Published by Norm Levy: August 2026
Warner Bros. recently announced that Jim Carrey is in talks to star as George Jetson in a live-action adaptation of the beloved Hanna-Barbera classic, with Colin Trevorrow attached to direct.
Original source: The Hollywood Reporter (link to the article)
Looking Forward Again
When The Jetsons first premiered in 1962, it didn’t simply imagine flying cars and robot housekeepers. It imagined an optimistic future.
It suggested that humanity would solve difficult problems, embrace new technologies, and eventually carry everyday life beyond Earth.
For generations, it became one of popular culture’s most recognizable visions of tomorrow.
At a time when so much science fiction has focused on dystopian futures, it’s encouraging to see Warner Bros. revisiting a story built on optimism and possibility.
A Different Question
Watching the news reminded me of a question that eventually inspired Band on the Run.
For decades we’ve imagined what life might look like after humanity builds its first permanent civilization beyond Earth.
But before families live comfortably in orbital cities…
Before children grow up beneath artificial skies…
Before there are parks, schools, concerts, and neighborhoods in space…
Someone has to build it.
Who manufactures the habitats?
Who installs the life-support systems?
Who grows the food?
Who keeps everything running?
Those questions rarely become the story.
From Astronauts to Builders
Today’s commercial space industry is steadily transforming space exploration into space development.
Launch costs continue to fall.
Private companies are developing commercial space stations.
Governments are planning permanent lunar missions.
Manufacturing is beginning to move into orbit.
Humanity is gradually shifting from asking whether we can live beyond Earth to asking how.
Once that transition happens, another question naturally follows:
Who builds humanity’s first civilization beyond Earth?
The Story I Wanted to Tell
That question became the foundation for Band on the Run.
Rather than focusing on the astronauts, billionaires, or visionaries who make humanity’s expansion possible, the novel follows the forgotten generation tasked with building the future itself.
Because every civilization, whether on Earth or beyond it, is ultimately built by people.
And sometimes the people doing the building discover they have more power than anyone expected.
Looking Ahead
I’m excited to see Warner Bros.’ interpretation of The Jetsons for a new generation.
Stories like The Jetsons encourage us to imagine the future.
Stories like Band on the Run ask what it might actually take to build it.