The Jetsons (live-action adaptation)

In the mid-1980s, Paramount, Universal and Warner Brothers were all interested in making a live-action adaptation of America's favorite space age family.

Plot
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Cast
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Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Paramount, Universal and Warner Brothers all agreed that the idea for a live-action Jetsons movie wouldn't work.
 * 2) The special effects budget would be too expensive.
 * 3) The set ideas would be complex to design and manufacture.
 * 4) The budget for making the props would have to be raised.
 * 5) Casting choices would be hard.
 * 6) Fans (who had no idea about the film idea) of the original show didn't want or ask for a live-action adaptation of The Jetsons. Paramount and the other studios were wise enough to cancel the film and give the project to Universal and make it into an animated film.

If It Were Made

 * 1) The film would be a super expensive box office failure.

Results
In 1990, Universal Studios released an animated film called Jetsons: The Movie which was entirely animated. The film didn't do well at the box office. However, the film did have some of the original cast members from the show. Only two cast members from the show died before it was released theatrically, George O'Hanlon as George Jetson and Mel Blanc as Mr. Spacely both died a year before the film was released in theaters. The film did better on VHS, DVD, laserdisc and television broadcasts.