Robert Rodriguez's Jonny Quest Movie Will Be Based On Hanna-Barbera's 1964 Cartoon

08/19/2015 03:59 pm EDT

Sin City and Machete director Robert Rodriguez plans to direct a live-action take on the action-adventure animated series Jonny Quest, which he is co-writing with Terry Rossio (The Mask of Zorro, Pirates of the Caribbean). Producer Adrian Askarieh has been working on a Jonny Quest movie for eight years and in a recent interviewed said the script is nearly finished and they are "focusing on the original 60s animated show."

"So Dan (Lin) and I are now working with Robert Rodriguez, who's directing and co-writing with Terry Rossio, and they've turned in a draft which is phenomenal," Askarieh told Collider at a press event for his latest film Hitman: Agent 47. We're doing a little more work on it; we hope to turn it in after Labor Day to the studio. And I really feel the timing might finally be upon us that we're going to make the Jonny Quest movie. It really is an extraordinary script. A lot of the credit actually goes to Dan Mazeau because we're re-writing his original draft, but Terry and Robert have brought a zing to it. I think Robert is going to really, really hit it out of the ballpark. He's very passionate about it.

Askarieh then confirms that all of the main characters will appear in it: Jonny's dad and top scientist Dr. Benton Quest; his bodyguard and tutor Race Bannon; his best friend and adopted brother Hadji; his loyal pet dog Bandi and Race old flame Jezebel Jade.

You can listen to Adrian Askarieh's comments in the video below.

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