Jim Carrey to Star in ‘The Jetsons’ Live-Action Movie
Jim Carrey is in talks to lead a “Jetsons” movie at Warner Bros. Pictures with Colin Trevorrow in talks to direct, Variety has confirmed.
Trevorrow, who last helmed “Jurassic World: Dominion,” and Joe Epstein are in talks to write the screenplay. No information on the storyline was immediately available.
The last “Jetsons” feature film was the 1990 animated “Jetsons: The Movie.” A live-action version of the familiar family animated property, which first aired in 1962, has been attempted several times in the past. The series was revived several times in the 1970s and ’80s, making the typical nuclear family that happens to live in outer space familiar to several generations of viewers.
Among the unfulfilled attempts to bring “The Jetsons” to screen were a 2003 version directed by Adam Shankman, a 2007 CGI version directed by Robert Rodriguez and a 2017 animated version.
Carrey most recently has appeared in “Sonic the Hedgehog” and its two follow-up installments. He has a long history of taking on iconic characters such as the Grinch in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” but has been seen less frequently onscreen in recent years.
Warner Bros. had no comment.
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