Zac Efron as Jonny Quest?

Can Zac Efron be an action hero?

And, more importantly, does he want to be?

The LA Times is reporting that Zac is thiiiis close to signing on for a live action version of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Jonny Quest.

This could either be his Batman or his Speed Racer.

And is that really the role Zac, who’s trying to break away from High School Musical-esque teen fluff, wants to do?

Jonny was just an 11-year-old in the prime-time cartoons of the 1960s. Obviously, they’d have to alter the property to suit Zac, but a cartoon revamp seems like an odd misstep for someone who says he wants to have Leo DiCaprio’s career.

We’ll wait until Zac’s signed on and film is rolling on the project before we believe it.

It does have franchise potential though.  

—Sasha Perl-Raver