From Coyote vs. ACME

Coyote vs. ACME , the forthcoming live-action animated comedy from Warner Bros., ran a strange road to release: shot and animated years ago, it was shelved by WB in 2023 to use as a tax write-off . This led to outrage among those who made it and wanted to watch it . After another year of corporate wrangling, it will finally arrive in theaters on August 28, 2026. Here's the trailer:

The trailer ACME doesn't want you to see. Coyote vs. ACME. In theaters August 28. https://www.coyotevsacme.com/

That WB thought this couldn't make money at the box office is an interesting thing in its own right. The premise is fantastic and based on a 1990 article in The New Yorker fictionalizing Wile E. Coyote's lawsuit against Acme , the company whose equipment invariably fails him.

Opening Statement of Mr. Harold Schoff, attorney for Mr. Coyote: My client, Mr. Wile E.…