Pedigree: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, The Rock and Borat's Ken Davitian! Estimated budget: $70 million. Predicted box office: $100 million (US gross), $150 million (worldwide).

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In his next bid for a crossover hit, Steve Carell plays klutzy spy Maxwell Smart, whose show was once must-see TV in the US. And in a post-rebooted-007 world, Smart's slapstick capers are up for a whole new audience to discover. Indeed, with new recruit Agent 23 (The Rock), Anne Hathaway as empowered sidekick Agent 99 and Bill Murray cameoing as Agent 13, this might come as a pleasant surprise even to fans of the original.

"Steve and I had to add a little bit of our own freshness to it," says director Peter Segal. "We looked to the scope of the picture and the action to complement the humour, the characters and the situations that people remembered. I think we found our own tone."

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The 25 Most Exciting Films Of 2008 ~ Select A Film ~
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	Hellboy II: The Golden Army
	Hancock
	Wanted
	Iron Man
	The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor
	Blindness
	Son Of Rambow
	The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
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	Get Smart
	Frost / Nixon
	The Incredible Hulk
	Burn After Reading
	The Dark Knight
	Speed Racer
	Pineapple Express
	The Happening
	Valkyrie
	Wall-E
	Sex And The City: The Movie
	Quantum Of Solace
	Star Trek
	Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
	Where The Wild Things Are

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