Johnny Quest the Movie is Coming

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?