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As anyone who has watched Looney Tunes long enough will tell you, Wile E. Coyote rarely manages to catch his rival, the superfast Road Runner. This is largely down to dear Wile E. putting far too much faith in the products of the Acme Corporation — a fictional company best known for its truly wacky products, like rocket roller skates, anvils, and bombs that can be delivered straight to you once you purchase them. Frustrated by his lack of success, Wile E. blames it entirely on Acme and does what any good, respectful coyote would do if unhappy with a product — he sues the living daylights out o

Looney Tunes live-action movie connoisseurs' ears might have pricked up at the concept of one of the Looney Tunes characters taking on the Acme Corporation. It’s not exactly a concept that hasn’t been done before, with both Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck teaming up with Brendan Fraser as himself and D.J. Drake to battle against Acme in the 2003 film Looney Tunes: Back in Action. In this film, Acme has plans to turn the world into monkeys and force everyone to create Acme products. You know, normal evil corporation stuff. Despite following Wile. E. Coyote as a protagonist and the film being labeled

In November 2023, Warner Bros. decided to shelve a handful of movies that were either in development or finished to instead take a $30 million tax write-off. Coyote vs. Acme, alongside Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt, was one of those films. It was a decision that rankled everyone involved in the making of the movie, so much so that Warner Bros. ended up trying to shop the film around to other studios, including Netflix and Sony Pictures. It looked as though the film was going to end up in the trash until Ketchup Entertainment, a distributor that also handled the release of The Day the Earth

With a runtime of 103 minutes (1 hour and 43 minutes), Coyote vs. Acme will have you drawn into this not-so-gritty comedy-drama when it releases on Aug. 28. That’s all, folks!