'Get Smart' DTV Spin-off to Possibly Provide Answers, Laughs
Filed under: Comedy, Warner Brothers, Home Entertainment, Remakes and Sequels
If you were watching Get Smart this past weekend (and many of you had been) and thought to yourself, "Self, whatever were those two gadget-crafting nerds played by that guy from 'Heroes' and that other dude up to while Steve Carell was off being less funny than he tends to be back home on the television set?," then do I have an answer for you!
And by I, I mean Warner Premiere, the studio's direct-to-DVD arm. See, for over a year now, they've had it up their sleeves to release a spin-off entitled Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control*, which would correspond to the events of that film's story and arrive on shelves within weeks of that film's release (next Tuesday, July 1, to be exact).
If the official website and its trailer are to be believed, the 71-minute supplement involves Bruce (Masi Oka) and Lloyd (Nate Torrence) as they construct, test, and tweak robotic agent Hymie (Patrick Warburton), who made an appearance at the end of Smart.
Whether it turns out to be actually amusing or just superfluous, the whole deal's a smart move on Warner Premiere's part; I suspect that they just shot stuff amidst regular filming, which in turn cut down both production and promotion costs, as opposed to the relative gamble of dusting off titles such as House on Haunted Hill, The Cell, and The Lost Boys.
Regardless, GS'sB&L:OOC hits shelves on DVD and Blu-Ray - and on-demand - next week.
*Get it? Because Control's the name of the government organization they work within. No, not because they got booted from their Joy Division cover band.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-26-2008 @ 12:55AM
Chris said...
Are they actually getting us to buy cut scenes separately now? Really? I enjoyed the movie, and thought these guys where entertaining in small doses, but really?
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7-13-2008 @ 4:26PM
Nancy E. Barr said...
I doubt that Don (who was VERY critical of everything HE did) would have liked it .. would have walked out, more than likely .. he wanted Eric McCormack, should they ever do anything he did or was .. NO ONE can ever do what he did . Perhaps the voice . I can .. working on the show and for him .. know lotsa stuff .. helped with the boxed set .. but, shouldn't they just have left it alone? .. I worked in casting last two years and on/off for Don for about 5 years .. I was his 24/7 and trust me, I WAS .. I did an interview on www.wouldyoubelive.com YEARS ago .. Don and I remained good friends til the end .. wanted him to reach 86 .. alas, he had too many things .. will NEVER see the 'movie' .. NOT least bit interested in it . . I here about it .. but NOPE .. Don would have walked out from what I hear .. I think ..
Nellen
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