Sep 17, 2026 · 15 min · 8 segments
It's Richard's birthday! To celebrate, he and Greg take a popcorn-filled trip into childhood nostalgia to see the new Looney Tunes movie. This film has been stuck in Tax Write-off Hell for the last…
Greg RalphHost
Richard Di GregorioHostmuch better when i was growing i was growing up and i loved the coyote and the roadrunner so it was always coyote versus roadrunner so i'm kind of right but i was kind of wrong on this you're completely wrong let me set the record straight shall i yes absolutely so greg take it away what what tell us about coyote versus acme i shall well
This movie began live action filming back in 2022 and was completed in 2023, but has only just now been released in 2026.
This is because the Warner Brothers Discovery Studio decided to shelve it in favor of a tax write-off, having done the same the previous year to a Batgirl movie and Looney Tunes' The Day the Earth Blew Up during a corporate restructure.
Following a popular campaign that was recognised in the end titles in a really lovely way to release the film, the filmmakers behind the two Looney Tunes films, but curiously not the Batgirl film, were permitted to seek other distributors.
Wiley Coyote is perpetually focused on making his next meal out of the speedy roadrunner in the American desert.
Coyote develops elaborate schemes, typically using outlandish inventions from the Acme Corporation to capture the bird, with our joy coming from how these inventions backfire, sometimes repeatedly, to the detriment, shall we say, of the coyote.
In this, he is represented by personal injury lawyer Kevin Avery, Will Forte, who is up against his longtime nemesis in the form of Acme's lead counsel, Buddy Crane, John Cena.
The film is a delightful and affectionate tribute to the spirit and history of the Looney Tunes cartoons that I and I'm sure many other people grew up with.
much better when i was growing i was growing up and i loved the coyote and the roadrunner so it was always coyote versus roadrunner so i'm kind of right but i was kind of wrong on this you're completely wrong let me set the record straight shall i yes absolutely so greg take it away what what tell us about coyote versus acme i shall well
This movie began live action filming back in 2022 and was completed in 2023, but has only just now been released in 2026.
This is because the Warner Brothers Discovery Studio decided to shelve it in favor of a tax write-off, having done the same the previous year to a Batgirl movie and Looney Tunes' The Day the Earth Blew Up during a corporate restructure.
Following a popular campaign that was recognised in the end titles in a really lovely way to release the film, the filmmakers behind the two Looney Tunes films, but curiously not the Batgirl film, were permitted to seek other distributors.
Wiley Coyote is perpetually focused on making his next meal out of the speedy roadrunner in the American desert.
Coyote develops elaborate schemes, typically using outlandish inventions from the Acme Corporation to capture the bird, with our joy coming from how these inventions backfire, sometimes repeatedly, to the detriment, shall we say, of the coyote.
In this, he is represented by personal injury lawyer Kevin Avery, Will Forte, who is up against his longtime nemesis in the form of Acme's lead counsel, Buddy Crane, John Cena.
The film is a delightful and affectionate tribute to the spirit and history of the Looney Tunes cartoons that I and I'm sure many other people grew up with.
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