‘The Flintstones’ new adult animated sequel series ‘Bedrock’ officially in development at Fox reports Deadline. Elizabeth Banks is all ready to star in and executive produce the project as well. Based on the classic Hanna Barbara cartoon, the upcoming show will be an adult animated spinoff. Bedrock is made 20 years after the events of The Filmstones. Fred will retire as the Bronze Age arrives in Bedrock.
Banks has attached to voice Pebbles apart from this she is also serving as executive producer in this comedy sequel. Elizabeth has been working on this project for a few years. The script is gonna written by Lindsay Kerns whose credits include Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and DC Super Hero Girls.
Michael Thorn, the president of entertainment at Fox entertainment has told Variety, “Long before the Simpsons and Springfield, the Griffins and Quahog or even when the Belchers started serving burgers on Ocean Avenue, there were The Flintstones and Bedrock. Their mark on the animation universe can not be denied and adapting it for today’s audience is a challenge.”
The original comedy series ‘The Flintstones’ ran for Six successful Seasons and has completed over 150 episodes on ABC between 1960 and 1966. The Flintstones always come with nostalgia attached and ‘Bedrock’ could be the cartoon revival we are all waiting for.
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