Warner Bros. Discovery has been kind of a mess in recent years, particularly when it comes to animation. But if there’s one bright spot it’s that some media has managed to be saved from being completely killed to save money. One of those is the Looney Tunes movie The Day the Earth Blew Up, which will thankfully be hitting stateside theaters sometime in the next few months.
Days ago, Ketchup Entertainment revealed it’d acquired the North American rights to Day from worldwide distributor GFM Animation. So far, it’s only played in theaters over in Germany and Switzerland, and a specific date for other territories (including North America) hasn’t been set. Per Deadline, CEO Gareth West called the film “a historical moment for the Looney Tunes franchise, and we are proud to be partnering with Warner Bros. Animation to bring this film to audiences theatrically. We cannot wait for audiences of all ages to experience one of the smartest animated films in recent years.”
The Day the Earth Blew Up features Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (both voiced by Eric Bauza) in the lead roles. As lifelong friends and coworkers, the pair uncover signs of an invasion of aliens and zombies, and it falls to them and Petunia Pig to stop it. Aside from being saved from WBD’s scythe, the film has the distinction of being the first original fully-animated theatrical Looney Tunes film to hit theaters. When it premiered at the Annecy International Animation Festival in June, the movie got pretty positive reactions from those who saw it, so here’s hoping it lives up to that praise (and gets to stick around in theaters for a while) whenever Ketchup puts it down for a specific date.
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