Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote come to theatres...

[Sawyer]

I'm surprised no one's posted this...

Looney Tunes Returning to Theaters and TV
Source: Warner Bros. May 20, 2010


Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, two of the most popular Looney Tunes characters of all time, are returning to the big screen in three all-new animated 3D shorts. The studio will attach the cartoon shorts to three of its upcoming family features—all three features to be released this year in 3D. The first short will be seen with Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore on July 30th; the second with Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, on September 24th; and the third with Yogi Bear, on December 17th. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution.

In the new cartoon shorts, each three minutes in length, Wile E. Coyote is as determined as ever to catch the elusive Road Runner, who continues to leave his hapless nemesis in the dust with a taunting "beep-beep." However, bringing the classic characters into the 21st century, the resourceful Wile E. will now be employing an arsenal of state-of-the-art ACME gadgets to snag his quarry—with all of the action in stereographic 3D.

In making the announcement, Fellman said, "Audiences have always delighted in Wile E. Coyote's dogged pursuit of the Road Runner, with hilarious, albeit predictable, results. We are thrilled to be presenting these characters for the first time in 3D, which will heighten the excitement and humor of the chase, not to mention the impact—at least for Wile E. We're sure these three new adventures will entertain a new generation of fans while reminding us all why these two characters have been beloved for so long."

The shorts will act as a lead-up to a new 26-episode half-hour series called "The Looney Tunes Show," which will air on Cartoon Network this fall featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck as roommates with the other classic Looney Tunes cartoon characters as their neighbors.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=66249

I love that image.

 

[Webhead2006]

i cant wait to see these shorts, and of course the new toon too.

 

[Gabe99]

THR 10/25/2010:
Warner Bros. Buys Pitch Set in Looney Tunes' ACME Warehouse (exclusive)

Kevin and Dan Hageman have sold an original pitch to Warner Bros. that could very well blow up in their faces.

The Hageman brothers came up with the idea to build a feature film around the fictional ACME warehouse -- the manufacturer of anything and everything used by many of the Looney Tunes characters, most fatefully Wile E. Coyote in his quest to catch the Road Runner. The writers brought their concept to producers Dan Lin and Roy Lee, who helped develop the project further.

The hope now is to build a franchise out of the Warners-owned property (the company owns Looney Tunes).

The plan is to make a live-action CG hybrid featuring the many outlandish devices of the company in a tone that recalls the Amblin pics of the 1980s or a Men in Black-style movie. It will not feature the Looney Tunes characters.

The deal was in the mid-six figures. Warner exec Jon Berg will oversee the project, and Lin Pictures' Mark Bauch will co-produce.

 

[Gabe99]

Producer Dan Lin Talks ACME and SUICIDE SQUAD Movie; Says Live-Action ACME Centers on a Steve Jobs-type Inventor

Warner Bros. is also developing a film based on the ACME company with Lin onboard as a producer, and he provided some details on what the live-action film entails:

“Tom and Jerry is on hold right now, but ACME is moving forward. We’re really excited about it; we’re hearing different takes on it from writers. It is a live action movie not an animated movie and we’re really using the inspiration of Wile E. Coyote and ACME, a company that makes everything, as the inspiration for big, live-action family adventure movie.”

Lin went on to add, though, that the ACME film won’t have anything to do with Looney Tunes:

“We’re not going to use Looney Tunes in the ACME movie, it’s a live action movie. What were so excited about is the lead character is sort of a Steve Jobs kind of character and because it’s ACME you can create some incredibly funny, wacky inventions that you can’t do on any other movie. So naturally it’s just a super imaginative movie.”

 

[Drizzle]

I don't know...ACME without the Looney Tunes, or at the very least, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner? What's the point?

 

[Octoberist]

The very idea of an Acme movie featuring no Looney Tunes characters is appalling.

 

[Pickleweasel]

X-Men: First Class scribes Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are going a little looney and directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa may soon join them

Steve Carell, who toplined Crazy Stupid Love, is attached to star in the project that is being produced by Dan Lin and Roy Lee.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/acme-looney-tunes-movie-finds-728298?utm_source=twitter

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

Sounds uninteresting. I hoped for a feature length Road Runner movie. A dark, and gritty version where Wile E. Coyote finally kills the little jerk.

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

Sounds uninteresting. I hoped for a feature length Road Runner movie. A dark, and gritty version where Wile E. Coyote finally kills the little jerk.

*high-fives you*