John Mulaney Circling Lead Role in ‘Get Smart’ Reboot at Warner Bros.

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John Mulaney is circling the role of Agent Maxwell Smart in Warner Bros. upcoming movie reboot of “Get Smart,” Variety has confirmed.

The project is still 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. Producers include Andrew Lazar and Chuck Roven.

Co-creators Mel Brooks and Buck Henry debuted the original “Get Smart” TV series in 1965, and it ran for 138 episodes until 1970. Don Adams led the slapstick spy spoof as the brainy but hopelessly incompetent Agent Smart, starring alongside Barbara Feldon as the ever-capable Agent 99. Edward Platt played the Chief of the Control agency. “Get Smart” earned seven Emmy wins during its run, including three acting wins for Adams and three for Outstanding Comedy Series.

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