Hanna-Barbera Live Action Movies You'd Like To See

[Old Guy]

We've gotten The Flintstones, which was pretty good, and two crappy Scooby-Doo movies. And let's not get started on Josie and the Pussycats. So, what would you like to see next?

The Jetsons is obvious, but I guess that's still in development hell. What I'm surprised about is Jonny Quest. To me that has always seemed like the most logical adaptation since it's easier (no talking animals or creating worlds) and it could be a big action-adventure franchise.

Aside from that...I guess that's pretty much it. Everything else wouldn't really translate well into live-action. Although they could try making some animated features with classic H-B characters like Yogi Bear.

[Galaxy 9000]

Another Flintstones Movie.

Other than that none.

[Old Guy]

Another Flintstones Movie.

They made a sequel that sucked, but yea, more Flintstones and Scooby could work if done right. However, it's probably too soon. No one is gonna take one of those movies seriously. That's why it's best to move on. They need to get Jetsons off the ground and get the ball rolling on Jonny Quest.

[Philo & Gunge]

Uh... none?

[Old Guy]

Uh... none?

Why must you hate? :(

[Movie06]

Pirates of the Dark Water, maybe?

[defunctzombie]

PODW would work if people realized it was NOT a POTC ripoff.

I would like to see a live action PPG movie but only if Japan did it. And yes, feel free to throw stones at me for my silly idea, I won't be offended. :anime:

[Movie06]

PODW would work if people realized it was NOT a POTC ripoff.

Unless if it looks really good?

[defunctzombie]

Believe me, I would love this to be a movie (maybe they could find the rest of those treasures!), but regardless of how it would look, people who never heard of the television show would compare it to the big pirate movie of the decade - POTC.

[Baltofan]

There should be a live action Hong Kong Phooey movie coming.

[Chiptooth]

Personally, I think if you're gonna adapt an old cartoon into a live-action movie, it should be an old cartoon that's WORTH adapting into a live-action movie. H-B's sillier stuff like The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo would not be my first picks for adaptation to live-action. Personally, I'd rather see big-screen versions of Jonny Quest, The Herculoids, Thundarr The Barbarian, and a Space Ghost movie that falls somewhere between the original cartoons and the recent DC Comics miniseries.

[Silverstar]

Personally, I think if you're gonna adapt an old cartoon into a live-action movie, it should be an old cartoon that's WORTH adapting into a live-action movie. H-B's sillier stuff like The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo would not be my first picks for adaptation to live-action. Personally, I'd rather see big-screen versions of Jonny Quest, The Herculoids, Thundarr The Barbarian, and a Space Ghost movie that falls somewhere between the original cartoons and the recent DC Comics miniseries.

I agree 100%. The cartoony, slapsticky animated shows simply don't lend themselves to live-action. It's high time Hollywood realized that.

[Blackstar]

There should be a live action Hong Kong Phooey movie coming.

Just as long as it's absolutely nothing like that piece of crap Underdog movie released by Disney.

If there ever is a Hong Kong Phooey movie, it had better be a CG Phooey and not some trained dog with a dubbed voiced being owned by a boy and his single dad (Yuck!)

[hobbyfan]

There should be a live action Hong Kong Phooey movie coming.

That had been rumored some time back, with David Spade attached, IIRC, but that was dismissed, I think, as little more than a April Fool's joke. The rumor came out the same time Wizard played their annual AF joke by claiming Alex Ross would do a Wonder Twins oversized OGN.

If in fact they decide on HKP, they'd have to use CGI for him like they did with Scooby, with Cedric the Entertainer or Damon Wayans doing the voice, succeeding the late Scatman Crothers.

[dth1971]

How about a movie version of H-B live action kid shows Danger Island or Korg: 70,000 B.C.?

[TKnHappyNess]

They made a sequel that sucked, but yea, more Flintstones and Scooby could work if done right. However, it's probably too soon. No one is gonna take one of those movies seriously. That's why it's best to move on. They need to get Jetsons off the ground and get the ball rolling on Jonny Quest.

Actually, Viva Rock Vegas was a prequel. It made no reference to the series. Fred and Barney met Wilma and Betty in the series at the Hollyrock Hotel, but in VRV, they met at the prehistoric version of Burger King.

[Old Guy]

H-B's sillier stuff like The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo would not be my first picks for adaptation to live-action.

This is why you don't work in Hollywood. OF COURSE you have to adapt Flintstones and Scooby-Doo first. Those are their iconic cartoons. Not adaptating those first is like saying, "I wanna adapt some Marvel comics, but I don't wanna start with the iconic ones like X-Men and Spider-Man. I'm gonna start with Ghost Rider." And there's really nothing wrong with adapting those cartoons. The Flintstones movie was actually pretty good. Scooby-Doo simply failed because they hired a horrible director and cast Freddie Prince, Jr.

[Galaxy 9000]

They made a sequel that sucked, but yea, more Flintstones and Scooby could work if done right. However, it's probably too soon. No one is gonna take one of those movies seriously. That's why it's best to move on. They need to get Jetsons off the ground and get the ball rolling on Jonny Quest.

The second flinstones movie was more like a prequel.

If they made a third one it could be after the events of the first movie.

[Draft]

I'd have to say none, since they would end up being like Alvin and the Chipmunks and the like. Nothing to do with the original cartoons, and more importantly, would just be awful movies that would probably have to be big-budgeted and would bankrupt Warner Brothers

[Old Guy]

they would end up being like Alvin and the Chipmunks and the like.

Jonny Quest is the exception.

[tb4000]

I've been saying I wanted a live action Top Cat for a while, directed by Steven Soderbergh. If you've seen his other movies, you know why. Of course it'd be more family friendly, but it would be interesting.

[Infusions]

I think anything with live action animals as the main star just wouldn't work well in live-action.

That being said, The Jetsons might make a fun film. As long as it's done in the cartoony sense as The Flinstones was and not a "LETS SEE HOW REALISTIC WE CAN MAKE THIS".

[Draft]

Jonny Quest is the exception.
No, they would ruin that too. Probably the dog would be talking/stupid so that would make kids laugh

[Chiptooth]

This is why you don't work in Hollywood. OF COURSE you have to adapt Flintstones and Scooby-Doo first. Those are their iconic cartoons. Not adaptating those first is like saying, "I wanna adapt some Marvel comics, but I don't wanna start with the iconic ones like X-Men and Spider-Man. I'm gonna start with Ghost Rider." And there's really nothing wrong with adapting those cartoons.

Actually, with WB still holding Hanna-Barbera in its grip, the focus would be COMPLETELY on The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo and the rest of the H-B lineup would languish in development hell for years on end and never actually get made.

That's one of the reasons why I wouldn't WANT to work in Hollywood in the first place.

[Old Guy]

Actually, with WB still holding Hanna-Barbera in its grip, the focus would be COMPLETELY on The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo and the rest of the H-B lineup would languish in development hell for years on end.

Well...somehow Josie and the Pussycats got made, so maybe there's hope. Although I'm aware that using that movie as an example is wrong.

[desi]

Johnny Quest could work as a Mummy-esque movie series. But I think Hadji would have to be more realistic. His character is very insulting to Indians.

Also, Johnny Bravo (was initially a HB series) could work as a crude humor comedy in style of Superbad and Harold & Kumar. It would be awesome if Judd Apatow can make a PG13 movie featuring Johnny and Carl on some kind of goofy adventure.

Other shows such as Top Cat and Yogi Bear can work as CGI movies.

[Mad Monkey 7]

Speed Buggy. :evil:

[Old Guy]

Johnny Quest could work as a Mummy-esque movie series.

I was thinking more of Indiana Jones since the series featured different types of adventures.

[Harlan_Phoenix]

Alter Space Ghost's costume to make it live action friendly and adapt the DC miniseries.

[hobbyfan]

I second the notion to do a Space Ghost movie, based on the miniseries, which was excellent. Follow that with Birdman.

Jonny Quest was Indiana Jones before there was an Indiana Jones. The trick is finding a young boy, about 10-11, with blond hair who'd fit the part.

Jetsons is doable, though Astro would have to be CGI. Quick, are there any young pop divas in training not signed to Disney?

[BonyT]

They made a sequel that sucked, but yea, more Flintstones and Scooby could work if done right.I realize I'm probably one of the few people over 12 who really enjoyed the Scooby live-actions; but I guess the first film secured a place in my heart forever when it turned out that the universally-hated Scrappy was the villain. I remember just despising Scrappy as a little kid, and then later finding out that I wasn't the only one -- that tons of Scooby fans felt exactly the same way. That's nice recognition of the pulse of their fanbase by the live-action Scooby filmmakers.

[Ishtar]

Also, Johnny Bravo (was initially a HB series) could work as a crude humor comedy in style of Superbad and Harold & Kumar. It would be awesome if Judd Apatow can make a PG13 movie featuring Johnny and Carl on some kind of goofy adventure.

Johnny Bravo actually was planned as a live action movie for a while, with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson attached, but it was eventually canceled. Iirc, it was going to be about Johnny searching for his lost father.

[AdamYJ]

I realize I'm probably one of the few people over 12 who really enjoyed the Scooby live-actions; but I guess the first film secured a place in my heart forever when it turned out that the universally-hated Scrappy was the villain. I remember just despising Scrappy as a little kid, and then later finding out that I wasn't the only one -- that tons of Scooby fans felt exactly the same way. That's nice recognition of the pulse of their fanbase by the live-action Scooby filmmakers.

I like Scrappy. :(

[Old Guy]

Jonny Quest was Indiana Jones before there was an Indiana Jones. The trick is finding a young boy, about 10-11, with blond hair who'd fit the part.

Boy? Forget that. I want a combination of Jonny Quest and Real Adventures, so a teenage Jonny with Jessie Bannon.


I guess the first film secured a place in my heart forever when it turned out that the universally-hated Scrappy was the villain.

That was pretty cool, but everything else sucked.

[Master Toon]

I can't think of any that they wouldn't ruin or just wouldn't look right in live action.


Alter Space Ghost's costume to make it live action friendly and adapt the DC miniseries.

The suit looks fine to me. ;)

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/FORECAST999/spaceghost.jpg


No, they would ruin that too. Probably the dog would be talking/stupid so that would make kids laugh.

It depends on who's writing and directing. Maybe someone who loves the franchise would do it the right way.

[Movie06]

If a Space Ghost movie gets made, in my personal opinion, it should be a comedy. I mean, get John Landis to direct and George Lowe to wear the suit and all is well.

[Harlan_Phoenix]

The suit looks fine to me. ;)

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/FORECAST999/spaceghost.jpg


It might. But seeing that live action Space Ghost in Cartoon Planet worries me, even though the budgets and context would be entirely different. Paranoia, if anything. Plus, I wouldn't mind a redesigned Space Ghost.

[Silverstar]

After Williams Street's SG: Coast to Coast and Cartoon Planet, it would take some massive PR to convince people to look at Space Ghost as a serious, competent superhero again. A new costume could be a step in the right direction, but it would take more than that. A new uniform could also lead to a Catch-22, since Space Ghost purists would complain about a costume change.

[Chiptooth]

^
Actually, I've always thought they could probably get away with making the suit out of some kind of reflective material - nothing outlandish, but enough to make the bodysuit look silver rather than white. That way it still photographs with the brightness of the original color, plus using something reflective might actually lend itself to him making himself invisible.

[Philo & Gunge]

Why must you hate? :(
I apologize. I just don't want to see anymore Hanna-Barbera cartoons ruined with live-action. I should have been kinder about it.

[sdp]

I remember reading here on Toon Zone about a live action Jonny Quest movie. And yeah that'd be great, I would love to see it.

The Jetsons could actually work if its very tongue-in cheek with the way the future was supposed to be...hehe set it in the year 2001 or something :p

Scooby-Doo got a lot of hate but I actually enjoyed the first one quite a bit, it was well done as long as you didn't take it too seriously, I mean they put a lot of fanservice. I wouldn't mind seeing a third one but sadly they said there wouldn't. The second one was pretty bad though, only redeming factor was seeing the so many of the old monsters from the original show but that was it.

Edit:and just found out they're making a prequel DTV of Scooby-Doo.

[kid rabbit]

I liked scrappy doo so the first scooby doo suck to me the second one was better because it had all the old monsters in it
future movies I want o see
live action yogi bear with will farrel as ranger smith
Jonny Quest
and the jetsons