# John Mulaney Teases His ‘Get Smart’ Reboot: “My Favorite Type of Person to Play”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/john-mulaney-teases-his-get-smart-reboot-my-favorite-type-of-person-to-play/
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:06:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T18:26:39+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-mulaney-teases-get-smart-reboot-1236748313/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- Mulaney is in talks to lead a *Get Smart* reboot.
- He says the confident but uninformed spy suits him.
- The 2008 film adaptation earned $230 million worldwide.

## Summary

John Mulaney says he is drawn to a planned *Get Smart* reboot because its lead is a highly confident spy who is not always well informed. The comedian is in talks to lead the Warner Bros. reimagining, which is in early development.

Seth Grahame-Smith is writing the screenplay, with Charles Roven and Andrew Lazar producing. The original 1960s series starred Don Adams as Maxwell Smart; a 2008 film starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway and Dwayne Johnson earned $230 million worldwide. Mulaney is also appearing as Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins in the John Madden biopic *Madden*.

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