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Jim Carrey hasn’t shown up in much outside the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise since 2016. He’s played Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik in all three films so far, with a fourth on the way next year. Now, it looks like he’s got something new lined up — reports say he’s signed on to lead a live-action The Jetsons movie.
Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed the project in a letter to shareholders, name-dropping it alongside a handful of other titles the studio is banking on for 2028 and beyond.
What Else Is Warner Bros. Planning?
The same letter also teased The Batman: Part II, a new entry in The Matrix series, and a theatrical Game of Thrones film centered on Aegon’s Conquest.
“Beyond 2027, the slate will continue to leverage iconic intellectual property, including the theatrical event film Aegon’s Conquest from the Game of Thrones universe, the next installment of The Matrix, the next Batman film, and a live-action Jetsons film starring Jim Carrey,” the letter reads.
So far, Carrey’s the only name attached. No director, no co-stars — just an actor and a franchise everybody over 40 remembers from Saturday morning reruns.
A Quick History Lesson
The Jetsons first aired in 1962, courtesy of Hanna-Barbera. It’s set in 2062 and follows George Jetson, a mid-level employee at Spacely Sprockets, along with his wife Jane, daughter Judy, son Elroy, and Rosie — their robot maid who somehow became more iconic than most of the actual human characters.
Think of it as the futuristic mirror image of The Flintstones. Same basic idea — a nuclear family dropped into an unfamiliar era — just swap cavemen for jetpacks.
The original run barely lasted a season; just 24 episodes aired between 1962 and 1963. But reruns turned it into something bigger than its numbers suggested. New episodes eventually went into production for syndication between 1985 and 1987, bringing the total up to 75 episodes across three seasons. A theatrical film, Jetsons: The Movie, wrapped things up in 1990 and served as a de facto series finale.
Carrey’s Career Beyond Sonic
Outside the Sonic films, Carrey’s last non-franchise work came back in 2016, when he appeared in The Bad Batch and Dark Crimes. Neither made much of a dent. The Sonic franchise, on the other hand, has been a genuine box office machine — the three films combined have pulled in roughly $1.25 billion worldwide since the series kicked off in 2020.
Whether Carrey brings that same box office pull to a live-action Jetsons movie remains to be seen. Warner Bros. clearly thinks the property still has some life left in it — otherwise it wouldn’t be sitting next to Batman and The Matrix on the studio’s future release plans.
