Get Smart proved to be an enormous success for funnyman Steve Carell, so let's all take off our shoe phones and jump up and down with the news that he's been signed up for a sequel with Warner Bros. And he's also signed a three-year first-look deal with Warners for good measure, ensuring that there'll be lots of Carell-y goodness headed our way for some time to come. The first Get Smart took about $230 million worldwide, on a budget of just $80 million, so is thoroughly in success territory. There's no word yet on whether Carell will be joined by co-stars like Alan Arkin and Anne Hathaway, but fingers crossed. Meanwhile, the unrelated three year deal means that Carell has formed Carousel Productions, to be based at Warners, with fellow former Daily Show correspondant Vince DeGeneres and former Second City theatre company cohort Charlie Hartsock. Carell's planning on looking for vehicles for himself but also straight producer roles. Our suggestion is that he should kill two birds with one stone - why not reformat the US version of The Office to tell the story of this production company, and work on your film projects while making your hit TV series? It lowers costs in the credit crunch and it could win yet more Emmys.

Helen O'Hara

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yayyy!!:D I enjoyed Get Smart so I guess the same I will do with the sequel:D ... Read More angie82 About me
22:17, 08 October 2008 | Report This Post
get smart additional movie already out
Did you know that there is already a spin off movie to get smart. With the two blokes who played the gadget men. The one out of heros and the other one who i dont know. It was released in the states the same time as get smart. ... Read More reece007 About me
10:36, 08 October 2008 | Report This Post
RE: Oh
L: Makman I find it bizarre that people critize films which they are too lazy to watch!!! It was a fun film and is more of an "action/spy" comedy (the Rock and Carrell are both fab in the film) and a fab tribute to the old TV series. It was much more enjoyable than the disappointing "Mummy 3" or "X-Files: I Want to Believe". wasn't dissing it. I was seriously asking a question. I heard time and time again that it was a sweaty sack of toss. Or words to that effect. I'm not too... Read More jimoakley666 About me
10:28, 08 October 2008 | Report This Post
Calsterman, i will now have to kill you ! ... Read More sean83sean About me
22:46, 07 October 2008 | Report This Post
The more Carrell the better
I really liked Get Smart, one of the few TV remakes that worked. The notion of a sequel being made is a welcome one to me. As long as he doesn't leave The Office, I love that show! dare I say better than the UK version (just stirring, no one kill me!) ... Read More Calsterman About me
13:45, 07 October 2008 | Report This Post
Guaranteed Flop?
I'm sure the people who wasted their money on the first film won't make the same mistake twice, but if we get another dose of Anne Hathaway kicking butt with her luscious legs, I might just check it out myself!! ... Read More Hillsman About me
13:42, 07 October 2008 | Report This Post
Get Smart - don't waste your money!
Have to side with jimoakley666 in this case - Get Smart WAS a pile of cack! I think I smiled once while watching it. Wanted my money back when it was over..... ... Read More ROTGUT About me
12:30, 07 October 2008 | Report This Post
RE: Oh
I only said I didn't go and see it because the trailer didn't make me laugh (surely not a bizarre criteria?!) and am prepared to accept that the film is hilariously funny.  BUT reviews and word of mouth don't suggest that is the case - and the best praise you could manage was that it was better than two by all accounts crushingly disappointing sequels!  More to the point, I'm quite sure the rationale for a sequel didn't make much reference to the original's rotten tomatoes score. ... Read More sinaplenty About me
11:37, 07 October 2008 | Report This Post
as long as he doesn't leave The Office, then this is ok. ... Read More Hughezy About me
10:13, 07 October 2008 | Report This Post
RE: Oh
I find it bizarre that people critize films which they are too lazy to watch!!! It was a fun film and is more of an "action/spy" comedy (the Rock and Carrell are both fab in the film) and a fab tribute to the old TV series. It was much more enjoyable than the disappointing "Mummy 3" or "X-Files: I Want to Believe". ... Read More Makman About me
10:11, 07 October 2008 | Report This Post
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