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'The Jetsons' One Step Closer To Becoming Ill-Advised, Live-Action Motion Picture

· The Weinstein Co. (with help from their besties at Lionsgate) will release Michael Moore's documentary Sicko on July 29th, which should do for America's health care system what Bowling for Columbine did for a senile-seeming, rifle-loving Charlton Heston. [Variety]
· Hollywood Out Of Ideas, Even In The Prehistoric Past And Distant Future Edition: Robert Rodriguez is in talks to direct a live-action feature adaptation of The Jetsons, and has also met with Universal about Will Ferrell's adaptation of Land of the Lost. [THR]
· Universal lands its second Serious Actor for its The Incredible Hulk project, as Tim Roth is in negotiations to play Hulk antagonist Abomination and spend long hours discussing how best to portray the emotional torment of gamma-wave-poisoning sufferers in the context of a superhero film. [Variety]
· FX may pay up to $40 million for the TV rights to Spider-Man 3 for five years, but only once it completes it pay-cable run on Starz. [THR]
· Var TV critic and Entourage nemesis Brian Lowry is amused that his HBO stand-in, who'll be harassed by an aggrieved Johnny Drama in an upcomnig episode shot in the paper's offices, has an assistant. [Variety]

12:54 PM on Wed May 9 2007
By Mark
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sarah at 12:27 PM on 05/09/07
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Wait, I thought that after Grindhouse we'd all agreed we were done with RR.
nojo at 12:43 PM on 05/09/07
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Only Harvey Birdman is allowed to update the Jetsons. Everyone else, back off.
Ernst Stavro Blofeld at 12:46 PM on 05/09/07
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The fact Lisanti knows that The Abomination got his powers from an overdose gamma rays, just like his nemesis, The Hulk, is awesome.
spankhaus at 12:53 PM on 05/09/07
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God, I hope it stars Danny DeVito as Mr. Spaceley.
MyThighsRHot4GoatFelons at 01:14 PM on 05/09/07
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Dear Robert Rodriguez...

Land of the Lost?!? Damn it to hell, man! Is nothing sacred anymore? Leave the sleestacks and wee Chaka alone!
yellojkt at 01:24 PM on 05/09/07
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Who gets to play Judy since Tiffany is over the hill?
IKnowThings at 01:36 PM on 05/09/07
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What part will Rosie O'Donnell play?
Ben at 01:45 PM on 05/09/07
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As badly as I want to see Holly on the big screen, I have to agree that they would just screw up LotL.

But the Jetsons, no matter how horrible, will still win the box office the weekend it opens. We all know it.
CourageousCoward at 01:51 PM on 05/09/07
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"The Jetsons" could be the vehicle that returns Jim Carrey to form!
Ernst Stavro Blofeld at 02:03 PM on 05/09/07
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@IKnowThings: The Skypad Apartment building.
CourageousCoward at 02:07 PM on 05/09/07
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@Ernst Stavro Blofeld:

I was gonna say Spacely Sprockets!
s00p3rm4n at 02:18 PM on 05/09/07
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@SteamyMcFirecrotch: I was gonna say the gigantic rip in space and time that sucks the Porter family down into the Land of the Lost!
wundergirl at 03:05 PM on 05/09/07
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@yellojkt:

That is a good point. Who will sing the heart-wrenching ballad that shows the characters growth and emotional range? Hillary Duff?
MAGNUM at 03:57 PM on 05/09/07
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@IKnowThings: Obviously Rosey the Robot... since that hunk of tin is always pretending to bend over to dust just so she can catch an upskirt on Jane or Judy!
From: PASSIONWEISS.BLOGSPOT.COM: TRACKBACK at 01:59 AM on 08/09/07
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Scott Towler has returned to us after two weeks in the Andes spent fighting a scourge of Colombian narco-terrorists. He arrives with nothing on his mind but animated content. That and freedom. 5.