Ryan Gosling is officially bringing The Flintstones back. Polygon reports the actor is developing a live-action reboot of the Hanna-Barbera classic with Warner Bros., and the project takes an unexpected angle: it's built around Bamm-Bamm, the superhumanly strong kid next door from the original series.

Centering the revival on Bamm-Bamm rather than Fred and the core Flintstone household marks a deliberate break from the 1994 and 2000 live-action films, which stuck close to the cartoon's main cast. It positions the reboot as a new story set in the Bedrock universe instead of another straight retelling.

Gosling's involvement gives the project immediate weight — and continues his recent run of leaning into big, idiosyncratic studio swings. Casting, filmmakers, and a release window haven't been detailed yet, so for now the Stone Age comeback is in the development stage.