Directed by Larry Jackson. The only Looney Tunes compilation film with no new animation; bridging sequences are all live-action documentary. Only Looney Tunes film originally distributed by United Artists. Included on Looney Tunes Golden Collection, volume 4 as a special feature. Then as standalone feature through Warner Archive on DVD.
Main facility Bardel Entertainment Stardust Pictures Heart of Texas Productions Character Builders Chuck Gammage Animation Premier Films Ltd. Rees / Leiva Productions Spaff Animation Uli Meyer Features
Opening animated sequence with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Porky Pig at the ending. A slightly longer intro is featured on the bonus content on various DVD and Blu-ray releases.
Opening animated sequence with wacky Daffy Duck in references to the earliest incarnations of the character and Porky Pig in the Warner Bros. Animation opening logo.
H This film was released theatrically and on HBO Max the same day.
Unreleased, cancelled and unproduced films
Several Looney Tunes films have been in development over the years. Listed below are projects that would be scrapped at some point during development.
Original Space Jam sequel and spin-offs
Prior to the development of Space Jam: A New Legacy, the project was intended to be a direct sequel to the 1996 original, with development beginning shortly after that film's release. The proposed sequel would have involved a new basketball competition with Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes against a new alien villain named Berserk-O!. Artist Bob Camp was tasked with designing Berserk-O! and his henchmen. Joe Pytka would have returned to direct while Cervone and his creative partner Spike Brandt signed on to direct the animation sequences. However, Jordan did not agree to star in a sequel, and Warner Bros. eventually cancelled plans for the film.[16]
The film would have been a parody of the film Some Like It Hot with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in the Joe/Jerry role and Jack Nicholson in the Spats role alongside several Looney Tunes villains such as Gossamer, Babyface Finster, Blacque Jacque Shellacque, Rocky and Mugsy, the Eskimo hunter from Frigid Hare, The Crusher and Gruesome Gorilla. It was pitched by Tim Cahill in the late 1990s [20]
Tim Cahill notably found the sequences where Bugs and Daffy dressed up in drag to fool their adversaries amusing. Due to this, he thought that a film based on that concept would be interesting. [21]
After the success of Space Jam, Warner Bros started to become open to more Looney Tunes movies. It was partially due to this reason that several Looney Tunes movies were pitched to the studio around that time, such as Hit or Miss. However, none of the films pitched at the time were ever seriously considered to be made into actual films, and never went into production.
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Untitled Marvin the Martian film
On July 29, 2008, Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment announced plans for a Marvin the Martian live action/animated film, starring Mike Myers as the voice of Marvin and Christopher Lee as Santa Claus. The film would have involved Marvin trying to destroy the Earth during Christmas by becoming a competitor of Santa Claus but being prevented from accomplishing his goal when Santa wraps him inside a gift box. Alcon compared the project to other films such as Racing Stripes and My Dog Skip.[23] It was initially scheduled for an October 7, 2011 release, but the movie was later taken off the schedule and no information has been disclosed since. Test footage of the film and the Eddie Murphy vehicle Hong Kong Phooey was leaked on December 28, 2012.[24]
Untitled Speedy Gonzales film
In 2010, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema announced a Speedy Gonzales live action/animated feature film. George Lopez was attached to voice the character. In December 2015, it was reported that an animated film was in development at Warner Bros., under the working title Speedy.[25] In April 2016, it was announced that Eugenio Derbez would voice the character.[26] No further information has been disclosed since.
Pepé Le Pew: The City of Lights
In October 2010, it was reported that Mike Myers would voice Pepé Le Pew in a feature-length live-action/animated film based on the character.[27] In July 2016, it was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con that Max Landis was writing a fully-animated Pepé Le Pew feature film for Warner Bros.[28] The movie was titled Pepé Le Pew: The City of Light and the film’s script has been leaked online. [29] Artists has published concept art for the film. [30][31] The movie was cancelled due to sexual assault allegations against Landis in 2017, and a report that the character has not yet been planned to appear in future Warner Bros. productions leaves the feature film in doubt.[32]
Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical
The film was initially set to be released on HBO Max. On August 22, 2022, it was announced that it would not be moving forward on the service and would be shopped elsewhere.[33]
On September 16, 2022, Jess Marsifi, the props and effects designer, revealed that the entire production team of the film had been laid off.[34] The following day, it was reported that the film had been put on hold to be retooled into a full-fledged musical.[35] On February 24, 2023, the head of story, Michael Herrera, finished working on the film. On August 15, 2024, it was confirmed the film was cancelled. It would have been the Looney Tunes first ever musical.
In September 2012, it was announced that Jenny Slate was writing a feature reboot for the series. The film was being produced by David Katzenberg, Seth-Grahame Smith and David Heyman. By October 2014, the project was no longer in the works.[37]
In 2020, Brian Lynch revealed that he had sold a script to Warner Bros. titled Varsity Bugs. The film was to follow the Looney Tunes as they learn that, due to an obscure clause in their Warner Bros. contracts, they have to work to get a high school diploma. In order to get qualified, the Tunes go back to school along with fellow contract players Batman and Keanu Reeves.[38] The project never materialized.
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt, ISBN0-8050-0894-2
Chuck Amuck : The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN0-374-12348-9
Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume ISBN0-452-25993-2 (Softcover) ISBN0-613-64753-X (Hardcover)