“Producer Denise Di Novi (Catwoman) told the IGN FilmForce Web site that she’s moving ahead with a live-action movie adaptation of The Jetsons, the 1960s animated TV series, which she’s producing with Hanna-Barbera Productions. Di Novi told the site that the most recent draft of the screenplay was penned by Sam Harper (Cheaper by the Dozen).
Adam Shankman (Bringing Down the House) will reportedly direct the Warner Brothers movie.”
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The producer of Catwoman…. If my instincts are correct, this does not bode well. Denise also produced New York Minute and a bunch of made-for-TV movies.
Sam Harper wrote Cheaper by the Dozen, which was a funny family film, so that gives me at least a little hope. But we all know what happens to scripts in the production process, don’t we? 
And then there is Shankman, who directed Bringing Down the House, which scores a whopping 34% at RottenTomatoes.com.
Can’t these people leave my childhood favorites alone? I have yet to see one of these efforts work. Lost in Space, The Flintstones, Scooby Doo… None of these worked as live action films, and I’ll bet that this one won’t either.
Source: Sci Fi Wire
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I think the producers of Scooby Doo and its sequel might have splashed a little of their Evian bath water in reaction to your assertion that their movie didn’t work. However, money aside, it was a terrible idea, and so were the other two you mentioned (which were not box office hits).
On a philosophical level, I can’t see the point of remaking a classic movie or TV show. At best, you stay true to the original concept, and people wonder why they didn’t just watch the original. At worst, you take the concept in a completely different direction, and people feel like their classic movie or TV show has been desecrated. Even if the “different direction” is done well, the target audience is hard to pin down. To properly cater to the younger generation, you almost always have to alienate the older generation (the original audience) in the process.
Like you said earlier, the best bet is to take something that was done very badly and do it better, like Soderbergh did with Ocean’s 11.
Brian