Would you believe that director Peter Segal and producer Charles Roven are adapting Get Smart … and loving it?!

It’s true. But it's also true that both Roven and Segal will follow-up their silver-screen adaptation of the ’60s spy spoof—starring Steve Carell and opening on June 20—with something decidedly different: superhero movies. The former seems set to have a tremendous summer, with The Dark Knight—writer/director Christopher Nolan’s sequel to his hit Batman Begins—opening on July 18. The latter is working with screenwriter John August (Charlie’s Angels) to develop the script for Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam, the tale of a teen who transforms into the adult superhero Captain Marvel.

Since I already had them on the shoe phone to talk about Get Smart for the cover story of our June issue, the recovering comic-book geek in me couldn't resist asking Roven and Segal about their respective caped crusaders.

Roven on The Dark Knight: “I’m very, very proud of the film. … Chris Nolan is an amazing filmmaker who knew what the challenges would be in making a sequel to Batman Begins, because Batman Begins was so well received. And I believe that we’ve accomplished it.”

Segal on Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam: “It is a bit of a departure for me, and I’m very excited about that. We’re staying very faithful to the source material. What I love about that comic book is that there’s a real humanity in the story of this 13-year-old boy who becomes a superhero on the outside, but is still a teenager on the inside. So it’s a bit of Big-meets-Superman—it’s just a great opportunity to bring another kind of comic book to the screen.”