Bugs and Daffy get all the attention but everyone knows that Wile E. Coyote is the greatest Looney Tunes character of all time. Silently, desperately, forever chasing Roadrunner in a series of skits that always ends in his grisly death – his shorts are the existential banana skins of the cartoon world.
Sidestepping the rumors of Space Jam 2 and a Pepe La Pew movie, Warner Bros are making Coyote Vs Acme their next Looney Tunes outing – giving Wile his own standalone feature as he confronts the corporation that’s been his constant undoing since the ’50s.
According to Deadline, Chris McKay (who directed The Lego Batman Movie) will serve as producer and Josh and Jon Silberman have signed on to write the script – moving over from their stint on It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
There’s no word yet on what form the movie will take but both Space Jam and Looney Tunes Back In Action mixed animation with live action, so we’d expect to see something similar here. We’d also expect to see a lot of anvils.
And remember, however bad things get, Wile E. Coyote will always be worse off…