Robert Rodriguez is set to direct a live-action adaptation of the 1960's cartoon Jonny Quest for Warner Bros.

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Score one for the groups that claim Hollywood is out of new ideas.

Here we go again with another trip to nostalgia town, hoping that some of our favorite childhood cartoons won’t be completely butchered with a new age re-telling.

The interesting thing in all of this is the director Warner Bros. has partnered with for this adaptation.

Robert Rodriguez, known for the ultra-violent, heavily stylized Sin City movies, and the family-friendly Spy Kids franchise. Rodriguez’s resume certainly covers a wide range of movie genres, so you really never know what to expect when sitting in a theater for one of his movies.

The next interesting thing that I’m going to be paying attention to will be the casting of the main roles, and if they’ll play up the “relationship” Dr. Banner has with Race a la Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

Robert Rodriguez has come on board to co-write and direct a live-action feature adaptation of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon “Jonny Quest” for Warner Bros.

“Pirates of the Caribbean” scribe Terry Rossio will co-write with Dan Lin producing through his Lin Pictures banner with Adrian Askarieh via his Prime Universe shingle.

The studio has been in development on an adaptation for quite some time and hopes Rodriguez’s angle can help get the film off the ground. First appearing in the form of the 1964 cartoon series “The Adventures of Jonny Quest,” the series follows a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures.

While the series lasted only two seasons, Quest began to build a cult following, leading to a handful of spinoff series that have helped build a fanbase over the past several decades.

Andy Fischel and Nik Mavinkurve are overseeing for the studio.

Rodriguez has made a name for himself with his violent action pics, but his most successful films to date have been the family-friendly “Spy Kids” movies. That franchise comes from the same mold as “Jonny Quest,” making him seem the perfect fit for the adaptation.

He is repped by WME and Loeb & Loeb, while Rossio is repped by CAA.

Source: Variety