Robert Rodriguez to Direct Jonny Quest
Robert Rodriguez – master of splatter gore, hard-boiled thrills and shark boys – is branching out into beloved cartoons as he’s next in line to try and bring 1964 Hanna Barbera’s Jonny Quest to the big screen.
The Hollywood Reporter says the Sin City director has boarded Warner Bros live action update and will co-write the script with Pirates of the Caribbean scribe Terry Rossio. Throw in Suicide Squad producer Dan Lin and Hitman: Agent 47 producer Adrian Askeriah and that’s quite the creative tea party.
The Sixties show followed the eponymous youngster, Jonny Quest, a hopeful explorer who joins his scientist father Dr. Benton Quest wherever his work takes him. Along with his best friend Hadji and his dog Bandit the whippersnapper gets into a bunch of madcap adventures under the watchful gaze of family friend-special agent Roger “Race” Bannon.
Development on the big screen spinoff was kick-started in 2007 by Lin with Peter Segal set to direct. Early screenplay drafts penned by Dan Mazeau (Wrath of the Titans) had Zac Efron and Dwayne Johnson attached as Quest and Bannon respectively.
For Rodriguez’s version it’s unclear if either of those two remain involved.