The recent Academy Award winner officially joins the cast of the big screen adaption of the popular TV series.
According to The Hollywood Reporter Oscar winner Alan Arkin has signed on to join the cast of Get Smart from Warner Bros. Pictures.
Arkin will reunite with his Little Miss Sunshine co-star Steve Carell in the film, directed by Peter Segal (50 First Dates, The Longest Yard). Arkin will take over the role of the chief of CONTROL originally made famous by Edward Platt in the 1965 TV series.
Also signed on to star are Anne Hathaway who plays Agent 99, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Terrance Stamp, both in unknown roles.