Warner Bros. made a movie called Coyote vs. Acme. It's a combination of animation and live action surrounding a lawsuit that Wile E. Coyote brings against Acme Corporation when one of their mail order products almost kills him. It stars John Cena, Will Forte, and Lana Condor, among others. The movie was filmed in 2022, and completed early this year. Test audiences loved it. It was supposed be released on July 21st, but was bumped in order to release Barbie that weekend.
So when will we see Coyote vs. Acme? Possibly not at all. The completed film was cancelled last Thursday in order for the studio to take a $30 million tax write off (on a $70 million budget), and to avoid millions in marketing costs. Warner bros. has previously canceled two other films, Batgirl and Scoob Holiday Haunt!, but those movies were not completed. The cancelation of Coyote vs. Acme came as a surprise to the producers, cast, and crew who made it, and they are not happy at all.
Following the backlash to its decision, Warner Bros. has now "un-cancelled" the movie. But that doesn't mean they will release Coyote vs. Acme. For now, the studio is allowing the producers to offer the movie to other distributors. So we might see Coyote vs. Acme, but we don't know if, when, or where it will happen. -via Kottke