The Day the Earth Blew Up‘s First Trailer Teases Looney Tunes‘ Return to the Big Screen

Following the poster driblet from earlier this week, we present person the trailer for the archetypal afloat animated theatrically released Looney Tunes feature film, The Day the Earth Blew Up. It comes from the squad down the latest revival bid Looney Tunes Cartoons, presently disposable connected the Warner Bros. streaming work Max, and follows an archetypal communicative with Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Petunia Pig.

The team, headed by manager Pete Browngardt and shaper Alex Kirwan, brought the movie to Los Angeles’ Animation Is Film Festival successful October, and io9 was successful the assemblage to ticker its North American premiere. The movie is simply a immense emotion missive to the 94-year past of the franchise with a existent consciousness of what Looney Tunes represents, astounding 2D animation, and explosive slapstick comedic performances from beloved characters wrapped up successful a zany, amusive bully time.

Watch the trailer below!

The movie is simply a throwback to sci-fi thrillers of the atomic property with 2 Looney Tunes legends astatine the center; it stars Eric Bauza arsenic Daffy Duck and Porky with Candi Milo arsenic Petunia Pig. Peter MacNicol provides the dependable of the film’s antagonist with Wayne Knight and Fred Tatasciore successful supporting roles.

While the movie was made nether Warner Bros Animation, the institution has near the organisation up to Ketchup Entertainment present successful the United States, wherever the movie hits theaters February 28. If this movie does good astatine the North American container office, it could unfastened up the doorway for Warner Bros to re-examine plans for its completed movie Coyote vs. Acme—shelved a twelvemonth agone without immoderate connection of its presumption since, adjacent aft aggregate Hollywood directors and actors praised its comedic efforts.

At the aforesaid time, determination are besides plans for a afloat animation IP shakeup with the caller squad implicit astatine Warner Bros. Animation. According to Deadline, WB Animation conscionable announced a Tom and Jerry movie written by Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, and Michael Govier that aims to commencement “fresh connected the caller iteration of the misadventures” of Tom and Jerry.

Back successful August, Cartoon Brew (via Puck) reported Warner Bros. is readying a theatrical instrumentality for the Looney Tunes franchise yet (but not excessively soon; the twelvemonth cited was 2028). There were nary further details connected what that mightiness look like—and fans should instrumentality immoderate reports of aboriginal projects with these characters with a atom of salt, due to the fact that we’ve seen however they’ve been treated successful the past by Warner Bros. Discovery, acknowledgment to Coyote vs. Acme arsenic good arsenic the likewise cancelled Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical.

The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie opens February 28.

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