21 year old Zac Efron to play 11 year old Jonny Quest
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that High School Musical star Zac Efron has been signed to play Jonny Quest in a live-action feature film. The movie, written by Dan Mazeau, is said to be a terrific young Indiana Jones style adventure. Mazeau was recently named one of the 10 screenwriters to watch by Variety.
Also looking to join the cast as a brawny Race Bannon is Dwayne Johnson.
The 21 year old Efron is about a decade too old for the character, based on the Hanna Barbera series form the ‘60s. He’s taking on the title part to distance himself from teen musical roles and establish himself as a leading player so for him it s a canny move.
“I’m more dismayed by news that folks at Warner Bros. are thinking of jettisoning the name Jonny Quest altogether,” Geoff Boucher wrote. “Why? I hear the thinking is that the vintage animation roots of Quest will somehow pair it in the public mind with Speed Racer, which was a major Warners pile-up as blockbuster films go, considering the investment, expectations and critical reception. I’m not surprised because, well, unnuanced thinking in Hollywood is commonplace, and instead of spending the time needed to judge individual properties by their own merits, lots of decision-makers act like my grandmother at the racetrack.”
Zac as Jonny? Cool! Now get Dev Patel for Hadji!
I have mixed feelings about changing the name. It would be a case of history repeating itself. The original JQ was going to be Jack Armstrong, & they even saved some takes of it in the closing credits. But I'm not sure if people expected Jack Armstrong in the same way that people today will expect Jonny Quest. In some ways the same things have almost been done w/ Jonny Quest anyway, w/ a lot of what has come out. The Indianna Jones movies themselves are said to have inspirations from Jonny Quest. The Incredibles appeared to have given quite a bit of homage to JQ. Syndrome's henchmen looked a lot like Dr. Zin's henchmen in The Fraudulent Volcano. Unless Zac can do a convincing 11 year old, I think an older JQ would compromise the JQ formula, which seemed to work because he was underaged.
venesa is not suiting with you in HSM