Day The Earth Blew Up / Coyote Vs Acme

[ThaOGDreamWeaver]

If you’re a little tired of reading conspiracies and apocalyptic stuff in the news…

 

…how about a 90-minute, full-on old school Looney Tunes flick about

[checks notes]
…an impending apocalypse and an alien conspiracy?

 

 

It’d been sitting in WB vaults for a couple of years and could have been Batgirl’d, due to the re-org of Cartoon Network and the HBO Max reboot.

But it got an outing and rave reviews at the Annécy Animation Festival, then a limited release and now a surprise wide from indie distributors Ketchup.

 

There’s nods to classic 50s and 70s sci-fi (it’s not giving away much to say The Stuff is a big influence) and as solid a plot as a ‘Tunes could carry. Better than quite a few proper sci-fi movies I could mention…

 

Also please send your applause and probably some throat sweets to the man that is Eric Bauza, who voices both leads and is effectively arguing with himself for six reels.

 

If it’s on at your local ‘plex, you could do a lot worse than spend some time with a couple of your childhood companions.

 

Edited March 20 by ThaOGDreamWeaver
Editing title for some Major News...

[ThaOGDreamWeaver]

So, adding some news. 

 

As Day The Earth Blew Up is doing reasonable numbers even outside holiday season, Ketchup are now going after a bigger prize: Coyote Vs. Acme.

 

The flick is a live action/animation Looney Tunes courtroom drama - and surprisingly biting satire - starring Will Forte (opportunistic but probably good hearted lawyer) and John Cena (definitely evil corporate lawyer). In a nutshell, our New Mexican friend decides to sue for decades of injury and abuse at the hands of clearly unsafe and unworkable products. Underhand stuff vs toon chaos naturally ensues.

 

It was produced by James Gunn, is apparently one of those smart flicks that's written on multiple different levels...

...and became a symbol of the same corporate garbage it was satirising when WB vaulted it for tax reasons. 

 

The price to get it out is now a more sensible $50m instead of the $80m to $100m WB were originally asking for.

Let's see how that goes...

[Techwright]

17 hours ago, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:

 and John Cena (definitely evil corporate lawyer).

 

Oh yeah, because the first thing I think of when someone mentions John Cena is  "That guy should play a lawyer".

[ThaOGDreamWeaver]

7 hours ago, Techwright said:

Oh yeah, because the first thing I think of when someone mentions John Cena is  "That guy should play a lawyer".

Oddly enough, I have run into a lawyer that size Stateside - and yes, charismatically evil. Also hot. But evil.

[ThaOGDreamWeaver]

So this IS HAPPENING…

https://deadline.com/2025/03/coyote-vs-acme-warner-bros-sale-complete-ketchup-1236354552/

 

Scribbler note: I didn't know CvA is only the second full screenplay from Samy Burch, who used to write audition materials.

I guess that was good practice, because May December was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

Not a bad way to kick off a career, but CvA is one weird followup to a very dark comedy.

 

Edited Tuesday at 08:45 PM by ThaOGDreamWeaver

[merrypessimist]

So I went to see Day the Earth Blew Up earlier today with my mom, since we both love Looney Tunes.  It was a lot of fun.  Without spoiling anything, it felt like a two hour episode of the classic Looney Tunes cartoons.  Some fun plot twists and callouts to classic sci fi films and looney tunes classic bits both.  I saw it for six bucks per person, and I wholeheartedly recommend it for a discount ticket.  At fifteen bucks a person full price, it's not quite as fun.  Discount or matinee though I unequivocally recommend seeing it.