According to TheWrap, Jim Carrey is in talks to star in a live-action version of “The Jetsons” for Warner Bros., with Colin Trevorrow circling to direct and co-write the script.
For those who need a refresher, The Jetsons was Hanna-Barbera’s futuristic counterpart to The Flintstones — a vision of the space-age nuclear family, complete with flying cars, robot maids, and that Jetsons jingle that will now haunt your head for the rest of the day. The series ran for just one season in 1962 before a mid-’80s revival.
So, why bring it back now? Well, nothing can stop Hollywood in reviving a 60-year-old cartoon and slapping CGI on it.
Quite honestly, this might work. Carrey, to his credit, feels like one of the few actors alive who could possibly make this thing watchable. The man is essentially a living cartoon — “The Mask,” “Ace Ventura,” “The Grinch”. He’s also riding high from the billion-dollar “Sonic the Hedgehog” franchise, where he played Dr. Robotnik. If anyone can make a character like George Jetson sing, it’s Carrey.
Trevorrow, on the other hand, is a bit more of a wild card. His track record swings between winning indie (“Safety Not Guaranteed”), hokum (“The Book of Henry”), and overstuffed dinosaur spectacle (“Jurassic World: Dominion”). He can deliver massive box office, but subtle world-building? We’ll see. The Jetsons will require a lighter touch — and a sense of humor that feels less corporate.
So, here’s yet another IP with family appeal, a comedic icon in the lead, and a director with a mixed bag filmography. I mean, honestly, what could go possibly wrong? Does the Jetsons’ shiny, retro-futuristic optimism still resonate in 2025? Don’t we currently live in a Black Mirror episode?
As for Carrey, it was just a few years ago he announced his retirement from acting, and when asked if there was a chance he’d ever come back, stated the following:
It depends. If the angels bring some sort of script that's written in gold ink that says to me that it's going to be really important for people to see, I might continue down the road, but I'm taking a break.
A few months later, Carrey received this script from the angels, written in gold ink, and it came in the form of “Sonic The Hedgehog 3.”