Aiming for a worldwide launch on Feb. 28, 2025, “The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Film” has had a circuitous and oft-delayed path to the massive display screen after being deserted by incoming Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav as a direct-to-streaming characteristic, earlier than finally getting a theatrical presentation courtesy of probably the most unlikely indie distribution companion.
Now try the primary hilarious trailer which arrived because the film headed for an Oscar-qualifying engagement on Dec. 13, forward of its world unwrapping subsequent yr.
This hand-drawn characteristic represents the primary fully-animated film in Looney Tunes’ lengthy 80-year historical past and it initially debuted at France’s Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Pageant this previous June. But it surely was a severely bumpy experience for the imaginative sci-fi undertaking that started in 2021 as an animated movie for Warner Bros.’ Max streaming service directed by Peter Browngardt. “At the least three, 4 instances through the manufacturing I used to be ready for that telephone name [to shut down the movie,” Browngardt told THR. “It was a rocky journey.”
A stampede of no less than 15 screenwriters and story consultants have their names on the far-out cartoon tale, which focuses on Porky Pig and Daffy Duck stumbling onto a diabolical alien plot to conquer the Earth using wads of mind-control bubblegum and their attempts to rescue our planet from these candy-crazed extraterrestrials.
When Warner Bros. completed their merger with Discovery in 2022, “The Day The Earth Blew Up” was on the budgetary chopping block targeted for tax write-downs just like “Batgirl” and “Coyote vs Acme.” Following its successful screening at Annecy, the indie distributor Ketchup Entertainment stepped up and grabbed domestic distribution honors. Its talented vocal cast includes Eric Bauza, Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Wayne Knight, Fred Tatasciore, and Laraine Newman.
“‘The Day the Earth Blew Up’ is a historical moment for the Looney Tunes franchise, and we are proud to be partnering with Warner Bros. Animation to bring this film to audiences theatrically. We cannot wait for audiences of all ages to experience one of the smartest animated films in recent years,” Gareth West, CEO of Ketchup Entertainment, told Deadline.
Nick Cross acts as the animated feature’s Art Director with Aaron Spurgeon as Production Designer. Warner Bros. Animation’s Sam Register and Pete Browngardt serve as Executive Producers.
“The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” lands on Feb. 28, 2025.
