The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is finally here, and this 2025 movie makes me even more frustrated about Coyote vs. Acme‘s unjust cancelation. Although the Looney Tunes franchise has seemingly been in hiatus for a bit, it has been the biggest its been in a while in the past few years. The release of Looney Tunes Cartoons as well as the franchise’s first theatrically released fully animated feature-length film show that things have been going well. Despite The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie‘s release, however, there is still no word on Coyote vs. Acme.

The tale of Coyote vs. Acme has been one of the biggest stories to come out of Hollywood in recent years, with it being the highest-profile project to be written off by Warner Bros. Discovery for tax purposes. Despite being basically done, Warner Bros. Discovery has decided not to release Coyote vs. Acme, the Looney Tunes movie that focused on Wile E. Coyote, had a story by James Gunn, and starred Will Forte and John Cena. Fans have been begging Warner Bros. to release Coyote vs. Acme, and the situation remains incredibly frustrating.

The Day The Earth Blew Up Is A Great Modern Looney Tunes Movie

It Perfectly Recaptures The Classic Cartoons

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is the most recent Looney Tunes movie, and it is absolutely fantastic. The film is the first theatrically released Looney Tunes movie since 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy, although the latter was critically panned. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is much more in the spirit of the original Looney Tunes shorts, with it taking the zany humor and animation of the classic cartoons and bringing them to the big screen in feature-length fashion.

The most interesting part of The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is that it is fully animated. This makes it the first-ever fully animated Looney Tunes feature film to get a theatrical release. The previous theatrically released movies, Space Jam, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and Space Jam: A New Legacy all attempted to update the franchise for modern audiences. However, their live-action segments and celebrity cast members mean that they didn’t capture the spirit of the original animated shorts. Where these movies failed, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie succeeds.

Coyote Vs. Acme Would’ve Given Looney Tunes Two Major Modern Movies

After Space Jam: A New Legacy

If Coyote vs. Acme has released, it would have given the Looney Tunes franchise two major modern movies. This would have been the best path forward for the franchise, as it would have appealed to both types of Looney Tunes fans. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie would have appealed to fans of the original cartoons, with it focusing more on the animation and slapstick humor of the source material.

Meanwhile, Coyote vs. Acme would have appealed more to the fans of the previous movies like Space Jam and Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Coyote vs. Acme being a hybrid of live-action and animation makes it fall much more in line with the previous theatrical movies, and its reliance on celebrity cast members only reinforces this. Looney Tunes fans could have gotten the best of both worlds with this deal, with both types of Looney Tunes movies being released within a year of each other.

However, this didn’t happen. While The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie lived to see the light of day, Coyote vs. Acme was not so fortunate. As of the writing of this article, there has still been no official word on Coyote vs. Acme being released. Looney Tunes fans and even the stars of Coyote vs. Acme are calling out Warner Bros. Discovery for how they handled the film, with Will Forte saying that the situation “makes [his] blood boil.” Chances of a future release are looking slim, meaning that Looney Tunes missed out on its best release plan.

Why The Day The Earth Blew Up Got Released Even After Coyote Vs. Acme Was Cancelled By Warner Bros.

When Coyote Vs. Acme Seems Like The Bigger Hit

When news of Coyote vs. Acme‘s cancelation was released, many Looney Tunes fans became worried that The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie would suffer the same fate. Thus, many were surprised when a release date was announced for the animated film, as the Coyote vs. Acme project seemed like more of a surefire hit. The Day the Earth Stood Still: A Looney Tunes Movie was originally slated for a streaming release, with it being planned to drop of HBO Max and Cartoon Network. However, it was announced that this wouldn’t be happening in August 2023.

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie went through a few months of flux after this. The movie was delayed and reтιтled multiple times, although it was eventually announced that it would be getting a theatrical release. Warner Bros. Pictures decided not to release the film themselves, with it being shopped around to various distribution companies. Eventually, Ketchup Entertainment, the distributor of Hellboy: The Crooked Man, acquired North American distribution rights for the film, with it finally being released in March 2025.

Since various studios were interested in paying Warner Bros. Discovery for The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, this could be why the film was saved from being shelved. In late 2023, before fully shelving Coyote vs. Acme, Warner Bros. Discovery gave the filmmakers the opportunity to shop the project to other streaming services. However, a deal was never made, leading to Coyote vs. Acme being scrapped. It is possible that something similar may have happened to The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie if a distribution deal wasn’t made with Ketchup Entertainment.

Will The Day The Earth Blew Up Help Coyote Vs. Acme Get Released?

There Is A Small Chance

Although it is unlikely, there is a slight chance that The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie could help Coyote vs. Acme get released. Looney Tunes voice actor Erica Bauza said in an interview “If this movie, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie – opening March 14th, in theaters everywhere – gets a lot of money, then we might see Coyote Vs. Acme.” While this isn’t a promise, fans who want to increase the chances of Coyote vs. Acme getting released need to go see The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie in order to prove that Looney Tunes can be a box office success.