By Maurice Bobb

Yabba Dabba Doo! The Flintstones are coming to a theater near you.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. plans to bring everyone’s favorite prehistoric family back to the big-screen as a full-length animated feature film.

Funnyman Will Ferrell and his partner Adam McKay will executive produce the movie, while Chris Henchy, also a partner in Gary Sanchez Productions, is busy working on the script.

“The Flintstones,” a prime-time series about a working-class Stone Age man’s life with his family that ran on ABC from 1960-66, was the most successful network animated franchise for decades until “The Simpsons” came along.

Fred Flintstone hailed from Bedrock and worked in a quarry using a dinosaur as a crane, loved eating barbecued brontosaurus burgers and hashing out everyday issues with his wife, Wilma and best friend Barney Rubble and his wife Betty.

Universal released a live action reboot in 1994 starring John Goodman in the title role, Elizabeth Perkins (Wilma), Rick Moranis (Barney), Rosie O’Donnell (Betty) and Halle Berry (Miss Sharon Stone) to modest reviews. The film was shot in California on a budget of $46 million and went on to gross $341,631,208 worldwide.

Warners Bros. acquired the rights to Flintstones as part of Time Warners’ acquisition of Turner Broadcasting back in 1996.

No news yet on voice actor castings or the film’s release date.

MTV News Staff

Last week, the first single from Michael Jackson’s upcoming album was released online. The track, “Love Never Felt So Good,” featured Justin Timberlake. But JT says that he and the King of Pop nearly first collaborated over a decade ago.

“The first real seed of that was this song I had written, called ‘Gone,’ ” the singer told Oprah Winfrey’s OWN. “It ended up on our third and last album [for *NSYNC]. And it was the first song I kind of cut by myself, and then brought it to the guys and included them. We were having an A&R meeting for the third *NSYNC album at that time, and I said, ‘Well, I have this other song, but I originally wrote it for Michael.’ I originally wrote that song for Michael Jackson.”

Unfortunately for Timberlake, Michael’s people turned the song down. Rather than letting it go to waste, he and his groupmates used it themselves.

And then, once it came out, Michael heard it.

“And he called me on the phone and said that he wanted to cut the record, but he wanted it to be a duet between himself and I,” the “Mirrors” singer recalled. “And I said, ‘It’s already out. We’ve already cut this song as an *NSYNC record.’”

Naturally, he felt a bit of regret.

“I’m on the phone, I’m literally punching myself in the face, because I said, ‘I can’t do that. Could we do an *NSYNC featuring Michael Jackson? Or Michael Jackson featuring *NSYNC?’ And he was very absolute ...

Lee Marshall, the booming basso profondo voice behind Tony the Tiger, is dead at 64. The voice actor’s son confirmed to Huffington Post the cause of death was esophageal cancer.

Marshall first earned his stripes in 1999, lending his voice to the Kellogg’s character in assistance to Thurl Ravenscroft. Ravenscroft, who had voiced the character since 1952, began experiencing vocal issues. Marshall took over full-time in 2005.

There’s no word yet on who will take over the voice of cereal’s most beloved and well-known mascot, but the search is on. John Sheehy, of Chicago’s Leo Burnett ad agency, spoke with CBS about how they will approach it.

“There’s a lot of voiceover talent, but there’s that certain timber that comes with the ‘They’re GR-R-REAT’ and that’s hard to capture,” Sheehy said. “It’s really looking for that tone of voice.”

Grab yourself an oversized bowl, pour in sugar-coated blanket of comfort and let’s remember Tony the Tiger, circa 1999-2005.

Wakeboarding Tony:

Hockey Goalie Tony:

High-Diving Tony:

Killing-It-At-The-Gym Tony:

Basketball Star Tony:

“We Are Tigers” Chant:

Jessica Hyndman

For what reason would Lil Jon and DJ Snake turn down when they’ve got a massive hit on their hands? No, there is no reason for which to turn down. And clearly, they don’t plan to anytime soon.

On Wednesday (May 7), the two revamped their collab with a new remix that features verses from Ludacris and Pitbull. This is the second official remix of the song, and follows up Juicy J, 2 Chainz, and French Montana hopping on the track in late April. And don’t forget about Miley’s recent renditions of the single in her Instagram vidoes.

Pit and Luda, both of whom have worked with Lil Jon a number of times throughout their lengthy careers, sound comfortable and cocky on the dance track.

“Ain’t nothin’ in the game that I haven’t seen/ And my favorite color? You guessed it: Money Green,” Pit raps on his verse, which opens the song.

Luda, meanwhile, is ready to party: “Need my dollars in ones and my women in twos,” he spits.

The original peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Adam Fleischer

By Maurice Bobb

Get ready NBA fans, LeBron James is going from the hardwood to Hollywood.

Variety reports that the Miami Heat superstar and Cliff Smith (Method Man) have officially joined the cast of “Trainwreck,” Judd Apatow’s new comedy.

Universal acquired the script from stand-up comedienne Amy Schumer, who will make her feature film debut as a leading lady on the heels of her hit Comedy Central sketch comedy show “Inside Amy Schumer.”

Universal has a lot riding on James’ successful transition to the silver screen considering that they already have him starring alongside Kevin Hart in another comedy called “Ballers.” The studio also just recently acquired the rights to the feature film based on the four-time MVP’s days playing high school basketball in Akron, Ohio.

Details about the film’s plot are being kept under wraps, but Apatow will direct and produce the film through his Universal-based Apatow Productions with Barry Mendel (“Bridesmaids”).

Rounding out the cast is Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, Vanessa Bayer (“Saturday Night Live”), Tilda Swinton, Mike Birbiglia, recent Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi and popular WWE wrestler John Cena.

“Trainwreck” is set for release on July 24, 2015.

MTV News Staff

Katy Perry is bringing back Kitty Purry in a big way. On Wednesday (May 7), the singer kicked off her Prismatic World Tour in the U.K. complete with a hot-pink catsuit and felines for dancers. Oh, and a giant, carpeted cat playground for a set.

Katy Perry cat-lady status? Up 1,000 percent.

The “Cat-oure” part of the set list, which Katy leaked on her Instagram earlier Wednesday — has her dancers dressed as if they were in a Broadway production of “Cats,” crawling up and down the set. Except this time, they’re not singing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Memory,” they’re singing “Hot N Cold.”

See this and other looks from the night:

In full “E.T.” style, KP is lowered down to the stage.

Ride like an Egyptian!

After she jumps off her “Dark Horse,” Katy works on her dance moves.

Amirite about the cat thing?

Kitty Purry is back in full force.

Can someone tell me how to get in that front row?

2 Chainz only recently got off on tour and already the Atlanta rap star is back to releasing new music.

Earlier this week, Tity Boi gave fans a give when he dropped his Freebase EP online free of charge. On Wednesday (May 7), Chainz dropped the project’s first video, “Trap Back” and premiered it on MTV Jams. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments.

Rob Markman

Mentally been many places, but I'm Brooklyn's own. Hip-hop gives me life!

By Josh Horowitz

It’s been a busy time for Zac Efron and Seth Rogen as they’ve raced around the country promoting their hilarious new comedy, “Neighbors” (opening this Friday). From Austin to Los Angeles to New York, I’ve gotten to know these fine gentlemen pretty well but when they stopped by MTV’s headquarters earlier this week I knew we had to take things to the next level.

Sure you’ve seen Seth and Zac interviewed before but never have they revealed so much as in this edition of “Up Close.” Did you know for instance that Zac does a pretty spot-on Bane impression or that he enjoys bananas covered in whipped cream? Those revelations, plus enormous amounts of male spooning and crotch shots await you in a memorable edition of “After Hours.”

MTV News Staff

Those “severed crossed fingers” have really paid off for Annie Clark — after years of releasing glowing, yet twisted tunes as St. Vincent, a duo of dreams have been manifest.

First, St. Vincent shredded at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, busting out a cover of Nirvana’s “Lithium” with the remaining members in honor of their induction.

Now, she’s primed to play “Saturday Night Live”‘s season finale on May 17, an honor she calls a “dream come true.”

Check out the video below for more of Clark’s thoughts on the experiences.

Oh, bonus! She told us what she will be performing on “SNL” — “Birth In Reverse” and “Digital Witness.” Singing about TV ON TV? How meta.

Brenna Ehrlich

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." She likes trying not to die in moshpits and listening to songs on repeat. Follow her on Twitter @BrennaEhrlich for news on cats and punk bands.

Those “severed crossed fingers” have really paid off for Annie Clark — after years of releasing glowing, yet twisted tunes as St. Vincent, a duo of dreams have been manifest.

First, St. Vincent shredded at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, busting out a cover of Nirvana’s “Lithium” with the remaining members in honor of their induction.

Now, she’s primed to play “Saturday Night Live”‘s season finale on May 17, an honor she calls a “dream come true.”

Check out the video below for more of Clark’s thoughts on the experiences.

Oh, bonus! She told us what she will be performing on “SNL” — “Birth In Reverse” and “Digital Witness.” Singing about TV ON TV? How meta.

Brenna Ehrlich

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." She likes trying not to die in moshpits and listening to songs on repeat. Follow her on Twitter @BrennaEhrlich for news on cats and punk bands.