From slashfilm, IESB speculates that director Peter Segal, currently attached to helm a Shazam feature for Warner Bros., might also be the man who brings the studio’s planned tentpole, Jonny Quest, to the world as well for Summer ‘09. Apparently the script by Dan Mazeau is quite strong and in better shooting condition than Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam. Moroever, the site spoke to Segal recently, who was enthusiastic about the latest screenplay, noted his involvement with getting a Quest flick off the ground in the past, and even discussed casting preferences (The Rock for special agent Roger “Race” Bannon). As you might recall, for over a year now Dwayne Johnson has been attached to play Shazam’s Black Adam.
At the center of the Jonny Quest franchise is the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, about the titular young boy, his scientist father, his adopted Indian brother, a spastic bulldog, and a snowy haired special agent/bodyguard who hop around the globe pursuing epic cryptozoological and sci-fi adventures. Quest is one of several retro tentpole projects on Hollywood’s burner, including Buck Rogers, Spielberg/Jackson’s Tintin, the now filming Transformers 2, and another live-action He-Man flick (also buzzing loudly at Warner Bros.). Of course, the recent wipe-out of the similarly cheeky/mothballed Speed Racer is no doubt being taken into consideration when updating Quest.
Also of note: David Goyer’s Supermax, which now looks to have broader box office potential after the success of Iron Man, has been retitled Green Arrow. The well-reviewed script, which sees Green Arrow facing off in a high security prison with DC villains like The Riddler, is by Justin Marks, who wrote the aforemenioned He-Man script that’s driving the Internet nuts right now.
4 comments:
Horrorthon confession, I've never seen an episode of Jonny Quest in my life.
Yay Dan Mazeau! Dan was in my class at UCLA. He didn't even finish school, because he started working so much. Also, he met his girlfriend at my Halloween party, and now they live together. He's the real standout in our class. Life kinda worked out for Dan!
Hanna Barbera made a lot of crappy cartoons over the years, but Johnny Quest is one of their achievements. The JQ cartoon had three incarnations: the classic 60's one, which I recommend to everyone, the weird 80's version, which I recommend to nobody, and the 90's one, in which they added a girl to the lineup to make everything feel less gay.
The original JQ has an edge to it that is not quite homoerotic, but is at least homofriendly. There's no Mrs. Quest, but instead there's bodyguard Race Bannon, who takes off his shirt from time to time. Females very rarely feature in the plots at all.
The very first episode of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law played off of this, being a story of a custody battle between Dr. Quest and Race. Anyway, all this provides another fun facet for the adult viewer.
That's a completely stupid thing to say. The original Jonny Quest had NO homosexual feeling to it. In fact, a recurring character named Jade was involved with Race.
Also, if you are any fan of the show at all, and not just someone who watched Harvey Birdman, there WAS a Mrs. Quest - but she died years ago under unknown circumstances.
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