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Is Jonny Quest a Hit By Any Other Name?

LA TIMES blogger Geoff Boucher reports that Warner Bros. is close to a deal with Zac Effron to star in their adaptation of JONNY QUEST, but that they might go forward without the title.

The script by Dan Mazeau is said to be well thought out and written, but the studio is wary, having bombed with last summer's adaptation of SPEED RACER.

They're concerned that the animation roots will remind people of SPEED RACER, which did very poorly at the box office and got some scathing critical reviews.

Boucher speculates, "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."

Dwayne Johnson is also reportedly circling the project and would play Race Bannon.