A few months back, DC started its rebirth by announcing they were revamping some classic Hanna Barbera characters for the new millennium. I'll just be honest here and say that I didn't think this was the best of DC's recent revamping efforts–do we really need a gritty Scooby Doo?–but this thing exists, or will soon, and it's going to be pretty funny either way. I believe there have been some artist announcements and more so here's where this is all at.
We're heading towards a tipping point in the market. Companies are partnering up with Walmart and Loot Crate and other alternative sales avenues are on the rise. DC is undergoing a Rebirth. Where do we go from here? How do we build a comics industry for the 21st century?
A film that’s been in development hell for a number of years may have finally found its ticket to the screen. Sin City and Desperado helmer Robert Rodriguez has signed on-board the long gestating live action adaptation of Jonny Quest for Warner Bros per THR.
Rodriguez will be teaming with Terry Rossio (The Pirates of the Carribean series) on the script, and will also direct in his first outing since the poorly received Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.
Jonny Quest, the 1964 Hanna-Barbera adventure series, centered on the title character and his globe-trotting missions with his father, side-kick Hadji, and bodyguard Race Bannon, lasted only one season, but it made a big mark on pop-culture via syndication and a few revival attempts.
Without Jonny Quest, we’d have no Venture Brothers, and what a sad, sad world that would be.
Previous attempts to adapt Quest for the big screen included a Zac Efron-Dwayne Johnson starring film, directed by Peter Segal. So, at the very least, one massive bullet was dodged. We’ll see what Rodriguez, who is needs a bounce-back in a big way, can bring to the table. Given that his Spy Kids series was a big hit, this may be just what the doctor ordered.
This is certainly the best thing I’ll see on the Internet today: the recreation of Jonny Quest’s opening titles in stop motion by Roger D. Evans.
(via Mike Lynch)
cryptofwrestling:
Alan Reed and Jean Van Der Pyl - The voices of Fred & Wilma Flintstone…
Back in June I linked to a series of 3D Yogi Bear ViewMaster slides and wished that the scans included some Flintstones. My prayers have been answered by Brian Butler who has not only scanned in some Flintstones ViewMaster slides, but has made animated GIFs transitioning between both the left and right stereoscopic images, creating a glasses-free approximation of the slides’ 3D effect.
A few months back, DC started its rebirth by announcing they were revamping some classic Hanna Barbera characters for the new millennium. I'll just be honest here and say that I didn't think this was the best of DC's recent revamping efforts–do we really need a gritty Scooby Doo?–but this thing exists, or will soon, and it's going to be pretty funny either way. I believe there have been some artist announcements and more so here's where this is all at.
We're heading towards a tipping point in the market. Companies are partnering up with Walmart and Loot Crate and other alternative sales avenues are on the rise. DC is undergoing a Rebirth. Where do we go from here? How do we build a comics industry for the 21st century?
As long as Keith Griffen has a hand in it, I’m sure it will be hilarious and well worked.
RE: New Flintstones
Yabba Dabba Don’t.
Hey Spike!:
But Giffen is an old white guy trying to make money,..
Ruh-oh!
“But Giffen is an old white guy trying to make money,..”
Working in comics? Talk about your screwball plans…
If these comics sell poorly, will they blame those meddling kids?
I understand the cold business aspect of trying to mine some new money out of old properties, and I’m sure it was fun for those involved to do their ‘What If?’ takes on these iconic characters — but in the end, isn’t it all rather creepy looking? Sort of like when aging stars have too much plastic surgery. Or that time when 63 year-old Pat Boone dressed up in a studded leather collar, bared his chest and did that album of heavy metal songs.
Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should.
Heidi, this is my favorite thing you’ve ever written.
It’s always an angry old white guy with some crazy real estate scheme.
(Rut Roh…better send those meddling kids to Cleveland!)
As for the Scoobiverse movie franchise… well, they did cross-over with Batman quite a few times!
(I’ll let others figure out the Six-Degress-of-Scooby-Doo chart…start with Laff-A-Lympics… )
Meanwhile, you all might get a kick out of this:
http://scoobydoo.wikia.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo!_Mask_of_the_Blue_Falcon
WATCH THE BACKGROUND CHARACTERS!
For the record, DC is reprinting the Joe Kelly Space Ghost miniseries.
Shaggy needs to shave that hipster moustache.
I’m totally on board for Wacky Racers: Beyond Thunderdome
Will there be a second wave which includes Captain Caveman, Jabberjaw and Huckleberry Hound?