Steve Carell’s latest film, Evan Almighty, may be a grand-scale misfire of sorts, but the actor is still feeling good about his upcoming slate of projects, including next summer’s Get Smart.

“Get Smart was something I loved growing up with as a kid,” he says, “and getting the chance to bring that to a movie screen is…” Here Carell trails off, as the wide grin of a man getting paid to play for a living breaks out across his face. “We’re 12 weeks in, we’re almost done shooting it and I think it’s going to be fantastic. I’m very bullish about Get Smart for next summer.”