Hayden Panettiere, who is set to star in the film Fireflies in the Garden, isn’t the only Heroes cast member who has been given the chance to make it big in the silver screen. Masi Oka, who plays Hiro Nakamura on Heroes, is set to star in not one but two movies, Get Smart and Get Smarter: Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control.

Get Smart, a crime-comedy film based on the television series, is scheduled to open in theaters in June 20, 2008 and will be available on DVD ten days after its premiere. Directed by Peter Segal and written by Tom J. Astle and Mel Brooks, the movies is currently filming in Montreal, Québec, Canada, with cast members such as Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart, Anne Hathaway as Agent 99, Masi Oka as Bruce, The Rock as Agent 23, Nate Torrence as Lloyd and Terry Crews as Agent 91 among others.

After filming Get Smart, Oka and Torrence will immediately start shooting its sequel Get Smarter: Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control. The said film is not actually a sequel but is being produced as a parallel content to the movie Get Smart. The script will also be written by Tom Astle and Matt Ember.

Oka, a 32-year old native of Tokyo, Japan, got his degree in computer science and mathematics at Brown University. Prior to his inclusion on Heroes, he worked as a programmer in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. As an actor, he appeared on shows like Dharma & Greg, Citizen Baines, Yes, Dear, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and movies like The Proud Family Movie and Along Came Polly.

Meanwhile, fans of Oka can take delight in his teleport powers on the sci-fi drama Heroes, which airs every Monday at 9:00 PM on NBC.

-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist

Source: Zap2it.com

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