Elizabeth Banks puts together an all-star cast for The Flintstones reboot Bedrock
Bedrock's cast features Stephen Root, Amy Sedaris, Nicole Byer, Joe Lo Trulio, and Manny Jacinto
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Hot off of directing Cocaine Bear, Elizabeth Banks is turning to TV as she executive produces and stars in Fox’s The Flintstones animated reboot, titled Bedrock. Banks will lead the series as a grown-up Pebbles, with a star-studded cast comprised of Stephen Root, Amy Sedaris, Nicole Byer, Joe Lo Trulio, and Manny Jacinto.
In the new animated series, we’ll see the Flintstones navigate the Bronze Age and, in line with the current television zeitgeist, probably see a 20-something Pebbles maneuver her career, dating, and how to use newly minted metal tools.
Per Deadline, the official description for Bedrock reads, “A primetime animated adult comedy series continuing the story of the Stone Age family, Bedrock catches up with the Flintstone family two decades later, with Fred on the brink of retirement and 20-something Pebbles embarking on her own career. As the Stone Age gives way to a shiny and enlightened new Bronze Age, the residents of Bedrock will find this evolution harder than a swing from Bamm-Bamm’s club.”
The cast members are no strangers to voice acting in the adult animation world, with Root famous for his role as Bill Dauterive on King Of The Hill, Sedaris playing numerous roles on BoJack Horseman, and Tuca & Bertie’s Byer appearing on many popular adult animation series, including The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, Archer, Bojack Horseman, American Dad, and more. Joe Lo Trulio, who’s best known for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, also has some experience, with an extended stint on American Dad under his belt. For Jacinto—known for his role as Jason on NBC’s The Good Place—Bedrock will mark his first animated role.
Banks’ most recent project—Cocaine Bear—was a home run for the actor-director, accruing commercial success and offering people the chance to zonk out and watch a coked-up bear slaughter people for 95 minutes. Let’s see what she can do with an existing IP and a great cast.
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*Joe Lo Truglio
……of BedCOCK
Coming soon from WoodRocket!
If he CouldRockIt.
H-B in the 1960s: What if all our characters sounded like celebrities?2023: Just get celebrities to voice them.
Ugh. For a super cool second I thought this was going to be live action.
#NeverAgain
I still think it’s hilarious that they cast Stephen Bladwin, the PBR of Baldwins, in this movie.
Stephen Baldwin was exceptional in The Usual Suspects, so it’s not like he’s completely incapable of acting in all circumstances, for starters.
And the tall, lantern-jawed, constantly bestubbled Baldwin was somehow cast as Barney. Just look at yhat picture above and tell me he and mini-Fred shouldn’t switch roles.
Holy shit that’s King Robert from season one of Game of Thrones. That has to be a rare case of a sequel where the entire main cast noped the fuck out.
It was a prequel set a few years before the first movie would have, so they couldn’t get the same people really.
So was Temple of Doom, but they didn’t recast Indy
They couldn’t get the same people because the entire cast of the first movie noped the fuck out and they decided to do a prequel instead.
How many times has someone attempted a reboot of this? I know Seth MacFarlene was gonna do one but it went nowhere and I think I remember reading about one more but I can’t remember specifics.
The most recent was a couple of years ago: Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs, made for the Boomerang streaming app/site. I didn’t really see any of it, but it was Pebbles and Bam-Bam focused I think (as slightly older kids) and was a lot more “internet humor.”
Constant reboots of its various cartoons is kind of Hanna-Barbera’s thing.
“Yabbanks-Dabbanks-Doo!”That catchphrase work for anyone?
No, and here’s a $35 citation for attempting it.
Ok, but I can only pay in clams. Literal clams. Because of the whole “modern stone age” conceit.
Fred’s electric eel defibrillator: Eh, it’s a living.
GOT A BABY ELEPHANT VACUUM CLEANER!
Solid choices, I think. For an aging Fred and Wilma I think you could do a lot worse than Root and Sedaris.Joe Lo Trulio frequently pops up as miscellaneous characters on Bob’s Burgers. He definitely doesn’t disappear into the roles but he’s a decent fit for Barney Rubble. He and Stephen Root were hilarious playing against each other on Brooklyn 99. Funny that Root was playing his dad there
Truglio, come on.
I’m just going to leave this word hanging here: Scientology.
Are you sure you’re not thinking of Elisabeth Moss?
Maybe that is Elizabeth Moss commenting to cryptically tell us about Scientology.
Right. Sorry.
I feel like you of all people should know your Elizabeths (and variants).
His name is actually spelled Truglio. Don’t be dissin’ on Joe Lo.
“Turd…. in…. the champagne fountain”
if anyone understands this reference YESSSSSSS