It’s real! It’s here! Coyote vs. ACME is finally going to grace our screens! If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, the story of the film’s eventual emergence actually goes back to 2023, when the Looney Tunes live-action/animation hybrid was abruptly shelved by Warner Bros as a tax write-off (boo!). All despite highly positive early word on the film, which has a James Gunn story credit. Safe to say, nobody was happy. The film stars Will Forte as a lawyer representing the perpetually unlucky Wile E. Coyote in a case against ACME Corporation over years of faulty products. It looked like it was gone for good, until Ketchup Entertainment stepped in and rescued the film. Now, we have our first trailer, which you can watch here:
Joining Forte on the live-action side are Lana Condor and John Cena, with Cena looking to have a lot of fun playing a undoubtably evil representative for ACME, and Condor teaming up with Forte’s budding attorney. The film’s tagline – “The film ACME doesn’t want you to see” – is undoubtedly a self-aware wink at its troubled time at Warner Bros. Nevertheless, the trailer seems to mine a lot of fun from the premise of Wile E. Coyote going to court over all the injuries he has sustained over the years, with plenty of visual gags and Looney Tunes cameos aplenty, including Tweety Pie, Daffy Duck, and the silhouette of a recognisable carrot-eating bunny. This certainly looks a hop above the Looney Tunes’ last live-action outing in 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy. Let’s hope it’s more of a slam-dunk.
The film comes to us from Earth To Echo director Dave Green along with May December screenwriter Sammy Birch, and you can speed on down to UK cinemas to see it on 28 August. That’s all folks!
