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It's a new school year rife with woe, as "Wednesday" season 2 promises even more scares and mysteries for its titular protagonist. By the time the season picks up, Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) has undergone quite the transformation since she first arrived at Nevermore Academy. Indeed, she's far more receptive now to having friends and has (unwittingly) even gained some social footing after defeating season 1's big bad, Tyler (Hunter Doohan).

But normalcy is a foreign concept for an Addams, which is why Wednesday has to contend with fresh horrors in season 2, part 1, which includes hunting down a persistent stalker who has been tailing her since the season 1 finale. Juggling this issue with the sudden presence of her family on campus, Wednesday is forced to navigate some complicated emotions as she finds herself having to decide between sticking to her isolationist...

An animated sci-fi movie with an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score becomes an instant streaming hit in America three months after its $15 million box office. After Inside Out 2, Moana 2, Despicable Me 4, Mufasa: The Lion King, and Kung Fu Panda 4 all ranked within the top 10 highest-grossing movies of 2024, 2025 has been a rough year so farfor animated films at the box office.

However, Dreamworks' Dog Man, released this past January, was a modest success that earned an 80% Rotten Tomatoes score and made over $145 million at the box office. Elio had hopes of turning the year around for animated film, but despite its 83% Rotten Tomatoes score, it debuted to $20 million, the lowest opening weekend ever for a Pixar movie.

There have also been several animated films that flew under that radar at the box office in 2025, earning critical praise but failing to attract large audiences in theaters.

The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie...

Lynne Meadow will step aside after a 53-year run as artistic director of the highly influential Manhattan Theatre Club that included guiding shows by such playwrights as Christopher Durang, John Guare, Beth Henley, Terrence McNally, Eureka Day‘s Jonathan Spector and many others.

Meadow will continue her longtime association with Mtc, which stages both Broadway and Off Broadway productions, by serving in a new role of Artistic Advisor. Mtc’s Board of Directors will work with an external search firm to identify a new artistic director. A projected timeline was not disclosed.

“I have loved and cherished creating my theatre,” said Meadow in a statement, “and I have dedicated myself, for over 50 years, to welcoming and working with the greatest talent in every aspect of our institution. It was my dream when I started in 1972 off-off-Broadway that the Manhattan Theatre Club would become a landmark in New York City. I...

It's an honor to be nominated... until you're disqualified.

There are a lot of rules when it comes to the Emmys. Some are pretty standard and easy to remember — the annual eligibility period is June 1-May 31 — and others, well, you gotta read the fine print in the rulebook, even the TV Academy itself. Sometimes things fall through the cracks, but they're usually rectified before nominations are announced (see: Alexis Bledel being ineligible in guest for The Handmaid's Tale this year). When they're not, though, that leads to the unfortunate situation of the TV Academy revoking nominations.

Here are six times the Emmys rescinded nominations, including one instance more than a quarter century later.

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In 1995, Miller's HBO talk show, Dennis Miller Live, received three nominations, including for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. However, the TV Academy soon rescinded the nomination after it...

Eric Bauza is a Canadian-American television and film voice actor best known for his work in the Looney Tunes franchise, namely as Daffy Duck and Porky Pig in various projects like Space Jam: A New Legacy and The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. Some of his other notable roles include Puss in Boots in The Adventures of Puss in Boots and Foop in The Fairly OddParents. He has also voiced several characters in popular television shows on Cartoon Network like Rick and Morty, Steven Universe, and Bob’s Burgers.

Bauza has won three Emmy awards for his work in Looney Tunes Cartoons from 2020-2024, Bugs Bunny Builders and Teen Titans Go!

Eric Bauza Biography: Early Life, Age, Family, Education

Bauza was born on December 7, 1979 (Eric Bauza’s age 45) in Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto, Canada. His parents immigrated to Canada from the Philippines, and his Filipino heritage...

The new Emmy rule for guest eligibility has claimed its first victim.

Alexis Bledel, who returned to The Handmaid's Tale for last week's series finale, only had a few minutes of screen time, so she understandably submitted in the Best Drama Guest Actress category for the upcoming Emmys. However, a 2025 addendum to the Emmys rulebook stipulates that if a performer was previously nominated in supporting or lead, they cannot switch to guest for that same show at any future date, regardless of how much screen time they have — or, in Bledel's case, don't have.

As originally reported by Variety and confirmed by Gold Derby, the Television Academy notified Bledel that she would be moved from Best Drama Guest Actress to Best Drama Supporting Actress, the same category where she was nominated in 2018 (losing to Thandiwe Newton for Westworld). As a result, Bledel opted to withdraw her name from consideration completely,...

Pedro Pascal is strategically pursuing another Emmy, but his limited screen time undoubtedly presents a challenge.

Despite appearing in five of the seven episodes in the second season of HBO Max’s dystopian drama “The Last of Us,” Pascal has boldly decided to submit himself for consideration in the lead drama actor category at the Primetime Emmy Awards. The choice has raised crucial questions about fairness, category integrity and the responsibility of the Television Academy’s acting peer group to intervene if nominations seem misaligned with the performances presented.

In Season 2, Pascal’s character, Joel, meets an early demise consistent with his tragic fate in the original video game. While his presence continues to resonate throughout the rest of the narrative, his actual screen time effectively turns him into an extended cameo, or in better words, a beefy supporting role. Yet, he is competing for recognition alongside actors who have...

The first fully animated Looney Tunes movie hits Max on Friday, June 27.

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig are blasting off from the big screen to streaming with “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.” After picking up solid reviews (and a decent box office run), this sci-fi comedy is heading to HBO Max, bringing Looney Tunes chaos to a full-length alien invasion story. The setup? Daffy and Porky accidentally uncover a mind control plot at a bubble gum factory — because of course, they do — and end up as Earth’s last hope. It’s fast, funny, and totally unhinged in the best way. Here’s everything you need to know before it lands on streaming on Friday, June 27 on HBO Max.

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Max is ready with an entertainment-packed June this year. The upcoming month will see the return of some of HBO’s brilliant period drama series, The Gilded Age, as well as the streaming release of Paolo Sorrentino‘s latest film, Parthenope. Just like every month, HBO Max is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the seven new movies and TV shows coming to Max in June 2025.

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Parasite is a South Korean dark comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won. The 2019 film revolves around the financially struggling Kim family, who see an opportunity to lead a parasitic life when their son gets a job working for a wealthy family. Parasite stars Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-Jeong,...

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Moviehad a limited theatrical release in December before expanding wide in March, but now Earth's unlikeliest heroes, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, are set to invade the small screen. The 2D-animated film will make its streaming debut on Max (soon to be HBO Max) on June 27 and will air on HBO linear on June 28 at 8:00 p.m. Et, giving anyone that missed it in theaters a chance to recapture the magic of the golden age of animation and catch up with the iconic cartoon duo once more.

The first fully-animated feature-length Looney Tunes movie in history is finally having its moment in the spotlight after previously having a very large anvil dropped on it in August 2022, as Warner Bros. Discovery underwent a restructuring, throwing out its original plans for The Day the Earth Blew Up to go straight to HBO Max...

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie will make its streaming debut on HBO Max on June 27 before airing on HBO linear on June 28 at 8pm Et.

The hand-drawn, 2D-animated, buddy comedy sci-fi adventure marks the first ever fully-animated Looney Tunes feature.

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are Earth’s unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Faced with cosmic odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world)… that is, if they don’t drive each other totally looney in the process.

Eric Bauza voices Porky and Daffy, alongside Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Wayne Knight, Laraine Newman, and Fred Tatasciore.

“Looney Tunes Cartoons” creator Peter Browngardt makes his feature directorial debut for Warner Bros. Animation.

He collaborated on the script with Darrick Bachman, Kevin Costello, Andrew Dickman, David Gemmill, Alex Kirwan, Ryan Kramer,...

Ketchup Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation’s The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie will make its streaming debut on Friday, June 27, exclusively on Max (soon to be rebranded back to HBO Max) in the U.S. The film will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, June 28 at 8:00 p.m. Et.

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck venture to the screen as unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot.

Faced with cosmic odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world!)… that is, if they don’t drive each other totally looney in the process.

Released in theaters in March 2025, the film was rated PG by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for cartoon violence/action and rude/suggestive humor.

From director Peter Browngardt and the creative team behind...

The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is set to begin streaming exclusively on HBO Max in the U.S. on June 27. Hailing from Ketchup Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, the film will debut on HBO linear at 8:00 p.m. Et on Saturday, June 28.

The film sees Porky Pig and Daffy Duck become unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Faced with cosmic odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world!)… that is, if they don’t drive each other totally looney in the process.

Pete Browngardt directed from his script written with Darrick Bachman, Kevin Costello, Andrew Dickman, David Gemmill, Alex Kirwan, Ryan Kramer, Jason Reicher, Michael Ruocco, Johnny Ryan, and Eddie Trigueros.

Produced by Michael Baum, with Browngardt and Sam Register as EPs, the...

The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie brings Porky Pig and Daffy Duck to the big screen in an all-new animated adventure that blends classic cartoon charm with a sci-fi twist. Directed by Pete Browngardt, the film had a theatrical release on March 14, 2025, and is now set for its digital premiere. Here’s everything you need to know about The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, the plot, when it hits streaming platforms, and why you shouldn’t miss it.

What is ‘The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie’ About?

In this zany, fully hand-drawn 2D animated feature—the first of its kind in Looney Tunes history—Porky Pig and Daffy Duck become Earth’s last hope after they accidentally uncover an alien mind control plot at a bubble gum factory. With the fate of their town (and the entire planet) at stake,...

The fourth time could be the charm for Hannah Einbinder at the 2025 Emmys.

The Hacks costar was nominated in Best Comedy Supporting Actress for each of the first three seasons for playing young comedy writer Ava Daniels. Einbinder lost to Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) in 2021, Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary) in 2022, and Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) in 2024. Meanwhile, lead actress Jean Smart as legendary comedian Deborah Vance has gone 3-for-3 at the Emmys so far in the Best Comedy Actress category.

According to Gold Derby's Emmy predictions, Einbinder is out front to finally win her first trophy for Season 4. Her closest competitors, as of this writing, are Colón-Zayas, Jessica Williams (Shrinking), Ralph, Catherine O'Hara (The Studio), and Janelle James (Abbott Elementary).

Einbinder has the benefit of starring on the reigning Emmy winner for Best Comedy Series, Hacks, which returned to Max on April 10 and continues airing until May 29, which will...

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie will invade Blu-ray and DVD on May 27. No special features are listed.

The hand-drawn, 2D-animated, buddy comedy sci-fi adventure marks the first ever fully-animated Looney Tunes feature.

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are Earth’s unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Faced with cosmic odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world)… that is, if they don’t drive each other totally looney in the process.

Eric Bauza voices Porky and Daffy, alongside Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Wayne Knight, Laraine Newman, and Fred Tatasciore.

“Looney Tunes Cartoons” creator Peter Browngardt makes his feature directorial debut for Warner Bros. Animation.

He collaborated on the script with Darrick Bachman, Kevin Costello, Andrew Dickman, David Gemmill, Alex Kirwan, Ryan Kramer, Jason Reicher, Michael Ruocco, Johnny Ryan, and Eddie Trigueros.

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Family Law is a Canadian legal drama series created by Susin Nielsen. The Global series follows Abigail Bianchi, a talented lawyer struggling with alcoholism who begins working for her estranged father and two half-siblings in family law. She soon finds herself overwhelmed with the pressures of family law and the dysfunction of her own family. Family Law stars Jewel Staite, Zach Smadu, Genelle Williams, Lauren Holly, and Victor Garber. So, if you loved the familial bonds, legal drama, and compelling characters in Family Law, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Good Fight is a legal political drama series created by Robert King, Michelle King, and Phil Alden Robinson. The CBS series is a standalone sequel series to the popular CBS series The Good Wife, and it follows Diane Lockhart,...

Warner Bros.' immortal Looney Tunes franchise is finally returning to theaters this week with The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, the first time since 2003's Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Sufferin' succotash, I plumb forgot 2021's Space Jam: A New Legacy. But then, haven't we all? Or shouldn't we? The movie, the first ever fully animated feature-lengthLooney Tunes film, no less, features beloved characters Daffy Duck, Porky Pig (both voiced by Eric Bauza), and Petunia Pig (Candi Milo) looking to save Earth from the devious schemes of Peter MacNicol's delightfully over-the-top alien known only as The Invader.

Update March 17, 2025: Paramount's Novocaine topped the box office in its first weekend of release, earning $8.7 million from March 14 to March 16. The action-packed comedy starring Jack Quaid came in slightly under its $10 million forecast to lead a numb weekend box office. Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17 held on for second place, adding $7.5 million to the film's total domestic gross of $33 million. Rounding out the top five were Focus Features' Black Bag with $7.5 million, Disney/Marvel's Captain America: Brave New World with $5.5 million, and Ketchup Entertainment's The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, which exceeded expectations with $3.2 million.

Original story published March 14, 2025: What will be the winners and the losers this week at the U.S. box office? Four new movies enter theaters this weekend led by Novocaine, Paramount's comedy-thriller from directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen. They will be facing off against the...

Coyote vs. Acme may not ever see the light of day over at Warner Bros., but the new Looney Tunes movie certainly reminds fans of what could have been. Hitting theaters today, The Day the Earth Blew Up is a fully animated treasure trove of laughs that takes us back to the golden age of the franchise with both its animation style and the zany antics seen throughout. Kids will love it, parents will no doubt see it as a trip down memory lane, and critics? Well, they seem to be almost unanimous thanks to the film's recently revealed Rotten Tomatoes score.

Currently sitting at 87% at the time of this writing, Frank Scheck from The Hollywood Reporter calls The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie "a consistent pleasure that should delight youngsters as well as nostalgic adults." Ben Gibbons from Screen Rant adds that it's "one of...

Persistence sure does pay off. Porky Pig and Daffy Duck have been gracing screens since 1935 and 1937, respectively, but it took until now for them to star in their own full-length film, the first completely animated Looney Tunes feature to ever hit the big screen (how is that possible?). The results were worth the wait: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is a consistent pleasure that should delight youngsters as well as nostalgic adults. It’s a shame that the folks at Warner Bros. didn’t honor their past but instead declined to release the film. Fortunately, indie distributor Ketchup Entertainment has come to the rescue. That studio has a more fun name anyway.

Don’t look for appearances by Tweety, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd or any of the other better-known Looney Tunes characters in this effort, which gives Porky and Daffy center stage. Except that Porky does deserve a love interest,...

I don’t know what’s crazier: The fact that “The Day the Earth Blew Up” is the first fully-animated “Looney Tunes” feature ever released in theaters, or that Warner Bros. — who first commissioned the project for HBO Max (Rip) before shopping it around to other buyers — was so determined to prevent the film from achieving its destiny.

Can a fun, slap-happy, and beautifully animated buddy comedy fronted by some of the most famous cartoon characters of all time and budgeted at 8.57% the cost of “Inside Out 2” really be that big of a risk? New distributor Ketchup Entertainment is certainly hoping to prove otherwise, and they’re doing so with the benefit of a movie that’s very much about the joy and importance of preserving the classics long after they’ve gone out of fashion.

A wise man once promised “that gum you like is going to come back in style,...

The critics almost couldn't be more impressed with the new animated film The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. With its early reviews ahead of its wide release in theaters on March 14, the movie has garnered a Rotten Tomatoes score that's nearly perfect.

On Rotten Tomatoes, as of this writing, The Day the Earth Blew Up currently has an approval rating of 97%. The score will likely fluctuate as more are added, but currently, nearly every review submitted by approved critics is very complimentary of the film, described as a satisfactory watch for both longtime Looney Tunes fans and newcomers to the franchise. While the characters are very familiar and the traditional 2D animation style isn't groundbreaking, the movie is getting praise for proving just how much characters like Porky Pig and Daffy Duck still resonate with viewers of all ages today.

"Old is truly gold with this legacy cartoon,...

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig attempt to thwart an insidious alien invader in a funny but exceedingly wacky original theatrical adventure. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Moviegives the beloved childhood icons a 2D, hand-drawn cinematic canvas for total chaos and buffoonery. The screwball plot mostly delights as zany twists run amok until a wild ending that honestly overreaches. The bag of nuts tastes yummy until it doesn't. The filmmakers deserve a golf clap for creativity and stoking fandom's nostalgia, but should have reigned in the hijinks for the bonkers finale.

The Day the Earth Blew Up opens with Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, both voiced by the Emmy-winning and supremely talented Eric Bauza, as youngsters in a precarious predicament. Farmer Jim (Fred Tatasciore) saves the troublesome tykes and becomes an adopted father trying to corral their ridiculous shenanigans. Daffy grows to be intense and uncontrollable while...

We’ve had Looney Tunes for nearly a century. Leon Schlesinger produced their first short Sinkin’ in the Bathtub alongside animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising in 1930. Almost 100 years later, the only Looney Tunes feature films (outside of theatrically released compilations) have been two Space Jams, 2003’s Looney Tunes: Back in Action, the tragically unreleased Coyote vs. Acme, and now the latest offering: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.

Directed by Peter Browngardt, this is a charming affair. Modeled after sci-fi B-movies of the 1950s and starring Looney Tunes legends Porky Pig and Daffy Duck (both voiced by Eric Bauza), The Day the Earth Blew Up starts with a UFO landing. The spacecraft takes off on the roof of Porky and Daffy’s broken-down house (bequeathed to them by surrogate father Farmer Jim) just before crashing. It goes on to infect a local scientist (Fred Tatasciore...

Pete Browngardt’s delightful The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, a love letter to Warner Bros.’s iconic Looney Tunes franchise, knows the history of its source of inspiration so well that it has the confidence to work without the safety net of Bugs Bunny. Here we get a rare modern-day spotlight for Porky Pig and Daffy Duck (both voiced by Eric Bauza) that leans into their earliest character traits: Porky as the hapless but fundamentally decent, even good-natured, average joe, and Daffy as an uncontrollable chaos god no longer bound by fate to be humiliated by his nemesis. This Daffy can do bad all by himself.

As far back as 1943’s “Porky’s Pig Feat,” Porky and Daffy have shared a chemistry premised on the tension between the former’s dignity and the latter’s penchant for anarchy. That dynamic is brought to bear here...

A guest spot on a television sitcom, especially one as insanely popular as "The Big Bang Theory," is basically television law. There's no legally binding mandate, per se, but it would get pretty monotonous if every week followed our series leads with absolutely no one else showing up for a laugh or surprise jolt from the live studio audience. Given the show's primary focus on "geek culture," or rather a heavily commercialized version of such, it makes sense that nerdom heavy hitters like James Earl Jones, Mark Hamill, and Adam West would make an appearance throughout its 12-season run. But then you can't sustain a roster of guest spots without expanding your star power horizons.

The series' 11th and penultimate season saw folks like Kathy Bates, Peter MacNicol, and Jerry O'Connell pop in for a quick hello, but you may be surprised to learn that "Fallout" star Walton Goggins and his beautiful scruff did too.

Ketchup Entertainment dropped the trailer for “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” on February 28 ahead of its March 14 theatrical release. The indie picked up the Daffy Duck and Porky Pig sci-fi origin story last year after Warner Bros. Discovery killed it for tax purposes (like the live-action/animated Looney Tunes hybrid “Coyote vs. Acme”).

The franchise’s first fully 2D-animated theatrical feature finds Daffy and Porky (both voiced by Eric Bauza) stumbling onto a secret alien plot to take over the world via mind-control and chewing gum. But they attempt to gum up the works with their inimitable antics.

Director Peter Browngardt (“Looney Tunes Cartoons”) admirably captures the essence of the wacky odd couple with wit and warmth, channeling the outrageous look and gags of his favorite Warner Bros. director Bob Clampett. “We wanted the audience caring about these characters,” Browngardt told IndieWire, “but still also...

It’s bigger! It’s bolder! It’s Loonier! And it’s coming to the big screen like never before … The First fully-animated feature-length #LooneyTunesMovie in history – The Day the Earth Blew Up – arrives exclusively in theaters this March 14th! Check out the new trailer (above) and poster (below)!

That’s not all folks! From Ketchup Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, director Pete Browngardt, and the creative team behind the award-winning “Looney Tunes Cartoons” comes The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, a brand new buddy comedy starring one of the greatest comedic duos in history – Porky Pig and Daffy Duck! This richly-crafted, hand-drawn 2D animated adventure marks the first fully-animated feature-length film in Looney Tunes history, told on a scope and scale that’s truly out of this world.

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck venture to the big screen as unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope...

It’s up to Porky Pig and Daffy Duck to save the planet from aliens in The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.

Watch the new trailer for the first ever fully-animated, feature-length Looney Tunes movie below.

The hand-drawn, 2D-animated, buddy comedy adventure opens in theaters on March 14 from Ketchup Entertainment.

Porky and Daffy venture to the big screen as Earth’s unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Faced with cosmic odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world)… that is, if they don’t drive each other totally looney in the process.

“Looney Tunes Cartoons” creator Peter Browngardt makes his feature directorial debut for Warner Bros. Animation.

Eric Bauza voices Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, alongside Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Wayne Knight, Laraine Newman, and Fred Tatasciore.

Browngardt collaborated on the script with Darrick Bachman,...

For the bulk of his career, Leslie Nielsen was best known for his stern, dramatic roles. His tall stature and low voice had casting directors offering him parts as commanders, leaders, and even heavies. Many might recall Nielsen's stone-faced turn in 1956's "Forbidden Planet" as the captain in "The Poseidon Adventure," or playing a cop in the 1972 cop drama "The Bold Ones: The Protectors." In 1977's "Day of the Animals" he plays a manly outdoorsman who loses his mind and, quite darkly, declares insane dominion over animals and women. Some might recall that he can hold his breath a long time, as he declared in "Creepshow." Many will be shocked to witness Nielsen beat and assault Barbra Streisand in the 1987 drama "Nuts." 

However, Nielsen did appear in a handful of comedies, most notably, playing Dr. Rumack in the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker farce "Airplane!" The parody proved that he had a talent for deadpan comedy,...

"There's no way we could screw this up!" Ha ha. Ketchup Ent. has debuted a new trailer for fun animated movie The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie from Warner Bros Animation. This super wacky sci-fi animated comedy is a new take on the beloved Looney Tunes characters Daffy and Porky. For some weird reason, WB wouldn't release this themselves, so Ketchup is giving it a full theatrical release this March. A brand new buddy comedy starring one of the greatest comedic duos in history–Porky Pig and Daffy Duck! This richly-crafted, hand-drawn 2D animated adventure marks the first fully-animated feature-length film in Looney Tunes history, told on a scope and scale that's truly out of this world.

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George R.R. Martin's Game of Throneshas become a cultural phenomenon and the most beloved fantasy series of the modern era. The first book, having sold over 45 million copies in the US alone, led to the HBO series, which would draw an average of 9.3 million viewers per episode for its inaugural season. Yet, the foundational success of Game of Thrones can be owed to its forbearers, from the iconic work of J.R.R. Tolkien to the grimdark world of Conan as created by Robert E. Howard. On the screen, early works like 1963's Jason and the Argonauts set the precedent for decades of films celebrating the fantasy genre.

Yet, the underrated gem Dragonslayer has flown mostly under the radar, an initial failure at the box office that saw some later resurgence in appreciation.

Ketchup Entertainment has released the teaser trailer, poster, and images for Warner Bros. Animation’s The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, which will open in theaters on February 28, 2025. The film has been rated PG for cartoon violence/action and rude/suggestive humor.

From director Peter Browngardt and the creative team behind the award-winning Looney Tunes Cartoons comes a brand new buddy comedy starring one of the greatest comedic duos in history–Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.

With a runtime of 91 minutes, the richly crafted, hand-drawn 2D animated adventure marks the first fully animated feature-length film in Looney Tunes history, told on a scope and scale that’s truly out of this world.

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck venture to the big screen as unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot.

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie has recently released a new trailer that serves as both a reminder that Looney Tunes still have the potential to dominate the big screen and the lost potential that was Coyote vs Acme. The Looney Tunes have recently re-entered the public mind with the intense discourse surrounding Coyote vs. Acme; Warner Bros. Discovery shelved the film directed by Dave Green as part of a tax write-off. The aforementioned process ended with the film no longer being able to be released despite being completely finished.

Thankfully, The Day the Earth Blew Up was acquired by Ketchup Entertainment, allowing the Warner Bros. animation-produced film to see the light of day. The film premiered at the Annecy Animation Film Festival to rave reviews and reactions, further justifying the purchase of the movie. Moreover, the animated feature is set to go on an Oscar-qualifying...

Warner Bros. Animation has released a trailer, poster, and new images from the forthcoming release The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. The film will be released in theaters only on February 28, 2025!

Synopsis: That’s not all folks! From Ketchup Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, director Pete Browngardt, and the creative team behind the award-winning “Looney Tunes Cartoons” comes The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, a brand new buddy comedy starring one of the greatest comedic duos in history–Porky Pig and Daffy Duck! This richly-crafted, hand-drawn 2D animated adventure marks the first fully-animated feature-length film in Looney Tunes history, told on a scope and scale that’s truly out of this world.

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck venture to the big screen as unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot.

"We're not afraid of nuthin'!" Ketchup Ent. has finally revealed their official trailer for the Warner Bros Animation movie called The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. This wacky, clever, fun sci-fi animated comedy is a new take on the beloved Looney Tunes characters Daffy and Porky. For some weird reason, WB wouldn't release this themselves, so they sold it - now it's getting a full theatrical release in February. "That's not all folks!" From Ketchup Ent, Warner Bros. Animation + director Pete Browngardt, and the creative team behind the award-winning "Looney Tunes Cartoons" comes The Day the Earth Blew Up, a brand new buddy comedy starring one of the greatest comedic duos in history–Porky Pig and Daffy Duck! This richly-crafted, hand-drawn 2D animated adventure marks the first fully-animated feature-length film in Looney Tunes history, told on a scope and scale that’s truly out of this world.

After watching The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, I found it fascinating that there has never been a standalone animated Looney Tunes movie. Yes, three “compilation” films were released during an early ’80s run, including Daffy Duck’s Fantastic Island, The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, and Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales.

And no, the Space Jam movies and the Brendan Fraser effort Looney Tunes: Back in Action do not count. The Orson Welles United Artists documentary Bugs Bunny: Superstar has a special place in my heart.

Since when do the iconic, classic Warner Brothers cartoon characters need anyone to help them? Finally, a wrong has been righted with The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie! It’s hilarious, and the script maintains the timeless comedic aesthetic while incorporating modern-day themes for today’s audience.

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Judging by entertainment news, the term "animated" might seem like an industry euphemism for "tax write-off." And despite Warner Bros. being the most destructive thing to happen to cartoons since the eraser, its new feature film, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, is getting love from critics. The first reviews are in for the Looney Tunes movie that managed to escape Warner Bros.' clutches and land a theatrical release (more on that in a moment), and the response from critics so far is overwhelmingly positive.

Directed by Peter Browngardt, The Day the Earth Blew Up sends Daffy Duck and Porky Pig on an adventure to save the planet from an alien invasion.

In his review for Variety, critic Peter Debruge writes:

Day is funnier than any film the studio has put out since The Lego Movie 2 and a rare chance to see Porky and...

“The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” is one of the animated delights of the year. In the franchise’s first fully 2D-animated theatrical feature, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (both voiced by Eric Bauza) discover a secret alien plot to take over the world via mind-control and chewing gum, gumming up the works with their inimitable antics in the process.

Peter Browngardt (“Looney Tunes Cartoons”) captures the essence of the wacky odd couple with wit and warmth, channeling the outrageous style of Bob Clampett. But were it not for Ketchup Entertainment, “The Day the Earth Blew Up” would’ve been killed off by Warner Bros. Discovery for tax purposes like the live-action/animated Looney Tunes hybrid “Coyote vs. Acme.” Thankfully, “The Day the Earth Blew Up” will receive a Best Animated Feature Oscar campaign from Ketchup (with a qualifying run starting December 13) ahead of its theatrical opening February 28, 2005.

For Browngardt,...

The post-Star Wars effects boom in the 1980s didn’t just bring sci-fi back to prominence, but fantasy and horror as well. Virtually every filmmaker of the era was desperate to show audiences something they’d never seen before with the newfound era of more sophisticated physical effects. The first non-Lucasfilm production to utilize Ilm, “Dragonslayer” was intended to be a prominent, big-budget example, but tanked at the box office, largely regulated to late-night cable showings.

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Long Live Looney Tunes. Unfortunately, the same cant be said for a lot of other IPs once under the Warner Brothers banner. Among a laundry list of theatrical take-downs, website wipes and digital content deletions, WB recently scrubbed one of its longest-standing streaming services. Standing as the director and writer behind The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Pete Browngardt commented on the recent cancelation of Boomerang, the all-around classic toon channel:

Its becoming more and more difficult to, at times, find classic animation thats out there. Especially with the streaming services. They are wonderful a lot of the time, but they are also the gatekeepers of whats available. I always say that if you love something, find a physical copy of it and keep it in your house. Because I know when I want to watch something thats from the past, I try to keep a...

From Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump to Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer, some of the best Oscar-winning actors were given plenty of screen time to shine in their Academy-favorite performances. Its always impressive when an actor wins an Oscar with limited screen time, like Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs or Beatrice Straight for just five minutes in Network, but theyre much more likely to catch the Academys attention if theyre on-screen for the overwhelming majority of the movie. The more screen time an actor has, the more opportunities they have to wow Oscar voters.

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More than two years after being shelved by Warner Bros., The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie has received a release date. Ketchup Entertainment, who acquired the animated movie back in August, has set an early 2025 release date for the hotly-anticipated Looney Tunes feature.

Per Deadline, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is scheduled to hit theaters on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Ahead of its wide release, the animated movie will make its North American premiere on Oct. 18, 2024, at the Animation Is Film Festival. This is being done to allow the movie to qualify for the Best Animated Feature race at next year's Academy Awards. The Day the Earth Blew Up is the fourth original Looney Tunes movie to receive a theatrical release and the first since 2021's Space Jam: A New Legacy.

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Shell

Director Max MinghellaRelease Date September 13, 2024Writers Jack StanleyCast Odain Watson, Felix Rossi, Luke Samuels, Julie Chang, Zach Sowers, Lisa Ellee, Eric Satterberg, Monica Garcia, Desiree Alexandra Estrada, Colette Goodman, Jilana Stewart, Ziwe, Este Haim, Spencer Neville, Kaia Gerber, Lionel Boyce, Arian Moayed, Brandon Keener, Peter MacNicol, Peri Gilpin, Kate Hudson, Amy Landecker, Elisabeth Moss, Blake Lee, Dustin Milligan, Mary Lynn RajskubRating RGenres Thriller, Horror

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