“The Day the Earth Blew Up” is Coming!

I’ve got bad news, and I’ve got good news. First, the bad news: the movie Coyote VS. Acme has been shelved, perhaps forever, even though the film is complete. While I would have been thrilled to see Wile E. Coyote headlining in his own feature, perhaps Warner Brothers decided that this was too much of a niche audience for a full-length film, and decided to take a tax write-off...
Now, the good news; The Day The Earth Blew Up has officially received a theatrical release in Europe, and will be all over the U.S. in late February!

Featuring Daffy Duck and Porky and Petunia Pig, The Day The Earth Blew Up is the first theatrically released Looney Tunes movie since 2021’s critically-panned Space Jam: A New Legacy. The trio of unlikely heroes team up to prevent an alien invasion that threatens life on Earth…

The film is released by Ketchup Entertainment, which bought the rights from Warner Bros back in August. Cartoon Network writer Pete Browngardt directs, using Looney Tunes voice talent. Playing in Europe, the film has been well-received, is true to its heritage, and appears to be set up to become one of the most beloved feature-length Looney Tunes outings of all time, playing off vibes of 1950’s-1960’s science fiction films. I do think, however, that Marvin the Martian could have bested this film’s villainous alien without breaking a sweat…I’m a Marvin loyalist!

So while Americans must wait until February 28th to begin seeing it, The Day The Earth Blew Up should be worth the wait…
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October 24, 2024 at 11:27 pm
So what, if the Earth blows up in February? They’re cartoon characters! They’ll be a rainbow-colored flash of light. A brief cloud of black smoke. Followed by the three main characters standing there with soot stains and tattered clothes. And the soot stains will vanish from their faces as soon as they quickly shake their heads in acccompaniment with the “la-la-la-la” sound more usually associated with the disrespectful flicking of one’s tongue in conjunction with the wriggling of one’s fingers while one’s thumbs are stuck in one’s ears.
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October 24, 2024 at 11:29 pm
P.S.—that should’ve read “There will be a rainbow-colored flash….”
Haste does, indeed, make waste.
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October 25, 2024 at 9:54 am
Death is indeed just a temporary inconvenience in the cartoon world. Consider how many times poor Wile E. Coyote has had anvils fall on his head, taken unsurvivable plummets, explosions, etc. only to be back in the next frame!
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October 25, 2024 at 5:51 pm
My point, exactly. π
Thanks for the clarification.
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