FILM · 2026 · USA
Coyote vs. Acme
- Directed by
- Dave Green
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Studio
- Troll Court Entertainment, Keylight Pictures, Warner Animation Group
40 archived facts 6 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation.
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14 Facts From the Making of Coyote vs. Acme
- #002
Scott Rudin Productions acquired the rights to Frazier's article in 1998 but could not obtain Warner Bros.' permission to film it, and the options lapsed in 2006.
- #003
Development began in August 2018 with Chris McKay producing and a screenplay by Jon and Josh Silberman; Dave Green was hired as director in December 2019. Samy Burch, Jeremy Slater and James Gunn joined the script development process in 2020, while John Cena, Will Forte and Lana Condor were added to the cast in early 2022.
- #004
James Gunn successfully pitched Coyote vs. Acme to Warner in 2015, and asked Jeremy Slater to write the first draft because of their friendship, which included growing up with Looney Tunes.
- #007
Warner Bros. Pictures announced in August 2018 that it was developing a Wile E. Coyote project titled Coyote vs. Acme, with Chris McKay as producer and Jon and Josh Silberman writing the script.
- #009
In mid-December 2019, Warner Animation Group hired Dave Green to direct Coyote vs. Acme, a live-action/animated hybrid, and replaced Jon and Josh Silberman as screenwriters while keeping them as producers.
- #011
Chris McKay left Coyote vs. Acme in December 2020, and the Silbermans stepped down as producers to return to screenwriting alongside Samy Burch, Slater and Gunn.
- #013
Coyote vs. Acme's final writing credits, issued in March 2023, gave Samy Burch sole screenplay credit and a shared story credit with Slater and Gunn, with additional literary credit to Alex Cuthbertson, Jacob Fleisher, Matt Fusfeld, Dan Goor, BenDavid Grabinski, Craig Wright and Jon and Josh Silberman.
- #019
Dave Green said his first approach to Coyote vs. Acme was to blend a true-crime documentary with a legal drama. He named The Insider (1999), Erin Brockovich (2000) and A Few Good Men (1992) as influences on that approach.
- #020
Dave Green said the tone of Ian Frazier's original article was central to adapting Coyote vs. Acme, because it discussed Acme's product liability in the language of a legal filing. That tone let the filmmakers pair serious legal conventions with Looney Tunes physical comedy.
- #022
Principal photography on Coyote vs. Acme ran from March to May 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with Brandon Trost as cinematographer.
- #029
Duncan Studio provided traditional animation for a handful of shots featuring significant Looney Tunes characters, and some characters were handled entirely in 2D; Bugs Bunny was one of them because he was not originally planned for the film, with the Acme whistleblower first scripted as an escaped Dr. Lorre.
- #030
Steven Price announced that he composed the score for Coyote vs. Acme following the announcement of the film's initial cancellation.
- #031
The soundtrack for Coyote vs. Acme was released digitally through WaterTower Music on August 21, 2026, one week ahead of the film's release.
- #032
A physical vinyl edition of the Coyote vs. Acme soundtrack is planned for the first quarter of 2027 via iam8bit and WaterTower Music.
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