The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

Get ready to rock!

The Flintstones are at it again. The Flintstones and the Rubbles head for Rock Vegas with Fred hoping to court the lovely Wilma. Nothing will stand in the way of love, except for the conniving Chip Rockefeller who is the playboy born in Baysville but who has made it in the cutthroat town of Rock Vegas. Will Fred win Wilma's love?

Date of release
2000-04-28
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (849)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy, Family, Romance
Director
Brian Levant
Collection
The Flintstones Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Flintstones
  • Filmed in: California and Arizona

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is a 2000 American romantic comedy film directed by Brian Levant, written by Jim Cash, Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, and Jack Epps Jr., and is the standalone prequel to Levant's The Flintstones (1994), based on the 1960–1966 animated television series of the same name. The film was developed and produced without the involvement of Steven Spielberg, the executive producer of Levant's The Flintstones (1994). It is set before the events of both the series and the first film, showing how Fred and Barney meet Wilma and Betty. The title is a play on the Elvis Presley song, Viva Las Vegas, also used as the title of an MGM musical film.

Production

After the financial success of the first film, Universal Pictures initially greenlit two sequels to The Flintstones to be filmed back to back in the vein of Back to the Future: Part II and Back to the Future Part III. John Goodman refused to reprise his role, out of fear of typecasting. He reportedly went up to Steven Spielberg and begged himself out of doing any sequels, saying "Please don't make me do any more of these."

Brian Levant then retooled the film into a prequel. Though there were never concrete plans for a sequel, Levant later mused that it might have followed the Flintstones going to the old west, which Levant compared to films by the Marx Brothers, the Three Stooges, and Buster Keaton. The film was also originally planned to be a full-blown musical, which Universal refused. Levant was still able to include three musical numbers in the film.

Korman, who played Wilma's father Colonel Slaghoople, voiced the Great Gazoo in the animated series and also voiced the Dictabird in the first film. Stephenson, who voiced both the Showroom announcer and the Minister, voiced Mr. Slate in the animated series. In addition to Goodman, Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins, and Rosie O'Donnell, who played Barney, Wilma, and Betty respectively in the first film, also did not reprise their roles.

Alan Cumming was the first actor cast. He was initially only supposed to play Gazoo, but after performing as Mick Jagged for the table read, it was decided he would play both roles. The film was originally meant to be a sequel to the first film.

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