ANCHORMAN co-star cast in GET SMART

Steve Carell to play Maxwell Smart in new movie

By Patrick Sauriol     August 03, 2004
Source: Variety

After appearing as one of the guys in ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY, actor Steve Carell has now closed a deal that will see him play the lead role in a GET SMART feature film. Carell will take over the role of CONTROL Agent Maxwell Smart (also known as Agent 86), a role first made famous when Don Adams played the bumbling secret agent character on the television series for five seasons. The film is in development at Warner Bros.

Created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, the GET SMART TV series followed the zany exploits of Agent Smart and his much more intelligent female partner Agent 99 (played by Barbara Feldon) as they took on the diabolical organization known as KAOS. The show was a comedic take on the character of James Bond and the notion of Cold War spies. Adams reprised his character in a 1979 movie based on the series titled THE NUDE BOMB, which in fact bombed at theaters.

Screenwriter Steve Koren will pen the script, tailoring it to fit Carell's comedic sensabilities. The actor is currently filming his first leading role in New Line Cinema's FURRY VENGEANCE.


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