Warner Bros.’ mothballed movie Coyote vs. Acme may indeed see the light of day after all, according to Deadline. Deadline reports that Los Angeles-based independent film production and distribution company Ketchup Entertainment is “deep in sale negotiations” for Coyote vs. Acme, a completed film which was previously thought to have been entirely scrapped.
The report stressed the deal is not completed at this stage but, if it is, a theatrical release for Coyote vs. Acme would follow in 2026.
Coyote vs. Acme, which was announced in 2022 and based on a 1990 Ian Frazier New Yorker article of the same name, is co-written by James Gunn and stars Will Forte and John Cena. It was intended to be released in mid-2023 on Max but unfortunately the film was subsequently shelved despite having already finished filming. A concerted campaign to save it has been ongoing ever since.
Ketchup Entertainment most recently rescued Warner Bros.’ The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie from a similar fate, snatching the film from beneath the swinging axe of certainty surrounding Warner Bros.’ animation slate and securing it a run in cinemas in the US. It’s officially the first fully animated Looney Tunes movie to get a theatrical release, and IGN’s review calls it a “laugh-out-loud riot.”
Previous projects released by Ketchup Entertainment include Hellboy: The Crooked Man and the Robert Rodriguez thriller Hypnotic, featuring Ben Affleck. The company also co-produced Michael Mann’s 2023 Ferrari biopic.
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