Source: ScreenRant.com
According to longtime media executive Fred Seibert, former head of Hanna-Barbera and current head of Frederator films, Genndy Tartakovsky's popular animated show, Samurai Jack, is headed to the big screen with J.J. Abrams as a co-producer. The film, which is budgeted at $20 million, will combine traditional 2D animation with stereoscopic 3D. It is being produced by Fredarator Films and Abrams' production company, Bad Robot Productions.
For those that don't recall the show, Samurai Jack was a four-time Emmy award winning animated series that ran on Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2004. Created by Genndy Tartakovsky, who was also the genius behind Dexter's Laboratory and Star Wars: Clone Wars, Samurai Jack revolved around, well…a samurai named Jack. Jack was a noble warrior who is cast into the future by the evil Aku, "the shape-shifting Master of Darkness." Each episode involved Jack's attempts to return to the past to defeat Aku once and for all.
If that plot summary sounded lame to you, then I'm afraid we can't be friends. Just kidding… sort of. Like Batman: The Animated Series before it, I believe Samurai Jack elevated animated action to another level. Spanning dozens of genres, from Spaghetti Western to Kung-Fu to cyberpunk, Samurai Jack was truly more than just a cartoon. Not only was the art superb, but the pacing and the plotting were downright cinematic. Sometimes, there would be whole episodes where Jack spoke fewer than five words and you'd be totally captivated. And, isn't that the goal of every animator? To tell a story completely visually?
Do I want? I'll find out after I wake up...
It's too late for me to try and understand this. I did love me some SJ, though. I need to find those Dvds.
I don't know how I feel about it. It definitely won't be the same without Mako.
You don't know how long I've been waiting for this.
If it's J.J Abrams it can't be terrible, everything he's done has been atleast decent. As long as we actually get an ending I'll watch this movie.
wow i havent seen it in some time, i forgot it even existed..... it was one awsome original toon.
the best thing about samurai jack was the episodes when he teams up with that machinegun legged scotch... he was totally awsome, is he gonna be in the movie?
if yes, then only then will i totally buy it 
Man Samurai Jack was an awesome show, I wish it was longer though 
The movie better be spectacular
I don't know how I feel about it. It definitely won't be the same without Mako.
Same thing I was thinking when I first read the article. I mean, Mako had that personality that MADE the character, without that presence it's... Well look at General Iroh on Avatar.
Or Bill Murray replacing Lorenzo Music as Garfield... Just sayin'!
Myself I think that guy that did Uncle Iroh sounded just like Mako.
Yeah, I wouldn't have noticed it changed without the memorial in "Tales of Ba Sing Se".
