This is certainly odd, and unexpected news. Apparently Robert Rodriguez, he of the violent crime movies and shoot’em ups, is in talks to direct a live-action big screen version of the “Jetsons” cartoon. Then again, thinking about Rodriguez’s filmography, maybe this isn’t such an odd idea, after all. He has done kid movies before, including his own creation, the “Spy Kids” films, so yeah, this wouldn’t be such a hard thing for Rodriguez to do. He could just go wacky wacky with it the way he did the “Spy Kids” movies. I don’t know about the talking dog, though. Anyways, Rodriguez’s last movie, “Grindhouse”, got massacred at the box office. Hopefully this one will do better.
What, you don’t know what the “Jetsons” are? For shame! Here’s Wikipedia:
The Jetsons was a prime-time American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and aired on Sunday nights on ABC from September 23, 1962 to March 3, 1963. Like The Flintstones, it was a half-hour family sitcom projecting contemporary American culture and lifestyle into another time period. While the Flintstones lived in a world with machines powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons lived in a utopian future of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions.
The original series of 24 episodes was made between 1962 and 1963 and was re-run on Saturday morning for decades. Its continuing popularity led to further episodes being produced for syndication between 1985 and 1987. The series was extensively merchandised and followed by two made for-TV movies and two theatrical feature films.
Live action Jane and Judy Jetson? I’m in.
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