Johnny Quest the Movie is Coming
Johnny Quest (2009) Movie — By Nix on August 7, 2007
Hollywood is currently feeling the “nostalgic cartoon vibe”, and who can blame them, with the success of “Transformers” and the guaranteed success of “Speed Racer” just waiting in the wing. The latest cartoon to get the big screen treatment is Johnny Quest, coming courtesy of Warner Bros. Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter will bring the ’60s cartoon to the big screen, with a script by Dan Mazeau. Not being a child of the ’60s, I of course have no clue what Johnny Quest is about, although I have seen an episode of the old show here and there, and it was always so…stupid. Then again, so was Scooby Doo, and I seemed to like that just fine, which goes to show you I have absolutely no taste in cartoons.
So what’s it about? Variety knows:
Series revolved around a young boy who travels the world with his scientist father, adopted brother from India, Bandit the bulldog, and a government agent assigned to protect them as they go on their adventures investigating scientific mysteries.
The show, which is owned by Warner Bros. Animation, aired during primetime on ABC in 1964, lasting only one season. It was updated in the late ’80s and ’90s as “The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest” on the Cartoon Network. Property’s also been spun off as a comicbook from DC.
Like all comic book or videogame being adapted into a movie, the producers want a wannabe franchise out of this. Heck, why not just go for the wannabe trifecta and call it a trilogy, guys?
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I loved that show as a kid, now 43, I have a johnny quest shirt , Don’t know where I got it . Should have not worn it thou. I new it would be a movie sooner or later, I hope it’s made in the way tomb raider or better.
As a kid, some of the episodes scared the crap out of me–it was great. They killed bad guys and ran the risk of being killed. The original series remains a one-of-a-kind cartoon wtih respect to the amount of sheer violence. If they do a movie, I’d love to see it done in the spirit of the original season rather than after it was grossly watered down. Race Bannon kicked ass!
I grew up on Jonny Quest. This movie/TV series is based on Armstrong radio series and a little 007. Without Quest, Space Ghost and Harvey Birdman don’t exist.