Here’s Jim Carrey As George Jetson In Proposed Live-Action Movie

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Yahhh-dat-da-daaaaa! After playing Dr. Robotnik across three Sonic The Hedgehog movies, Jim Carrey now has his eyes on a different iconic character…someone a bit more futiristic.

The Wrap reports that Warner Bros is looking into producing a live-action Jetsons movie and that Carrey is interested in playing the lead role, family matriarch George Jetson. No other cast members have been mentioned, but Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) has signed up to direct the picture, as well as co-write the script with Joe Epstein (The Idol).

The Jetsons — George, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, and Jane his wife – lived in Orbit City with a snarky robot maid and a slobbering dog that lacked a sense of boundaries. 26 episodes were produced for one solitary season on ABC in 1962; later, wishing to syndicate the show, Hanna-Barbera commissioned dozens of new episodes in 1985, introducing an alien pet named Orbity. There were 75 episodes made altogether, not counting any specials or crossovers.

Many Hollywood visions of the future tend to become dated, but the world of The Jetsons will always be timeless, because it’s a future that will never happen. Living our lives in circular homes on poles high in the air, eating small pills for dinner, going to work making giant gears, sprockets and cogs…it ain’t likely. It can always be cast as the future, because we’ll never get there!

The Jetsons last had their own movie in the spring of 1990, which was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera themselves and featured the final living performances of George O’Hanlon as George Jetson and Mel Blanc as Mr. Spacely. O’Hanlon is said to have expired right after performing his final lines. Janet Waldo also reprised daughter Judy, but her recordings were thrown out when singer Tiffany became attached to the picture and took over the role.

None of the major players in that movie are available now, but hey, Tiffany probably is. We’ll have more to say on the live-action Jetsons movie assuming it doesn’t get stuck in limbo like the last fifteen attempts at one have.

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