Conrad Vernon No Longer Set to Direct The Jetsons Animated Movie

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Conrad Vernon No Longer Set to Direct The Jetsons Animated Movie

The Addams Family 2 and Sausage Party director Conrad Vernon is no longer helming Warner Bros.’ upcoming animated The Jetsons film, which he joined in 2017.

Vernon is still attached to the project as a consultant and gave an update on his status to ComingSoon while promoting The Addams Family 2, which he co-directed with Greg Tiernan. Vernon stated that he loves the idea that the team came up with for the upcoming The Jetsons movie and that it’s still “plugging along.”

Back in 2015, Matt Lieberman (Doctor Dolittle: Tail to the Chief) was hired to provide the screenplay for an animated Jetsons film. George Jetson and his family previously starred in a 1990 animated film, titled Jetsons: The Movie. A live-action series is also in development.

Produced by Hanna-Barbera, the original cartoon series followed the success of the studio’s The Flintstones, following a nuclear family in a space-age future. A primetime series, The Jetsons aired Sunday nights on ABC from September 23, 1962, to March 3, 1963.