Sep 8, 2026 · 29 min · 10 segments
On this episode of The Reel Talk Podcast, Nathan and Neves talk about the newest Looney Tunes movie COYOTE VS. ACME (2026). We first get into the history behind the making of this movie and how it was…
Matthew NevesHostNathanHostSame, yeah.
Back in 2022, post-pandemic.
Warner Brothers was like oh the streaming thing is not working anymore we're losing money and they decide to shelve Batgirl which apparently was decently
be
like it wasn't quite finished yet but I think they were still working on some effects but it was close to be finished and Scoop Holiday Haunt which apparently was damn near finished as well And then it was this movie, Coyote vs. Acme.
And the only difference between those two and this one was this one was completely finished.
Yeah, just completely shelving it to get a tax write-off of $30 million.
That was their mindset.
Their mindset was, we claim this as a loss, we can write it off in our taxes, and that's the safer bet.
It's such a sleazy thing to do that even the cast of this fucking movie has called them out on it multiple times.
Will Forte said it best, where it's like, you're laying off your employees at Warner Brothers, but the head CEO gets a bonus.
Same, yeah.
Back in 2022, post-pandemic.
Warner Brothers was like oh the streaming thing is not working anymore we're losing money and they decide to shelve Batgirl which apparently was decently
be
like it wasn't quite finished yet but I think they were still working on some effects but it was close to be finished and Scoop Holiday Haunt which apparently was damn near finished as well And then it was this movie, Coyote vs. Acme.
And the only difference between those two and this one was this one was completely finished.
Yeah, just completely shelving it to get a tax write-off of $30 million.
That was their mindset.
Their mindset was, we claim this as a loss, we can write it off in our taxes, and that's the safer bet.
It's such a sleazy thing to do that even the cast of this fucking movie has called them out on it multiple times.
Will Forte said it best, where it's like, you're laying off your employees at Warner Brothers, but the head CEO gets a bonus.
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