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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s new feature Boss Dan Lin has tapped former DreamWorks Animation and Coyote Vs. Acme producer Chris deFaria to consult for the streamer’s animation department, we hear on very good authority. Lin and deFaria worked together on the mega success of The Lego Movie when the duo were…

Coyote vs. Acme star Will Forte has spoken out for the first time since the movie was killed by Warner Bros back in November, telling fans in a social media post this AM, “I know that a lot of you haven’t gotten a chance to see our movie. And sadly, it’s a looking like you never will.” He continues…

Warners Bros has screened their axed Coyote vs. Acme to around 12 buyers we hear with a rigid buy price of $70M+; which is how much the animated live-action hybrid movie cost. Netflix and Paramount put forth bids, which we told you about, but they were lower than the $70M asking price (between…

Samy Burch has been on a roll this year. It all started at the Cannes Film Festival where her first produced screenplay, May December, landed in competition at the world’s most prestigious and glamorous film festival. Then it was bought by Netflix in one of…

What a dynamite idea! While Paramount, Netflix and others consider buying Coyote Vs. Acme from Warner Bros., Wile E. Coyote himself (voice actor Eric Bauza) has shared the first image from the much-discussed film on social media with the caption, “See ya in 2024!!” Whether that’s a promise or a…

EXCLUSIVE: It’s not just Netflix that made a bid for Warner Bros.’ scrapped Coyote vs. Acme. Paramount, Apple and Amazon have seen the movie as well. Of those, Paramount has made a bid, and the plus there is a potential theatrical release. The Melrose lot could use it on the 2024 release calendar…

David Zaslav has a funny way of making friends. In a week where the Warner Bros Discovery CEO once again alienated almost everyone with the cutting of the completed Coyote vs Acme for a tax write down, Zaslav now is praising the Writers Guild of America, his foe for several months this…

Some have already seen a screening of the Warner Bros’ quashed live-action hybrid animated movie Coyote vs. Acme, and they’re giving it a big endorsement on social. As we reported, the new Warner Bros motion picture administration of Michael De Luca, Pam Abdy and animation head Bill Damaschke axed the…

Texas congressman Joaquin Castro has taken to X to slam Warner Bros Discovery for axing the $70M Coyote vs. Acme for a reported $30M tax writeoff. That said, as we first reported, the studio is changing course this week and screening the film for potential buyers, i.e. Amazon Prime (a leading…

EXCLUSIVE: Article updated at 2:54PM Screenings are being set up this week for streamers Amazon Prime Video, Apple and Netflix to check out and potentially acquire Warner Bros’ axed Looney Tunes movie Coyote vs. Acme after the studio’s phone ran off the hook the entire weekend from angry filmmakers and…

Coyote vs. Acme composer Steven Price has blasted the David Zaslav cost-cutting Warner Bros Discovery administration for axing the Looney Tunes hybrid live-action animated film. Price, who won an original score Oscar for Warner Bros. tentpole Gravity in 2014 took to X to say “Had a lot of fun scoring…

In another maneuver by the David Zaslav-run Warner Bros Discovery to kill movies, we hear on very good authority that Warner Bros will not be releasing the hybrid live-action/animated Coyote vs. Acme, with the conglom taking an estimated $30M write-down on the $70M production. We understand the write-down…