According to recent reports, Warners Bros. is looking to turn the Hanna-Barbera series The Jetsons into an animated theatrical feature, reported first by Deadline. The studio has roped in Matt Lieberman to scribe for this cult series adaptation.
We’ve all been hearing of a live-action Jetsons movie in the works for over a decade now. And Jetsons fans have been understandably nervous about how the ‘First Family of Futurism’ might translate into flesh and blood. With this announcement they can certainly breathe a sigh of relief as Warner Bros. is reportedly back to working on The Jetsons as an animated project.
Warner Bros currently owns that library, which was acquired by Ted Turner before he sold his company to Warner Bros. The Jetsons is based on the Hanna Barbera cartoon series that originated in 1962 and was that production company’s space-age answer to the stone-age The Flintstones.
Lieberman also scripted Giant Monsters Attack Japan for Paramount Animation, and Short Circuit which Tim Hill will helm. His spec The Pet sold to Disney with Jared Hess attached to direct, and he scripted Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride for Peter Candeland to direct and Evil Genius for Disney.
Airing between 1962 and 1963, then later between 1985 and 1987, The Jetsons was Hanna-Barbera’s sitcom counterpart to The Flintstones. But instead of prehistoric times, their world of 2062 was one of robots, aliens, holograms, inventions and flying cars, featuring George Jetson, his wife Jane, their daughter Judy, son Elroy, robot maid Rosie and dog Astro. Over the years, the series has become an important part of American pop culture, and Warner Bros is now hoping nostalgia will bring in viewers for a new animated movie.
