7 posts tagged ‘batgirl’
Year-end roundtable: Warner Bros. Discovery's 12 months on fire
AV Club,
In a series of special year-end roundtable discussions, The A.V. Club looks back at the stories that made the biggest impact on pop culture in 2023. Read more...
Is anybody in the market for a gently used Wile E. Coyote movie?
The saga of Warner Bros.’ abandoned, bedraggled, “left for tax write-off” animated/live-action hybrid feature, Coyote Vs. Acme, continues apace this week—because, just like its title character, you apparently can’t keep this movie down. Read more...
Beloved Hollywood Genius David Zaslav Admits Writers Were Right 49 Days After Strike Ends
Gizmodo,
The current Warner Bros. Discovery regime is making headlines with its take-backsies on the James Gunn-produced Looney Tunes feature Coyote vs. Acme, which was briefly shelved before thankfully getting shopped around instead. As the WB strips away its legacy in its 100th year, head honcho David Zaslav is out… Read more...
Warner Bros.’s Coyote Vs. Acme fiasco attracts congressional attention
It’s not an uncommon sight in any Road Runner cartoon for Wile E. Coyote to become the victim of his own schemes. His flagrant self-owning behavior often sees the relentlessly beleaguered desert predator a casualty of a bomb he set, a tunnel he painted, or a cliff he sawed. Ironically, that’s the kind of situation Mr.… Read more...
Coyote Vs. Acme may get a release after all
Just like its titular cartoon canine, Coyote Vs. Acme may yet survive the experience of stepping off a cliff to find only air beneath. While Road Runner always dodges Coyote’s Acme-purchased hijinks completely unscathed, its Coyote’s “resilience and persistence,” in the words of director Dave Green, that form a neater… Read more...
Hollywood’s not afraid of superheroes anymore, but it’s still afraid of real superhero stories
Before superhero movies were the only kind of movies, they almost always had a cute little gag where someone would acknowledge that something—typically something pulled straight from the comic book source material—was silly, whether it was by directly breaking the fourth wall or with a winky meta gag. That way the… Read more...
Coyote v. Acme won’t have its day in court, shelved by WBD for tax write-offs
Don’t expect to see the Looney Tunes back in action anytime soon. The perpetually in dire financial straits Warner Bros. Discovery won’t be releasing its completed Looney Tunes movie, Coyote V. Acme, starring John Cena, and will instead take a loss on the film in hopes of grabbing another craven, desperate tax… Read more...