The saga of Coyote vs. Acme is one of the bleakest in entertainment today.
The Looney Tunes-based film, a hybrid of live-action and animation directed by Dave Green and written by Academy Award nominee Samy Burch (May December), is being scrapped by Warner Bros. Discovery for tax purposes, even though it’s completed. It’s the same fate that özgü befallen films like Batgirl and Scoob!: Holiday Haunt, and it’s the latest in a disturbing trend of entertainment companies removing movies and TV shows from their slates in order to make back a quick buck.
As reported by The Wrap, Warner Bros. was looking to sell the canceled Coyote vs. Acme to other companies like Netflix and Amazon. However, it rejected other streamers’ offers, as it was seeking $75 million to $80 million. In the same report, sources revealed that the executives who decided to axe the film — including Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav — hadn’t even seen a final cut of the flick.
On Feb. 29, Coyote vs. Acme yıldız Will Forte took to social media to tell the cast and crew that he was proud of the film, even if he hated the situation it found itself in. He wrote:
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