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Scene from the original series
Photo: Cinema Legacy Collection / The Hollywood Archive / imago images
Generations (not only) of young TV viewers have amused themselves by the adventures of the Flintstones family.
In 1994 Fred, Barney and Co. even made it to the big screen, portrayed by real actors.
But especially the drawn figures are still very popular today.
Now the old school series is getting a modern sequel.
The new animated show entitled "Bedrock" is being reissued by the Warner Bros. Animation studio with Elizabeth Banks (47, "Pitch Perfect") as the producer.
Lindsay Kerns ("Jurassic World: New Adventures") is on board as a screenwriter.
"It's a real 'yabba dabba' joy to write this," Kerns shared on Twitter on Tuesday.
With the call "Yabba Dabba Doo!" The cartoon character Fred Feuerstein made himself known and popular worldwide.
The "Flintstones Family" - adventures by animators Joseph Barbera and William Hanna with more than 150 episodes were a big hit on US television from 1960 to 1966 and then worldwide.
Series brought numerous innovations with it
The first episode "The Flintstones" ran on US television on September 30, 1960 and was a minor revolution.
Because it was the first animated film series to be shown in the evening program.
Because the series linked everyday life in the 1960s with prehistoric human history.
And because she combined sitcom with animation.
The experiment was to be a surprise success - and decades later it would inspire another cartoon legend.
The main characters in the Stone Age suburb are Fred and Wilma Feuerstein with their daughter Pebbles and the neighbors Betty and Barney Rubble with their little son Bamm-Bamm.
"Bedrock" is now settled 20 years later, Fred is about to retire, Pebbles has grown up and is looking for her own way in the more progressive Bronze Age.
Actress Banks will lend her voice to Pebbles, reported the industry journal "Variety".
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