For a while, it seemed impossible – but it’s finally true. In 2026, audiences will get to see Coyote Vs. Acme, the live-action-animation hybrid comedy that was unceremoniously dumped by Warner Bros in 2023 for a tax break, to much public outcry. Early word from insiders is that the Looney Tunes movie is a supremely funny film, depicting the legal battle between the embattled Wile E. Coyote, and the Acme corporation that has routinely dealt him damage through explosive and defective products; now, under a new distribution deal, fans will get to find out for themselves if it was worth the wait.
Director Dave Green is excited for people to see another side to the Looney Tunes legend. “When we grew up watching him, there’s something kind of villainous about him,” he tells Empire. “We want to pop that myth and get into his soul and show you what really makes him tick.” The results, he promises, are “very laugh-out-loud funny”, and will have you firmly on #TeamCoyote. “[Wile E.] has been absolutely maligned for 80 years. He’s been blown up. He’s been smashed by anvils and just completely mistreated by the Acme Corporation,” he reasons. “And the more you read this piece, the more you laugh, and you also realise that Wile E. has a really great case here.”
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It has been far from an easy road to release – but Coyote Vs. Acme’s trials and tribulations mark a particularly Wile E. Coyote journey to the screen. “Making a movie is like pushing a boulder up a hill,” Green says. “It’s what Wile E. does every day. The idea that I get to be here talking to you today, it feels absolutely surreal at this point.”