MacFarlane making a reboot of The Flintstones

**Valigarmander** · 05-16-2011, 06:21 PM

Seth MacFarlane Rebooting The Flintstones - TV News at IGN

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FOX reported today that animation overlord Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad), after many years of negotiations between 20th Century Fox TV and Warner Bros Television, is rebooting The Flintstones as a TV and film property. A dream-come-true, reportedly, for MacFarlane, a mega-saurus Flintstones fan.

There was some concern from the Flintstone rights-holders regarding MacFarlane's raunchy tone and how the new Flintstones would be treated, but it seems like everything got smoothed out in the end. The new Flintstones will begin production in fall 2011 and will be set in stone on the FOX schedule in 2013

"The very first cartoon character I drew at age two was Fred Flintstone," said MacFarlane. "So it's appropriate that events have come full circle, allowing me to produce the newest incarnation of this great franchise. Plus, I think America is finally ready for an animated sitcom about a fat, stupid guy with a wife who's too good for him."

Uhhhh.

***Marilink*** · 05-16-2011, 07:00 PM

NO

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

**X-3** · 05-16-2011, 07:27 PM

and then Dino was pretentious

Jere · 05-16-2011, 07:28 PM

I don't think he will do the usual family guy/american dad/Cleavland show with this, i want to see before i judge.

1-up Salesman · 05-16-2011, 09:14 PM

**** you, McFarlane, **** you! DIE

ZeldaGirl · 05-16-2011, 10:26 PM

Oh.

It's just occurred to me. He's been doing The Flinstones for years.

***Cosmonautical*** · 05-16-2011, 10:31 PM

^ My thoughts exactly.

Barney Rubble is basically the only good Flintstones character, anyway, sorry folks.

Maximum Spider · 05-17-2011, 01:55 PM

That last sentence reeks of unintentional self-depreciation.

**X-3** · 05-17-2011, 02:35 PM

If you think that was unintentional then wow.

1-up Salesman · 05-17-2011, 05:08 PM

**** YOU, MCFARLANE, **** YOU! DIE!

Robotazy · 05-17-2011, 06:00 PM

Macfarlene isn't listening to you, he has his walkman set to high.

Panfan · 05-17-2011, 07:36 PM

sounds like a winner

1-up Salesman · 05-17-2011, 09:12 PM

**** you, McFarlane, **** you!

Dizzy · 05-17-2011, 09:14 PM

^Must you repeat a post that wasn't very productive in the first place?

1-up Salesman · 05-17-2011, 09:18 PM

^ Yes, I must, good sir.

Slim chance this'll be good. Not. Happy.

Glux · 05-17-2011, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 1-up Salesman

^ Yes, I must, good sir.

Slim chance this'll be good. Not. Happy.

I highly doubt it will have the same crude humor as his other works.

SephirothKirby · 05-17-2011, 10:23 PM

eh

i'll check it out I guess

he's a bit too much of an ***hole in that last sentence, though.

**Loot** · 05-17-2011, 10:40 PM

Glux · 05-17-2011, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SephirothKirby

eh

i'll check it out I guess

he's a bit too much of an ***hole in that last sentence, though.

I'm sure he was joking.

***Marilink*** · 05-18-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Edgeless Safety Cube

^ My thoughts exactly.

Barney Rubble is basically the only good Flintstones character, anyway, sorry folks.

I was never the biggest Flintstones fan in the first place. However, I think that cartoons of that era should be left alone, since they were good at the humor of the day. If MacFarlane thinks he can take a pretty innocent mid-century comedy like The Flintstones and turn it into a raunchy 21st-century comedy, that means that he or other people are gonna have free reign to make Tom and Jerry into Jackass 4.

Maybe he'll do it tastefully.

But he won't.

05-16-2011, 07:27 PM	#3
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,942 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	not entirely sure what to expect, and I'll never know because the world ends 2012 and then Dino was pretentious

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*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,115 Thanks: 2,534 Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,007 Posts	NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

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Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	I don't think he will do the usual family guy/american dad/Cleavland show with this, i want to see before i judge.

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1-up Salesman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Letting you guys know that I'm planning on continuing Attack of the Spammers soon. Gender: Posts: 4,095 Thanks: 2,162 Thanked 250 Times in 194 Posts Blog Entries: 9	** you, McFarlane, ** you! DIE

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ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	Oh. It's just occurred to me. He's been doing The Flinstones for years.

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	^ My thoughts exactly. Barney Rubble is basically the only good Flintstones character, anyway, sorry folks.

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Maximum Spider Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: I'll take Street Fighter over Dragonball any day. Gender: Posts: 2,548 Thanks: 0 Thanked 191 Times in 126 Posts	That last sentence reeks of unintentional self-depreciation.

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X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,942 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	If you think that was unintentional then wow.

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