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Zoom to the Future: Jim Carrey Confirmed for Live-Action Jetsons Movie
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jim Carrey is currently in talks to star in a live-action film adaptation of the classic cartoon series, The Jetsons. The movie is set to be directed by Jurassic World filmmaker Colin Trevorrow, who is also in talks to co-write the script alongside Joe Epstein.
The Jetsons debuted in 1962 as a futuristic counterpart to the prehistoric comedy The Flintstones. The series, created by legendary animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, initially ran for only one season of 24 episodes. However, the cartoon was successfully revived in the 1980s for two additional seasons, bringing the total number of installments to 75. The show is perhaps best remembered for its catchy theme song.
While this new project will mark the first live-action film based on the property, there has been one animated movie: Jetsons: The Movie was released in theaters in 1990, grossing approximately $20 million.
The series centered on the domestic adventures of a family living in the far future, complete with a futuristic utopia of flying cars, conveyor belt floors, and robot maids. George O’Hanlon notably voiced the patriarch, George Jetson, in both the original 1960s episodes and the 1980s revival.
The Jetsons belongs to a bygone era when people genuinely believed technology would simplify life and create a future that was fundamentally optimistic. Today, we’re a little more cynical, but that disconnect might be exactly what makes for a good movie. This clash of wholesomeness against modern reality is what made The Brady Bunch Movie so effective—the juxtaposition of an out-of-time, ultra-wholesome family against the grungier 1990s was comedic gold. Perhaps the 21st-century’s take on the Jetsons’ dazzling, but naive, future could lead to some excellent, dark comedy.
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