Mulaney to Lead WB's Get Smart Reboot — SkimNews
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- John Mulaney is circling the lead role of Agent Maxwell Smart in Warner Bros.' upcoming movie reboot of 'Get Smart,' with the project still described as being in very early stages.
- Seth Grahame-Smith, who wrote 2025's 'Now You See Me: Now You Don't,' is set to pen the screenplay, with Andrew Lazar and Chuck Roven producing.
- The original 'Get Smart' TV series debuted in 1965, co-created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, ran 138 episodes through 1970, and won seven Emmys including three acting wins for Don Adams as Agent Smart.
- The 2008 film adaptation starred Steve Carell alongside Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, and Terence Stamp, opening to $38 million and earning $230 million worldwide against an $80 million budget.
- Mulaney, a four-time Emmy winner, most recently hosted Netflix's 12-episode anti-talk show 'Everybody's Live with John Mulaney' in 2025 and is set to play EA founder Trip Hawkins in David O. Russell's sports biopic 'Madden.'
- The comedian joked at the 2024 Governors Awards about auditioning for 'Young Cop' in Maggie Gyllenhaal's Warner Bros. release 'The Bride!' — making this his first confirmed WB project.
Why it matters: Warner Bros. is pairing Mulaney — fresh off a 12-episode Netflix hosting stint and a nine-show comedy tour — with a 138-episode comedy franchise whose last big-screen incarnation earned $230 million worldwide on an $80 million budget, giving the studio a clear moderate-success bar to clear with a comedian who hasn't headlined a major studio film.
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