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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie poster
Directed by
Peter Browngardt
Genre
comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, family film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 227 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig team up to stop an alien plot involving chewing gum that threatens the Earth. It is an original animated adventure made in the classic Looney Tunes style.

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What happens

The Day the Earth Blew Up is a 2024 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Directed by Pete Browngardt in his feature directorial debut, the film is a spin-off from the Looney Tunes Cartoons series developed by Browngardt, and is the first fully animated and theatrically released film in the Looney Tunes franchise consisting of entirely original material. It stars the voices of Eric Bauza, Candi Milo, and Peter MacNicol with supporting voice roles by Fred Tatasciore, Laraine Newman, and Wayne Knight. The film follows Daffy Duck and Porky Pig as they try to save Earth from a chewing gum-based alien scheme. In 2019, while working on Looney Tunes Cartoons, Browngardt was asked if he had any ideas for a new Looney Tunes feature film. Browngardt eventually settled on the premise of a "sci-fi B-movie from the '50s" starring Daffy and Porky. He took inspiration from features of the era and shorts starring the cartoon duo. Warner Bros. Animation, alongside several vendors, provided the animation for the film, of which its character designs were modeled after the style of animator Bob Clampett. Joshua Moshier, who previously worked on Looney Tunes Cartoons, composed the film's score. Upon its announcement in 2021, The Day the Earth Blew Up was originally set to be released on HBO Max and the "ACME Night" block on Cartoon Network. Instead, however, the film premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 11, 2024, and had a limited release in the United States on December 13, 2024, by Ketchup Entertainment, before expanding wide on March 14, 2025. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $15.5 million worldwide on a $15 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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