Jeremy Slater

article in 1990 in the new yorker where it just kind of presents the case it's like here's wiley coyote and he has been injured multiple times due to defective acme products and it just kind of lays it all out And that was the inspiration for sitting down and making this film.

So the writers for this film, this Sammy Burch is the screenplay writer, and then Jeremy Slater and Sammy Burch, but then also James Gunn are all involved in like coming up the story for this based off of that New Yorker article from 1990.

And James Gunn is kind of important because he's like, when I saw the trailer for this, I didn't know why John Cena was in this, but John Cena and James Gunn have a working relationship because of DC comics and those films and some TV programs, the peacemaker and stuff like that.

So like James Gunn though also is this kind of ensemble cast kind of writer.

It's a really good story, well-written.

Shout out to James Gunn, who wrote the story, along with Jeremy Slater and Sammy Burch, who eventually took over writing the script.

Fantastic.

I love that movie.

But aside from our purchases, dear listeners, as Keith was alluding to, today we are discussing Mortal Kombat 2 from this year, as of this recording, 26th.

This was directed by Simon McQuoid, it was written by Jeremy Slater, while the score was by Benjamin Woolfish.

And of course, it is today's money, this film cost $80 million to make, and made $129 million at the box office.

So Akif, getting to our general impressions as we always do, what did you make of this sequel to the latest Mortal Kombat series of movies?

You know who James Gunn is, come on.

Along with Jeremy Slater, who is behind Umbrella Academy, Moon Knight.

After failing once again to catch the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to sue Acme Corporation with the reluctant help of Kevin Avery, played by Will Forte.

The film was set to release in 2023.

I absolutely agree.

Without further ado, let's get into our spoiler review of Coyote vs. Acme, the 2023 slash that 2026 film by Dave Green written by Sammy Birch from a story by Jeremy Slater and James Gunn.

Have you been horribly injured by a product made by the Acme Corporation? It's not your fault.

There's probably someone to blame.

Great job with the screenplay.

Story by Sammy Birch, along with Jeremy Slater and James Gunn.

helped write the story of this movie.

He has a

Directed by Adam Wingard.

Written by Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, and Jeremy Slater, with Adam Wingard also credited on story.

Special effects supervised by Alessandro Ongaro.

Produced by Mary Parent, et al.

After Wingard was on board, writer Terry Rossio returns from the previous film to help with the script.

Um, Simon Barrett, who'd worked with Wingard on, like, m- many of his previous films as a writer, comes in.

Um, Jeremy Slater, who had worked with Wingard on, uh, the Death Note live action film, um, also comes in.

Um, his, his, his, his filmography is so weird, 'cause he, he also wrote, like, the m- the recent Mortal Kombat too, which I think people, people liked.