John Cena comedy Coyote Vs. Acme might come out after all, over a year after it was controversially shelved

John Cena in Barbie
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It seems hope is not lost for Coyote Vs. Acme, the Looney Tunes movie starring John Cena shelved indefinitely by Warner Bros. back in🐼 late 2023. A deal is reportedly forming for the movie to get a theatrical release, and things are looking up at the moment.

According to , Ketchup Entertainment is in the process of acquiring the film from Warner Bros✤. for $50 million. The intention is for a run in theaters someti📖me in 2026. Nothing is finalized, but it's said conversations are "heading in the right direction."

A smaller genre distributor, Ketchup Entertainment is the outfit behind Hellboy: The Crooked Man and the Ben Affleck thriller Hypnotic. The company already has a working rela🌟tionship with Warner Bros. after taking on animated picture The Day the Ear𓂃th Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, which is currently in cinemas.

Coyote Vs Acme

(Image credit: Warner Bros.)

Coyote Vs. Acme is a bit more high-profile. The hybrid production of animation and live-actiౠon follows Wile E. Coyote as he decides to sue Acme after decades of the corporation's products failing him. Lana Forte plays Coyote's attorney, while Cena portrays Acme’s representation.

The feature, directed by Dave Green with a screenplay by Samy Burch, who co-wrote the story with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:James Gunn and Jeremy Slater, was greenlit for HBO Max back in 2020, with a purported cost of around $70 million. After Warner Bros. underwent a shake-up of its priorities under Daꦚvid Zaslav, it was decided in 2024 Coyote Vs. Acme woul✨d be shopped around instead.

No offers emerged, and the project was shelved indefinitely, with fears it'd be vaulted forever in a൩ tax write-off similar to Batgirl and Scoob Holiday Haunt!. It appears that won't be the case here, and we can be optimistic about potentially seeing the comedy in the near future.

We'll keep you informed, with no Acme products in sight. Have a look at our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming movies list for other confirmed releases.

Anthony McGlynn
Contributing Writer

Anthony is an Irish entertainment and games journalist, now based in Glasgow. He previously served as Senior Anime Writer at Dexeꦬrto and News Editor at The Digital Fix, on top of providing work for Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PC Gamer, and many more. Besides Studio Ghibli, horror movies, and The Muppets, he enjoys action-RPGs, heavy metal, and pro-wrestling. He interviewed Animal once, not that he won’t stop going on about it or anything.

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