What happened to a Johnny Quest movie?

What happened to a Johnny Quest movie?

Not sure what's going but no word on whether a Johnny Quest live action movie is going to be made. There have been talks in the past, around the time Wrath of the Titans was being made, of Johnny Quest being developed, but catch this article from Mind Pollution that give some insight as to why.

Editorial Opinion
By SimpleObserverOfThings - May 30, 2013 06:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: MindPollution

"Dan Mazeau is the screenwriter for “Wrath of the Titans,” which hits theaters this weekend and is actually pretty darn good. When I interviewed him during the press junket for the film, I made sure to ask him about a few other projects he’s been working on, including a live-action movie based on the DC Comics superhero The Flash, as well as live-action movies based on the old “Jonny Quest” cartoon and the “Bleach” anime series.

Here’s an excerpt of the interview, in which he discusses the problems involved in making a “Jonny Quest” movie and why it would be different than most action films with young stars:

“It’s difficult for a movie to come together,” said Mazeau. “You have to get the right pieces. One of the challenges with ‘Jonny Quest’ is that you have a lead who’s a young kid. The movie stars that are young kids are few and far between, but Dan Lin and the guys over at his production company are working on it and hopefully there will be something soon.”

“It’s a cool one, though,” he added. “I think it’s something that could make for a real amazing movie if done right. ‘Jonny Quest’ combines all this amazing wish fulfillment as a kid, but also there’s real danger to it. There’s real weight to it. People die in the ‘Jonny Quest’ cartoons. I think ‘Spy Kids’ was fun, but it’s lighter than what ‘Jonny Quest’ would be. Making sure it has a little edge to it was important to me, and I know it was to Dan and the other producers, too.”

You can read the rest of the article at IFC.com."



I remember the Johnny Quest that used to be on Cartoon Network back in the late 90s "The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest". That take of the cartoon was fantastic, I can see writers/producers trying to adopt that view versus getting a small kid to provide the role which would be very difficult to do....

What are your thoughts on this?
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Xandera
Xandera - 5/30/2013, 7:06 AM
Have to admit, I was never a big fan of Jonny Quest, but if they made a movie I'd probably go see it.
SimpleObserverOfThings
SimpleObserverOfThings - 5/30/2013, 8:05 AM
It can be done, just need to have the write visionary, just like Batman, since Batman came into the big screen it was always treated like a kids movie, very boring, and just not that entertaining for adults.

Once Chris Nolan came into the scene and took his vision of Batman to the screen, the game changes, and now comic book movies are being seen with a different light. Just hope something like Johnny Quest, even though not a very popular comic book series, can one day be given the treatment that I think all movies in general deserve...
SCOURGE
SCOURGE - 5/30/2013, 3:53 PM
Johnny Quest needs an Indiana Jones feel to it in order to have any kind of interest for me.
PeterBenjaminParker
PeterBenjaminParker - 5/31/2013, 11:08 PM
You guys do realize it's JONNY, right? I mean, there's a picture in the editorial that clearly states it. Just sayin...
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 6/2/2013, 8:40 AM
I used to watch Jonny Quest all the time as a kid! I would love to see a movie, especially if it's done right. They are one-hundred percent correct, Jonny Quest would be an amazing movie
ager
ager - 6/3/2013, 4:11 PM
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/ager/news/?a=25783

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/ager/news/?a=25755

Here's a fancast I made for the original and the real adventures.

I think either one would be great. Real focuses on Jonny as a 14ish teen whereas the original focuses on Dr Quest and Jonny just gets in trouble.

I would love both
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