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Another SMART bit of casting for the TV show turned movie!!!

Gonna be fun by JesusPuzzle	Feb 28th, 2007 08:51:48 AM
The way the casting is shaping up you know its gonna be a riot... I loved this show as a kid and can't wait to see it on the big screen.
There is a scriptreview on wouldyoubelieve.com by DerLanghaarige	Feb 28th, 2007 08:53:13 AM
I hope it's a big fat lie, because it sounds like we are in trouble!
Could be a blast if it's done right... by JunoFallon	Feb 28th, 2007 09:00:29 AM
I think a lot of younger kids today aren't going to know the difference, because it's such an old property, but I think the early casting looks good.
borat testicle dude by howudoinchewbaca	Feb 28th, 2007 09:01:02 AM
was just recently attached to this as well.
ALAN ARKIN GOTTA EAT by KingKirby	Feb 28th, 2007 09:02:18 AM
Sorry...sorry...I saw the opening...had to take it. Hope it's good!
Missed it by this much by William Munny	Feb 28th, 2007 09:04:07 AM
As a kid, watching _Get Smart_ when it was originally aired was a big time. Great fun. I hope the writers and cast can emulate the zaniness of the this 60s TV icon. I still hear people of my generation occasionally saying: "Sorry about that chief." Thanks to Don Adams for adding to our catch-phrase lexicon.
Didn't he die last year? by TheBigDogg	Feb 28th, 2007 09:15:25 AM
I guess not. Who died then?
I loved the Nude Bomb! Thimble wearing panty hose bad . by kinghenryVIII	Feb 28th, 2007 09:15:32 AM
guy - the "zipper" entrance way into the evil lair .... the desk / car chase. I haven't seen it since I was 10 on cable but I remember liking it. I hope this rocks. Steve C can do no wrong and the rest of cast seems to round out that greatness. And it's good to see The Rock getting some movie time. I find him utterly halarious. I'm looking forward to this.
WOW that script is utter shit. Dear god - NOOOOOO! by Doctor_Sin	Feb 28th, 2007 09:19:09 AM
Can someone please PLEASE PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE nuke Hollywood? At least stage a "Boston Tea Party" or something - maybe a coup? Can we take over? How do we stop shit like this from happening? It's like a goddamn asteroid heading for earth to wipe us out.
Please Explain.......... by liljuniorbrown	Feb 28th, 2007 10:06:25 AM
I was around and read the God awful fake review for Batman Year One that spawned "Has a beer and cheeets on _ " and also around for "bomb in the ribcage" but I must have missed "Gotta Eat" Someone please Let me know where that came from.
Niiiiice. by Anna Valerious	Feb 28th, 2007 10:07:21 AM
This is really improving the chances of me seeing this movie.
No Sigfried, No peace by 13th Librarian	Feb 28th, 2007 10:11:18 AM
and no good movie.. cast amuses me, but everything I've heard on their take of it makes it sound like it'll suck harder than Monica..
Let's talk about this in the Cone of Silence! by the Grobe	Feb 28th, 2007 10:18:06 AM
There is no apostrophe needed after "gotta". You're shortening "got to", so what is your apostrophe standing for, the "o" that you replaced with an "a"? Kids may not recognize this show, but they ought to recognize Inspector Gadget and realize that this is the source (and superior) material.
I think it can cater to both the... by mrfan	Feb 28th, 2007 10:21:57 AM
older crowd that grew up with the show and the younger crowd that has never heard of it. Great casting so far. It should be a great time.
Alan Arkin Should Give That Oscar to Eddie Murphy by DarfurOnTheRocks	Feb 28th, 2007 10:22:55 AM
What kind of shit is that, giving him an Oscar?!
The Rock Must Be Hymie by CaptDanielRoe	Feb 28th, 2007 10:22:56 AM
They should have gotten a dude who could play a jewish robot more convincingly but whatever.
he was great in So I Married An Axe Murderer by purplemonkeydw	Feb 28th, 2007 10:27:19 AM
most.underrated.movie.evarrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Would you believe... by Bubba Gillman	Feb 28th, 2007 10:33:45 AM
...that I don't care about this movie?
Austin Powers with a shoe phone by CTU Mole	Feb 28th, 2007 10:47:05 AM
w00t!
Great casting choice by skimn	Feb 28th, 2007 11:09:24 AM
for Chief! Will they now include in the trailer..and Academy Award (tm) Winner Alan Arkin ...as The Chief....?..of course they will. This would only work if someone like Apatow was attached, where it would be silly and smart ala Ricky Bobby, or Anchorman. I fear it will rely on big stupid stunts and slapstick. Who's directing this thing??
how does it sound? by damagedinc	Feb 28th, 2007 11:15:02 AM
it sounds unnecessary. it's comforting to know that fountain of great ideas that filmmakers could possibly ever have has been utterly tapped. thanks hollywood!
Directed by by skimn	Feb 28th, 2007 11:34:56 AM
the guy who needs Adam Sandler to secure a hit, and written by the guy who wrote "Failure To Launch"? Ok, thats all I need to know..
Anne Hathaway cancels out Steve Carell by half vader	Feb 28th, 2007 12:11:18 PM
Because of those creepy dead eyes. Hey, maybe SHE should play the robot. Actually I'd like Patrick Warburton to do that one.
How the hell can this be eagerly anticipated by anyone? by Doctor_Sin	Feb 28th, 2007 12:46:59 PM
At least anyone over 10? I'll just watch the series on DVD, thanks.
Lorenzo Music was Garfield by emeraldboy	Feb 28th, 2007 01:11:40 PM
not bill murray. Sellars was closeau not steve Martin. Adams was Gadget not Matthew Broderick and He was Maxwell Smart no Steve Carell. Remember when we are all saying that Carrell would replace Carrey as the king of comedy....all because of Carells performance in Bruce. Come, steve times a wasting hurry up!
Wasn't the dog called Fang? by dirtsandwich	Feb 28th, 2007 01:25:38 PM
I'm looking forward to it.
I just read the script treatment from the link above .. by kinghenryVIII	Feb 28th, 2007 01:32:31 PM
And I take back my earlier post - if this is indeed true. My thoughts now are this will be a sucka punch to humor. Steve! What have you done?
Now we just need... by ripper t. jones	Feb 28th, 2007 01:59:52 PM
Patrick Warburton signed to be Hymie.
CARELL + HATHAWAY = WAY CREEPY by robogeek.com	Feb 28th, 2007 02:25:16 PM
I'm sorry, but I'm still totally creeped out by the pairing of 44-year-old Carell with 24-year-old Hathaway. I would've loved to have seen someone more age-appropriate as 99 - especially since those possibilities are so much more interesting, ranging from the likes of Sandra Bullock to Monica Bellucci.
The greatest comedy ever made? by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Feb 28th, 2007 02:43:47 PM
Fuck. This is really a great cast. It could be the funniest movie ever to hit the big screen or a huge dud. My god with that much talent they better not fuck this up. I LOVED Get Smart in reruns as a child.
When will Hollywood realize to play it straight? by Doctor_Sin	Feb 28th, 2007 02:50:03 PM
That's where the comedy gold is. Not in just acting silly or situation-inappropriate. If this had been played totally straight-faced as a serious Bond-style spy caper, with Max totally oblivious to his own ineptitude and how it creates vast Rube Goldberg-like domino effects, this would be a classic. And don't be afraid to cast an "older" woman (i.e., out of the 20-something bracket). Again, it has to be sincere and straight-faced, letting the ridiculous gadgets and situations speak for themselves without self-reflexive "Wow, I am sooooo goofy!" humor. Toilet humor isn't funny in and of itself. Pee jokes just don't mean anything once you're out of 6th grade. Even a bunch of funny jokes crammed into a single film without any reason for being there = doom. Get Smart the TV show succeeded because of the creative forces at work who understood humor and how to play it. The Get Smart website says the script turns Max into a fat (ha, ha, ha, fat guys are funny losers = really tired joke; where are all the skinny loser guys that actually exist in the real world?) wannabe spy (gotta make him the lovable dope everyman) who loses weight to try to be a CONTROL spy and butts heads with 99 (hey, surprise, surprise - I bet they fall in love by film's end). To make matters worse, they turn Max into a bumbling, inept, goofball a la Steve Martin's anal raping of Inspector Clouseau. Where in this is there ANYTHING to get excited about? And all the "I love dumb fun movies" apologists will no doubt fly their flags, in complete ignorance of the fact that they have forsaken any semblance of quality control just to go spend $8 for popcorn somewhere. Bend over, movie-goers. That unlubed cock that Hollywood is inching toward your anus is all thanks to you yourselves. Hollywood rapes you because you ask for it.
Would you believe... by Rakafraker	Feb 28th, 2007 03:03:40 PM
...that there is so much acting talent that it will break box-office records? OK... Would you believe that it will make the studio's money back? Umm... Yeah... How about it'll be a big dud if they don't improve the script? Right... I hope that they're pulling the old, "Put the fake script on the internet, but film a completely different one." trick.
I could go on, but... by Rakafraker	Feb 28th, 2007 03:11:02 PM
...I have the theme song in my head while praying that they don't change it by techno-fying, or metal-izing it. Da-dut-dada-dut... (I always wanted a Sunbeam Tiger)
PHONE IN SHOE GOTTA EAT by Dr Lisa Cuddy	Feb 28th, 2007 03:20:22 PM
Anne Hathaway?
I love dumb fun movies! by DerLanghaarige	Feb 28th, 2007 03:41:31 PM
They just shouldn't have the name of great TV-classics... The old show is recently running on TV again. I haven't seen it since 15 years or so and I was really surprised how funny it still is! While a "newer" show like SLEDGE HAMMER isn'T really that funny anymore (it has some good laughs, but it was way funnier back in the 80's), I still laugh my ass of in every episode of GET SMART! I hope that Steve Carrell (who seems to be pretty smart [no pun intended] and a fan of the show) will say at one point 'no, give me a better script'. Or even better: The script review is fake and the script is great :)
Is Buck Henry involved? by Det. John Kimble	Feb 28th, 2007 04:20:00 PM
'Cause if he isn't this is DEAD TO ME.
So Max....that Agent 99....U git 2 hit dat? by Dr Gregory House	Feb 28th, 2007 04:23:10 PM
"Missed it by THAT much"
Not The Craw...THE CRAW! by Doctor_Sin	Feb 28th, 2007 04:27:07 PM
The TV show holds up VERY well. I only wish Henry or Brooks or someone could have been in on this. Best line: "Zis is KAOS! We don't 'shush' here."
How is Hathaway good casting? by BigTuna	Feb 28th, 2007 05:14:27 PM
She's WAY too young for the part.
ALTMAN died last year, not ARKIN. by Novaman5000	Feb 28th, 2007 05:27:43 PM
!!
my friend's dad built a room in the basement by BadMrWonka	Feb 28th, 2007 05:52:12 PM
for our band to practice in, in high school. presumably because we were annoyingly loud. he called it the cone of silence.
Sounds good......???? by closeencounter	Feb 28th, 2007 05:52:14 PM
So far. Now to complete the rest of the crew.......
should be reserved for tv imo. by theonecalledshoe	Feb 28th, 2007 06:11:21 PM
Gilligan's island never had a big screen movie. aw... $hit I spoke that outloud.
What's with all the Hathaway hate? by Zeke25:17	Feb 28th, 2007 06:29:02 PM
She's sexy as hell; I only wish she'd get outta legitimate films and into porn, and quickly! She could be this generation's Bridgette Monet ("I Like to Watch", among others). At the very least, she could get herself into the Barefoot Confidential series...
Arkin was awesome in LMS. by Barry Egan	Feb 28th, 2007 06:30:25 PM
"Fuck a lot of women."
The show was good when I was a kid by Power_Girl	Feb 28th, 2007 07:53:56 PM
Haven't seen it since. Get Smart was only famous because of the lead actor...put anyone else in the role and the show would not have been a success.
still by quadrupletree	Feb 28th, 2007 07:59:15 PM
As great as this cast is, this could so south PDQ. The overall concept is really weak... Oh and Hathaway has nice boobies :)
some inside info people... by yassoo	Feb 28th, 2007 10:10:23 PM
BJ novak was being considered, as writer, for this project early on, after dozens of established writers passed. and robert weide - for director. the production company went through any and all writers and directors for this project, in development. no takers. i got my hands on some early drafts through someone who was closely involed- they were shit. havent read the shooting draft, so i will reserve judgement. lets just say it was a painful process, and something tells me the end result will be the same. does any 18-30 year old care about this show? do your parents care? it's like making a film version of Laugh-In. what a joke. Mod Squad, Bewitched.... Get Smart? hopefully Carrell can escape unscathed.
Secret Agent 86 wants to lose weight by kabong	Feb 28th, 2007 10:15:36 PM
(so he gotta not eat). Here we go with yet another projection of Hollyweird neurosis. Bet they put Max undercover as a hair stylist.
robogeek.com by Professor Krapp	Feb 28th, 2007 10:32:29 PM
I completely agree with you. Hathaway's a cute young thing, but she doesn't have the gravitas as an actress to play 99. Maybe she'll surprise me, but an older actess would have been nice. Bullock, I suppose, would be good. I think Bellucci's too "big" for the role. Not physically, but she'd completely make Carrell look like a wimp. Ah well, it doesn't matter because it'll probably stink. Not too many of these TV Movies turn out very well. I wouldn't even think about seeing it if it weren't for Carrell. Still, I'm gonna let the reviews sway me on this one.
What did he say? by Happyfat73	Feb 28th, 2007 11:02:35 PM
As long as it has the old "Max-kneeling-on-the-dying-guy 's-chest" gag then I'm cool with it. 99's tits would be good too.
I'm Sick of Dwayne Johnsons.. and no He's Not Hymie by CaptDanielRoe	Mar 1st, 2007 11:03:20 AM
Thankfully. He's some new agent character, 23 I think. How much you wanna bet it's not terribly interesting?
'so much talent in front of the screen' by JacksonsPole	Mar 1st, 2007 12:23:15 PM
questionable. highly questionable. little miss sunshine was whack. oscars be damned. eddie murphy deserved it more than arkin...
Nerdy Max = Flames on Optimus by idahomer	Mar 1st, 2007 01:25:33 PM
Would you believe the script is terrible? Well it is. But it will still make a lot of money.
They should get AMY Smart by Dasher	Mar 1st, 2007 01:57:51 PM
C'mon, the thought must have occurred to someone working on this project.
nobody cares to answer? by liljuniorbrown	Mar 1st, 2007 03:13:28 PM
Just wanna know where gotta eat!! came from. Thats all i wanted to know. I'd love to know where that particular phrase started if anybody knows.
Gotta eat - ? by Doctor_Sin	Mar 1st, 2007 04:54:34 PM
I could've sworn it started in some Mori article where, as a way of excusing someone taking a hack job/role just to pay the bills, he said "_____'s gotta eat." Pretty vague, I know, but I could've sworn it was from a Mori article.
Doctor_Sin 's gotta eat by liljuniorbrown	Mar 2nd, 2007 11:12:21 AM
Much appreciated.

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