In 2023, it was condemned to the vaults, never to be seen. Now, three years later, it’s headed to theaters. The first trailer for Coyote vs. Acme is out now, and it promises to give the long-suffering Coyote his day in court. Court is in session, courtesy of Ketchup Entertainment, starting on August 28.
As the trailer opens, Wile E. Coyote is once more stymied in his endless pursuit of the Road Runner by a faulty piece of equipment from the Acme Corporation. When he sees an ad for Kevin Avery (Will Forte), a lawyer who’s successfully pursued class-action lawsuits against Acme before, the Coyote decides to take his battle outside the endless canyons of the American Southwest and into the courtroom. There, Avery represents him against slick Acme flack Buddy Crane (John Cena); and while Avery typically settles with Acme for chump change, his niece Paige (Lana Condor) convinces him that this time, he can make a difference. The Coyote won’t be the only animated icon called to the stand; the trailer teases appearances from Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, and many more. Bugs Bunny turns up at the end as a Deep Throat-like informant. Will his help turn the trial in Coyote’s favor? What are the dark secrets of the Acme Corporation? And will the Coyote finally catch the Road Runner? You’ll have to hit the multiplex this summer to find out.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
As part of a wave of cost-cutting at Warner Bros, the nearly complete Coyote vs. Acmewas shelved. There was an outpouring of outrage from those involved in the film and those who had seen it, and unlike fellow tax write-off Batgirl, WB put Coyote vs. Acmeup for sale. When no studio was willing to meet WB’s price, it looked like Coyote vs. Acme might never see the light of day. However, it and fellow Looney Tunes film The Day the Earth Blew Up were acquired by Ketchup Entertainment; the latter was released in 2024, and Coyote vs. Acme will finally hit theaters this summer.
Coyote vs. Acme is directed by Dave Green (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows), from a script by Samy Burch (May December), and a story by Burch, Jeremy Slater (Moon Knight), and James Gunn (Superman). It is based on the comedy article of the same name by Ian Frazier, which ran in the New Yorker in 1990.
Coyote vs. Acme will be released in theaters on August 28, 2026. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
