It didn't take a genius to figure out that Steve Carrell's "Get Smart" remake would end up a franchise. I remember seeing the first promo at Comic-Con 2007, before it was replayed into numbing oblivion, and knowing it was not going to be the only one. People were going too nuts for it. And Carrell was just too perfectly cast as Agent Maxwell Smart.
Warner Bros has only just started mobilizing the sequel, so it's uncertain as to whether the rest of the cast will return. But Anne Hathaway already told MTV that she'd love to reprise her role as Agent 99. And surely they can write a return for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson? He needs a break from Disney movies! Read more...
- Four on the floor: Sulu, Scotty, Bones, and Chekov get their very own character posters for “Star Trek.” (Trek Movie)
- Somebody give these guys a hand. (Zing!) First unit shooting on “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” halted for a month. (Transformers World)
- Abbie Hoffman, meet Mr. Shaky Cam. Paul Greengrass reportedly to direct “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” (Film School Rejects)
- But what does this mean for “Shazam”? “Get Smart” helmer Peter Segal eyes “Wardogs.” (THR)
- New images pop-up from Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog.” (Disney Animation)
It's a blockbuster brawl this weekend as two of the biggest names in laughdom take each other on at the box office...so which of the big-budget comedies will snag your hard-earned dollars?
In one corner you have Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway reviving the classic "Get Smart" franchise, and in the other you have the five-year-in-the-making, live-action return of Mike Myers in "The Love Guru."
Will Myers' first new homegrown non-cartoon character since Austin Powers as the enlightened Guru Pitka draw you in, or are you more apt to check out the explosive shenanigans of Carell and Hathaway going undercover with their whiz-bang gadgetry? We want to know which you plan on seeing, and what you think of the flicks after you do, so be sure to chime in below with all your thoughts. Yuk it up, folks!
Here's a news flash: Many movie lovers consider "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" to be among the funniest films of the past decade. And now, here's a story even bigger than the Panda Watch: Steve Carell is ready to get classy again, San Diego.
"Oh, absolutely," Carell said to MTV News, as talk of an "Anchorman" sequel continues to build momentum. "Yeah, in a second."
Just last week, Will Ferrell attended one of our MTV Movie Awards Sneak Peek Week screenings of "The Foot Fist Way," dropped a Ron Burgundy imitation on the audience, and confirmed that he and writer/director Adam McKay are in the beginning stages of plotting out a sequel. Now, the star of "Get Smart" has confirmed that they've been in touch with him, and that he's eager to step back into the Seventies. Read more...
