylor (Ben Stiller’s wife), she’s an experienced comic actress and not too young for the role.
I’ll be honest, I haven’t really liked any movie or TV show Steve has done up to point besides of course for the Office. However, from what I’ve heard this might be a FUNNY movie. I guess we’ll know the first time Steve answers his shoe whether or not we have the new Max Smart.