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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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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 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.

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...

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,...

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.

Assuming the Earth doesn’t blow up before February 28, 2025 — not a complete impossibility given our political climate — you’ll have an opportunity to watch “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” in theaters. It almost didn’t happen.

The Warner Bros. Animation-produced “The Day the Earth Blew Up” was one of those movies that Warner Bros. Discovery blew up for tax purposes. Distributor Ketchup Entertainment back in August picked the animated film’s carcass up off Wbd’s (cost-)cutting room floor, aka the floor in David Zaslav’s corner office.

That other Looney Tunes film, “Coyote vs. Acme,” wasn’t so lucky — or it was simply too attractive a write-off to pass up. Warner Bros. Discovery still has roughly $45 billion of debt to pay down, and Zaslav and CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels have been brutal about the content cuts.

In “The Day the Earth Blew Up,...

Exclusive: Ketchup Entertainment’s pickup of Warner Bros Animation’s The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie will be debuting in theaters on February 28, 2025.

The movie, which was originally conceived for Max, made its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June, when it received high praise from critics. Deadline told you first about Ketchup’s acquisition.

The movie will make its North American premiere Friday at the Animation Is Film festival, where it will qualify for the Best Animated Feature Oscar race.

The pic was directed by Pete Browngardt and follows Porky Pig and Daffy Duck teaming up again, this time faced with the threat of an alien invasion.

“For generations, the Looney Tunes have held a soft spot in the hearts of fans the world over, including my own,” Ketchup Entertainment CEO Gareth West said. “It’s a true pleasure to bring...

Exclusive: Ketchup Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to Warner Bros. Animation’s The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie from Gfm Animation, which handles worldwide distribution sales. The sci-fi comedy adventure film following the adventures of Daffy Duck and Porky Pig will be released theatrically nationwide; a date has yet to be confirmed.

Directed by Pete Browngardt, the film stars two-time Emmy Award-winner Eric Bauza reprising his roles as lifelong friends Daffy Duck and Porky Pig who uncover a sinister alien invasion plot while working at the local bubble gum factory. Together with Petunia Pig, the unlikely heroes embark on a high-stakes mission to fight off zombies and aliens while delivering all the gags and visuals recognized by Looney Tunes fans.

Franchise vets Candi Milo and Fred Tatasciore also lend their voices to the film as do Peter MacNicol, Wayne Knight and Laraine Newman.

“The Day the Earth Blew Up...

Pixar’s “Soul” and Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers” were the dominant films at the 48th annual Annie Awards Friday, with “Soul” winning seven awards and “Wolfwalkers” winning five.

“Soul” won in the Best Feature category and took additional awards for its writing, music, FX, character animation, storyboards and editorial. “Wolfwalkers” won for Best Indie Feature as well as for directing, character design, production design and voice acting.

No other feature film won an Annie, which is given out by the International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood. Since the Academy Awards started a Best Animated Feature category in 2001, the Annies winner in the Best Feature category has gone on to win the Oscar 13 times in 19 years, including four times in the last five years.

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