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Express Tribune
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Warner Bros. sells ‘Coyote vs. Acme' to Ketchup Entertainment, sets 2026 release
Warner Bros. Discovery has officially sold the Looney Tunes film Coyote vs. Acme to Ketchup Entertainment for $50 million, securing its long-awaited 2026 theatrical release. The sale marks a turnaround after Warner Bros. initially shelved the movie for a tax write-off, a move that previously affected projects like Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt. Ketchup Entertainment, which recently distributed The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, will now oversee Coyote vs. Acme's theatrical rollout. The live-action/animated hybrid stars Will Forte and John Cena, with Dave Green (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows) directing. The film follows Wile E. Coyote suing Acme Corporation after years of failed products in his pursuit of the Road Runner. Produced by Chris deFaria and James Gunn, the movie's screenplay comes from Samy Burch, known for May December. Despite selling Coyote vs. Acme, Warner Bros. Discovery continues its content removals, recently pulling classic Looney Tunes shorts from Max around the time The Day the Earth Blew Up hit theaters. With its confirmed 2026 release, Coyote vs. Acme is now set to become a theatrical Looney Tunes comeback, offering fans a fresh take on Wile E. Coyote's misadventures.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cancelled Wile E. Coyote film may be released after all
The cancelled Warner Bros film Coyote vs. Acme is reportedly close to being acquired by Ketchup Entertainment for $50 million. Coyote vs. Acme, starring John Cena, Will Forte, and Lana Condor, was initially shelved as part of a US$30 million (£23m) tax write-off which also saw the films Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt axed. Ketchup Entertainment previously rescued another Looney Tunes film, The Day the Earth Blew Up, which saw a successful theatrical release in 2024. Coyote vs. Acme follows Wile E. Coyote's lawsuit against the Acme Corporation, with Forte playing his lawyer and Cena as the Acme boss. Fans have expressed excitement about the film's potential revival, praising Ketchup Entertainment for saving projects discarded by Warner Bros.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Warner Bros. has officially sold the Looney Tunes film Coyote vs. Acme
The Looney Tunes film Coyote vs. Acme won't be rotting away in David Zaslav's basement for the next 50 years. Warner Bros. Discovery has sold the rights to the movie to Ketchup Entertainment, the same company that just released The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. Ketchup ponied up around $50 million for the film and it'll hit theaters in 2026, according to reporting by Deadline. Warner Bros. funded the creation of the movie but then shelved it for a tax write-off. You know the drill. It's pretty much the same thing it did with the Batgirl movie and Scoob! Holiday Haunt. Nobody loves scrapping finished projects more than WB. This one, at least, has a happy ending. Coyote vs. Acme always seemed like a pretty nifty concept. It stars Will Forte and John Cena and follows Wile E. Coyote as he sues notorious manufacturer Acme after he repeatedly fails to catch his arch-nemesis, the roadrunner. Directing duties fell to Dave Green, who made Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. It was produced by Chris deFaria and James Gunn, with a screenplay by May December scribe Samy Burch. This hasn't stopped Warner Bros. Discovery from feverishly hitting the 'delete' key. It just pulled all of the original Looney Tunes shorts from the streaming platform Max. This happened just as The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie was hitting theaters. To be fair, that film didn't exactly blow up the box office.
Washington Post
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
'Coyote vs. Acme' finds a new home after being shelved by Warner Bros.
NEW YORK — For once, things are working out for Wile E. Coyote. After being shelved by Warner Bros. in 2023, the Looney Tunes film 'Coyote vs. Acme' has found a new home. Ketchup Entertainment announced Monday that it acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film for an undisclosed sum. The deal gives new life to one of the three fully completed films that Warner Bros. elected to take a tax write-off on rather than release. The tactic, which followed a change in leadership at Warner Bros. coming out of the pandemic, was widely disparaged by creatives and fans, alike. The other two shelved movies — the $90 million DC Studios production 'Batgirl' and the animated 'Scoob! Holiday Haunt' — remain unreleased.
The Hill
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hill
‘Coyote vs. Acme' finds a new home after being shelved by Warner Bros.
NEW YORK (AP) — For once, things are working out for Wile E. Coyote. After being shelved by Warner Bros. in 2023, the Looney Tunes film 'Coyote vs. Acme' has found a new home. Ketchup Entertainment announced Monday that it acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film for an undisclosed sum. The deal gives new life to one of the three fully completed films that Warner Bros. elected to take a tax write-off on rather than release. The tactic, which followed a change in leadership at Warner Bros. coming out of the pandemic, was widely disparaged by creatives and fans, alike. The other two shelved movies — the $90 million DC Studios production 'Batgirl' and the animated 'Scoob! Holiday Haunt' — remain unreleased. But 'Coyote vs. Acme' will be salvaged from the dustbin. Ketchup Entertainment plans a theatrical release at an unspecified future date. 'We're thrilled to have made a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures to bring this film to audiences worldwide,' Gareth West, chief executive of Ketchup Entertainment, said in a statement. ''Coyote vs Acme' is a perfect blend of nostalgia and modern storytelling, capturing the essence of the beloved Looney Tunes characters while introducing them to a new generation.' Directed by Dave Green and based on a New Yorker article by Ian Frazier, 'Coyote vs. Acme' follows Wile E. Coyote in a lawsuit against Acme Corporation for the many faulty products that failed to catch him the Road Runner. The live-action animated hybrid stars John Cena and Will Forte. Deadline earlier reported that Ketchup paid about $50 million for the film, which cost $70 million to produce. Ketchup, a distribution company launched in 2012, also recently released another Looney Tunes film jettisoned by Warner Bros.: 'The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.' In three weeks of release, it's grossed $8.2 million in domestic ticket sales.
