Feb 17 2009High School Musical and The Rock in a Hanna-Barbera Adventure
Welp, we still can't figure out how make computers allow Steve McQueen and a Silver Spoons-era Ricky Schroeder to be perfectly cast in a Johnny Quest movie, so we're just going to make it with Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron instead:
Seems Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, “Race” director Andy Fickman, and “High School Musical” moppet Zac Efron are teaming up for a feature film version of the cartoon classic “The Adventures of Johnny Quest”!For those that don't recall, the animated series (first aired in the 60s) told of a boy, 11-year-old Jonny, who accompanies his father, Dr. Benton Quest, on extraordinary adventures. Fearing Jonny could end up in the wrong hands, a special agent / bodyguard / pilot from Intelligence One Government, Race Bannon, is hired to guard and train him.
Johnson confirms that he’ll be Race Bannon, and that rumours suggesting Zac Efron might be Johnny Quest are on the money. Efron isn’t a lock though – and Johnson’s all ears. You see, in the source material the character is only twelve years old, but Efron’s 17. ‘’I loved Jonny Quest when I was a kid. If you go a little older, it gives you more, it allows you to be...it just gives you a bit more, you know. But then you want to honor it too, so... “
The quote ends there, but I assume it continued, "so.... screw it, actually--let's not honor it. Let's bleach my hair right now so we can get on with doing whateverthefuck and make a Johnny Quest where Johnny is old enough to drive himself home after our little adventure."
The Rock in Jonny Quest movie [Moviehole]
Reader Comments
1. sully - February 17, 2009 3:31 PM
The Rock as Race Bannon? Changing Johnny to Jonny? Zak "fucking" Efron? Yeah, since were changing Johnny's age, why don't we get Kal Penn to play Hadji. He's almost young enough, right? "Sim sim salah Bim!"
2. Will - February 17, 2009 4:50 PM
Not that it doesn't kill me that I know this, but Efron is 21, not 17.
Brb, I'm going to shoot myself.
3. Shallow Val - February 17, 2009 5:30 PM
@1, no since this is the Hollywood version, Hadji is obviously going to be his exotic-looking platonic female friend...
Who will be played by Megan Fox.
This is clearly going to be Box Office gold.
4. Keiome - February 17, 2009 6:37 PM
Well if they go it the way of Cartoon Network, you know The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, it'll actually be closer to the story. Where as you might remember Jonny was 14 and Hadji was 16; oh and Race had a daughter.
5. yelloe - February 17, 2009 6:58 PM
It is said that he is fond of online dating thing, his profile was seen at the millionaire & celebrity dating club____MillionaireLoving. C O M____ recently.
6. Panthro - February 17, 2009 10:56 PM
I'll nunchuck the shit out of all y'all
7. Mr. Jones - February 18, 2009 7:52 AM
Panthro - bring it.
"If you go a little older, it gives you more, it allows you to be...it just gives you a bit more, you know."
I'll translate. If they make Johnny older, then he can participate in the homoerotic tension between Dr. Quest and Bannon. Throw in Hadji as the eastern lady-boy.
8. Bub - February 18, 2009 11:09 AM
Why not have Patrick Warburton do the voice over for the Race Bannon character. That way the Venture Brothers fans are appeased.
9. B - February 19, 2009 10:07 AM
I never really liked Johnny Quest to begin with, but I'm pretty positive I'll hate this.