Warner Bros. Producing New Looney Tunes Movie
The Looney Tunes are back in action. Variety exclusively reports that Warner Bros. Animation is producing a new animated film called The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. The film sees Daffy Duck and Porky Pig team up to save the Earth from an alien invasion; this will be the first feature-length Looney Tunes movie made for theaters that is entirely animated. The last time the Looney Tunes were in a theatrical film was 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy. The creative team behind the recent animated series Looney Tunes Cartoons is behind the film, with Pete Browngardt directing. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is expected to be completed in the spring of 2024, and the film will be shopped around at the American Film Market, a Hollywood networking event being held from October 31 to November 5, where it will show some first-look footage.
I wonder if Warner Bros. saw an opportunity with Disney and Pixar’s fading animation star. Lately, other studios like Universal and Dreamworks have been seeing success by offering alternatives to Disney’s increasingly off-putting animated films, with Puss in Boots: The Last Wish being the most successful example. When the king shows weakness, usurpers will rise – in other words, it’s the perfect time for Warner Bros. to resurrect the Looney Tunes. And I’ll bet this will be a traditional, family-friendly movie; no woke garbage, no identity politics, nothing but Daffy and Porky having fun in an entertaining adventure for the whole family. It’s the smart play, and if it pans out, it could make Warner Bros. a ton of money it desperately needs. Maybe it could even lead to more Looney Tunes movies, especially before Superman: Legacy has a chance to kick-start a new DC Universe for the studio (assuming it’s even successful). There’s plenty of territory for Warner Bros. to mine; you can do almost anything with the Looney Tunes, and the next movie could be very different from a sci-fi adventure. As much as a lot of entertainment sucks right now, it’s exciting to see the response to that, with some genuinely interesting projects being developed.
