BYE BYE BUNNY: A LOONEY TUNES MUSICAL in the Works at HBO Max and Cartoon Network
Warner Bros. Animation Studios has announced that a new special titled Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical is in the works for HBO Max and Cartoon Network. The original animated family movie event will feature original song and dance numbers and new orchestrations from the Warner Bros. library of movie musicals.
The official logline reads: “After starring in a long-running Looney Tunes Broadway smash production, an exhausted Bugs Bunny decides it’s time to trade in sold-out shows for life as a regular rabbit. Ever the spotlight opportunist, Daffy Duck attempts to step into the lead role, but his star ambitions are quickly sidetracked when he is kidnapped by an obsessive fan who has more sinister plans for her favorite stage duck. With his ticket to Broadway retirement in danger, Bugs sets off on a rescue mission to find Daffy and, with the help of his Looney Tunes co-stars, hopefully, his joy of performing again.”
Screenplay and lyrics are by Emmy-award winner Ariel Dumas (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and music and orchestration by Pulitzer Prize, Tony, and Grammy award-winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal). Veteran animator Brandon Jeffords serves as director and supervising producer (Vivo, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs). Sam Register serves as executive producer.
In the meantime, Bugs Bunny Builders, the first Looney Tunes preschool show in over 20 years, premieres Monday, July 25 at 8:00. ET/PT on Cartoonito on Cartoon Network and Tuesday, July 26 on Cartoonito on HBO Max. Described as the first of its kind in Looney Tunes history, the show will combine “the wackiness, humor, and slapstick of the iconic characters with a modern Human-centric Learning curriculum.”
via: Deadline