Will Forte Teases the Fun He Had Making the Upcoming Looney Tunes Movie COYOTE VS. ACME

A new Looney Tunes movie is headed our way, and one of its stars is talking it up, assuring fans that we are going to get a really fun animated/live-action film. Coyote Vs. Acme stars Will Forte (SNL, MacGruber), John Cena (F9, The Suicide Squad) and Lana Condor (To All the Boys, Alita: Battle Angel). The movie is directed by Dave Green (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows), from a script written by DC boss James Gunn and Samy Burch.

In a recent Sundance interview with Collider, Will Forte was asked about making the movie with the classic cartoon characters, and he explained:

"I mean, it was so fun to make this. It came out of this article that I think is decades old. Wiley Coyote is suing the Acme Corporation because of all the different contraptions that have exploded in his face, and stuff like that. And so, I get to play Wile E. Coyote's lawyer, and it's a mixture of animation, and it's like a Who Framed Roger Rabbit? style movie. And yeah, John Cena is so great in it. Lana Condor is in it. It was so much fun making it, and these guys who are making it are so smart. Because you’ve got to figure out where this animated character is going to move to. It was amazing to be a part of it. So, I'm excited to see how it turns out because, of course, I'm acting with a tennis ball a lot of times. There's a tennis ball for an eye-line, and it's moving around. So, yeah, I think, I don't know how much more I can say about it, but I've blathered on for a while."

While it must be tricky to act opposite a tennis ball, Forte made it work, and definitely felt the excitement of making a movie with such beloved characters. He went on to say:

"No, I mean there are so many different characters from that universe that are involved. It was a real honor to get to act with all these beloved cartoon characters."

Currently, Coyote vs. Acme has no release date. It was originally planned to premiere this summer, but got bumped for Barbie, so stay tuned and we will let you know when it gets rescheduled.