Mad Magazine's 'Spy vs. Spy' to Be Made Into A Movie

[Brian Damage]

Remember Spy vs. Spy, the running comic strip of one-ups-manship between rival spooks from Mad Magazine? A live-action bigscreen version is moving forward at Warner Bros for Ron Howard to direct. David Koepp will produce with Howard and his Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer. Right now, Koepp will oversee a script that will be written by John Kamps. Kamps just teamed with Koepp to write Premium Rush, the Sony Pictures movie directed by Koepp, who also just rewrote the Jack Ryan film for Paramount Pictures. The film will be a physical and highly visual action comedy with two spies going mano a mano in ruthless fashion.

Spy Vs. Spy will be down the line for Howard, who always has a busy dance card. As Howard and Grazer and Akiva Goldsman prepare to turn in the rewrite of The Dark Tower over the next couple of weeks to see if Universal Pictures will fund the ambitious adaptation of the Stephen King novel series planned to span three films and two TV series runs, Howard has been eyeing projects he might be able to squeeze in before.

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[tv star collector]

I can see that working only if it were done like a silent movie, with little or no dialogue, in order to be faithful to the original cartoons. That would satisfy the fans of Mad magazine--but would mainstream audiences go for it?
A "silent" movie for the 21st century would certainly be a novel concept!

[PlayOn]

Originally Posted by tv star collector

I can see that working only if it were done like a silent movie, with little or no dialogue, in order to be faithful to the original cartoons. That would satisfy the fans of Mad magazine--but would mainstream audiences go for it?
A "silent" movie for the 21st century would certainly be a novel concept!

that would be different. lol.
i see this as an animated movie. i don't like cartoon characters to be all live action-y (except, of course, super heroes)

[Marvo301]

Originally Posted by PlayOn

that would be different. lol.
i see this as an animated movie. i don't like cartoon characters to be all live action-y (except, of course, super heroes)

Besides where are they gonna find two actors with faces shaped like ice cream cones?

[comedyfreak]

I always thought they were crows, lol.

[robyrob]

this is obviously all a nefarious ploy to get people into the theatre and when they sit down and the lights go out they all get ejected.

[dlemond]

Originally Posted by robyrob

this is obviously all a nefarious ploy to get people into the theatre and when they sit down and the lights go out they all get ejected.