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Reyna Orlova, Staff writer
Meep Meep! Or, beep beep! Now that I’ve actually seen James Gunn and Jeremy Slater’s 2026 “Coyote vs. ACME” film, I can confirm that the Road Runner from Warner Bros.’ “Looney Tunes” actually says beep beep!
This film is very similar to the 1988 film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” which also features humans and cartoons on screen simultaneously. This movie was hilarious, entertaining and touching all at once. It was very apparent that deep passion went behind the creation of this film.
I first heard about this movie through people on TikTok who were fighting for it to be released. Apparently, once the film was practically complete, Warner Bros. refused to present it in theaters. For years, the community and workers behind this movie fought for it to be shown. A studio called Ketchup Entertainment bought the movie’s rights in August 2025 and was responsible for its release.
It’s a good thing it was not shelved, because it was an amazing movie. John Cena was actually hilarious in this, especially his scene with Tweety Bird, where he looks disgusted to his core about a talking bird.
Trying to explain the plot is nonsensical, as many “Looney Tunes” plots tend to be, but the story follows Wile E. Coyote’s typical attempts to capture the Road Runner. He eventually hires a lawyer to sue the company ACME.
In the old cartoons, ACME is the company that sells all of his gadgets, like rocket boosters and paint-on tunnels. Every time he uses them, he never catches the Road Runner and instead gets hurt himself. Basically, a cartoon coyote finds a lawyer to sue ACME for purposely making their gadgets defunct.
Near the end, we find out that it’s all another plan to catch the Road Runner, but he makes a surprisingly sweet bond with his lawyer, Kevin Avery.
The whole movie surprised me with how sentimental the characters got with each other while also making me laugh the entire time. It was such a perfect mix of fun and seriousness. My personal favorite scene was the ending, where the Road Runner shows up to Wile E. Coyote’s trial and testifies for him. A close second was the scene with John Cena and Tweety Bird.
Without spoiling too much, the ending was really sweet. It showed that the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote are actually friends, despite Wile E. Coyote wanting to eat the former, and it brought a sweet ending despite the fact that they didn’t actually win the case.
What really made it a good movie was that the credits gave thanks to the people who fought to have the movie shown. I think in a time where AI movies and shows are slowly becoming more accepted, that true, impassioned human artwork means more than it ever has before in history. The actors, the animators and the writers truly put their all into making a faithful, entertaining, emotionally charged and all-around fun movie.
I think the recent passing of Eric Bauza, best known for the role of Bugs Bunny, but who also voices basically every other “Looney Tunes” character, made this film even more bittersweet. I thought it was lovely that such an iconic voice actor got such a carefully crafted film as his final sendoff for the characters he was most known for.
Please go watch this film and support real artists! It’s important in this age of slop at the cinema that we go out and support risk-takers who give us new, fresh content. I promise, if you go see this movie, you’ll either leave laughing about John Cena’s performance or crying about the final scene with Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner!