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Jim Carrey may be taking us far into the future with his next project.
A live-action movie adapted from animated sitcom The Jetsons is reportedly in development from Warner Bros. Pictures with Carrey, 63, in talks to star. Per Variety, the film may be written and directed by Jurassic World helmer Colin Trevorrow and co-written by Joe Epstein.
PEOPLE has reached out to reps for Warner Bros. and Carrey for comment.
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After saying in 2022 that he was “being fairly serious” about retiring from acting, Carrey clarified more recently that he “was talking more about ‘power-resting.’” He has starred in three Sonic the Hedgehog movies as Dr. Robotnik from 2020 to 2024.
The Jetsons, from Hanna-Barbera Productions and ABC, aired beginning in 1963, with several revivals until 1987. A counterpart to The Flintstones, it centered on the titular nuclear family who live in the Space Age: George, Jane, Judy and Elroy Jetson, as well as their robotic maid Rosie and Great Dane Astro.
The characters from the hit sitcom appeared in TV movies, comic books, video games and more, culminating in the 1990 theatrical release of Jetsons: The Movie, featuring the voices of George O’Hanlon and Mel Blanc. A live-action version has not made it to development, whereas The Flintstones became a live-action 1994 flick starring John Goodman, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor and Rosie O’Donnell. A sequel, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, followed in 2000.
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The reported Warner Bros. Jetsons wouldn’t be the first time Carrey has helped launch an animated property into live-action; the Golden Globe winner starred in the titular role of 2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
