Series marked with * are compilations of earlier shorts. Looney Tunes: Back in Action was released on November 14, 2003, originally planned to open earlier that summer. goes backstage to talk to her, but she doesn't notice him. Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a platforming video game released in 2003 by Electronic Arts. Warner Bros. Pictures Produced by While Porky Pig tries to say "Th-th-th-th-That's all folks! The more significant cameos featured Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Tweety, and Yosemite Sam. This results in D.J. Along with the critical success, the film was also nominated for Saturn Award for Best Animated Film, Annie Award for Best Animated Feature and Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature. Bugs mentions upon meeting Elmer Fudd that they have made 35 cartoons together. Looney Tunes: Back in Action. [32] The series had an unusually slow rollout, with the series being moved to the Boomerang streaming service in 2017, and was eventually cancelled on January 30, 2020. Batman and the Batmobile from the film versions of Batman (the Batmobile is identical to the one from Tim Burton's films, while Batman himself resembles the version from Christopher Nolan's films that debuted two years later). joke about getting together with her. However, they accidentally cause an ACME Guard Dog to crash down near them and assemble himself. Paramount-owned Nickelodeon aired all the unaired cartoons in a show called Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon between 1988 and 1999. Fan casting? United States. 12 comments on Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2. points out that he used to deliver pizzas in the car. However, Jordan did not agree to star in a sequel. Synopsis. He manages to get there just as Mr. Smith steals Kate's phone and takes off on a helicopter with Kate clinging to him to get her phone back. the lights go down on him and he says instead, "Go home, folks.". The ACME laptop that Wile E. Coyote uses to order his missile system has a browser that looks suspiciously like Microsoft's Internet Explorer (a rival of Time Warner's Netscape). for irresponsibility, he accidentally turns the spy car off and causes it to crash in Death Valley where they narrowly avoid serious injury when the car stops in mid-air after running out of gas according to Bugs, until crashing soon after Kate points out it doesn't work like that. This movie is the last known cinema release to feature actor Peter Graves, though he is uncredited. The music during his scenes also matches his movements or emotions. Feature Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a 2003 American live action/animated adventure Comedy film directed by Joe Dante, written by Larry Doyle, and starring Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Timothy Dalton, Joan Cusack, Bill Goldberg, with Heather Locklear and Steve Martin. However, unbeknownst to Bugs and Daffy, Marvin had mysteriously clung to the bottom of their ship, now more aggrieved than ever. [6], Dante stated that he had no creative freedom on the project, and called it "the longest year and a half of my life." Addeddate 2016-03-02 16:44:41 Identifier LooneyTunesInHindi Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3sv1w428 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3 . He and Daffy find themselves in an endless chase in the casino, where D.J. 's father and says that he thinks that he is a super spy posing as an actor. Back at ACME, Mr. Chairman shows a video feed of Damian, revealing that he plans to make Damian suffer by making him face his death with a train and an enclosure rigged with explosives. Brendan Fraser did such a good job doing an impersonation of Taz that he was allowed to do the voice. Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a 2003 American live-action/animated spy action comedy film directed by Joe Dante and written by Larry Doyle. Do you love movies? Joe Pytka would have returned to direct and Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone signed on as the animation supervisors. The two bandits faint shortly afterwards. Afterwards, the animators would start their work and put the characters in the frame. At that point, Granny and company reveal themselves to be Mr. Chairman, Smith, and Taz in disguise. LeBron then assembles the Tune Squad to play against the algorithm and get his son back. However, he learns the entire adventure was a part of Bugs' film, constructed to help Daffy achieve his hero goal, as the scene pulls back to reveal a movie set. Looney Tunes Back in Action logo.png 715 195; 36 KB. The Looney Tunes series' popularity was further strengthened when it began airing on network and syndicated television in the 1950s under various titles and formats. The scene with a Wal-Mart store in the middle of the desert mocks not only Wal-Mart's ubiquity, but also general commercial product placement in films. Ready to move onto another story? Stars: Sam Vincent, June Foray, Terry Klassen, Chiara Zanni, Ian James Corlett, Britt McKillip, Ellen Kennedy Assemble your dream cast! D.J. The game was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance. Daffy gets a call from Bugs asking him to come back, but he declines because of the mission. As of March 28, 2011, the film scores a 57% "Rotten" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. She explains that the cartoons are products of their time and contain racial and ethnic stereotypes that "were wrong then and they are wrong today", but the cartoons are presented on the DVD uncut and uncensored because "editing them would be the same as denying that the stereotypes existed. This is a common gag in the cartoons, which involves items exploding without any igniting or source. 's shower and then walks into a room of posters of all of Damian's movies and a photo of D.J. Use the form below to add a new role to this story. More popular Looney Tunes characters were created (most of which first appeared in Merrie Melodies cartoons) such as Pep Le Pew (debuted in 1945's Odor-able Kitty), Sylvester (debuted in 1945's Life with Feathers), Yosemite Sam (debuted in 1945's Hare Trigger), Foghorn Leghorn (debuted in 1946's Walky Talky Hawky), Marvin the Martian (debuted in 1948's Haredevil Hare), Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner (debuted in 1949's Fast and Furry-ous), Granny (debuted in 1950's Canary Row), Speedy Gonzales (debuted in 1953's Cat Tails for Two), and the Tasmanian Devil (debuted in 1954's Devil May Hare). what part of the music in this movie did John Debney compose? Like the first movie, it is directed by Terence Nance and stars Chris Pratt, and Anna Kendrick respectively. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! John Cleese made a brief cameo in the film during the Paris sequence but his cameo role was cut out because it serves no purpose to the movie itself. At the same time, Michigan J. Frog notices Bugs and sings his signature song, ". Warner Home Video released Looney Tunes: Back in Action on VHS and DVD on March 2, 2004. Marvin defeats Bugs, prompting Daffy to become Duck Dodgers in order to destroy the diamond. Among the secret Area 52 VHS videotapes locked up inside Robby the Robot are "THE BLUE MONKEY", "MOON LANDING DRESS REHEARSAL" (alluding to the rumored faking of the Apollo moon landings), "HOW SAUSAGE IS MADE" (a humorous riff on the common expectation that people might not want to eat this popular food if they observed its preparation), and "CONGRESSMEN GONE WILD VOL. While D.J. As of 2021, classic cartoons continue to air on Cartoon Network's sister channel, Boomerang and MeTV. The film was the last project for composer Jerry Goldsmith, who died eight months following its release; John Debney composed additional material for the score. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation and humor while criticizing the screenplay, with many critics considering it an improvement over Space Jam. Discovery) who also owned Warner Bros. Today, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment holds the video rights to the entire Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies animated output by virtue of Warner Bros.' ownership of Turner Entertainment. In 1997, Bugs Bunny was featured on a U.S. 32 cent postage stamp; the first of five Looney Tunes themed stamps to be issued.[16]. Mother shows the group a short film about the blue monkey, which can devolve humans into monkeys. There are also many live-action television and movie references. Learn more about the full cast of Looney Tunes: Back in Action with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide of Comedy Kate Houghton. D.J. Kate is relieved to see both father and son are safe while Wile is incapacitated when the train hits a rear end. Damian tells DJ to travel to Las Vegas, contact his associate Dusty Tails, and find the blue monkey diamond. Elmer Fudd. The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! Duck Dodgers' flight into space is similar to his introductory announcement, involving him leaping into the air with a light shining behind him. 2023 TV GUIDE, A FANDOM COMPANY. also has to answer a ringing remote. ), plus occasional cameos in the later Warner Bros. shows such as Animaniacs (also from Spielberg) and Histeria!. When Harman and Ising left Warner Bros. in 1933 over a budget dispute with Schlesinger, they took with them all the rights of the characters and cartoons they had created. voiced by Maurice LaMarche. Warner Bros., developing a franchise revival around the film, subsequently canceled several planned related projects, including new theatrical short films. They leave not knowing about the real spy car, a T.V.R Tuscan right hand drive, underneath where D.J. Warner Bros. would not produce another theatrical Looney Tunes film until Space Jam: A New Legacy, which was released in 2021. [27] All five shorts were directed by Matthew O'Callaghan. The secret government facility, "Area 52", pokes fun at the mysterious "Area 51" facility on the Nellis Air Force Range, unacknowledged by the U. S. government, where the military is rumored to hold evidence of extraterrestrials. This film began production on September 25, 2015. [citation needed], Starting in 1960, the cartoons were repackaged into several different TV programs that remained popular for several decades before being purchased by Turner Broadcasting System. Bugs Bunny (Voice) Top suggestion out of 4: Jeff Bergman. [13], Chicago Sun-Times critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper gave the film "Two Thumbs Up"; Roeper called it a "cheerful and self-referential romp blending animation with live action in a non-stop quest for silly laughs," while Ebert called it "goofy fun."[14]. Story added by user_88232 on July 17, 2022. It was also the last film to feature a score by veteran composer Jerry Goldsmith before his death in 2004 . Bugs made a cameo appearance in 1942 in the Avery/Clampett cartoon Crazy Cruise and also at the end of the Frank Tashlin 1943 cartoon Porky Pig's Feat, which marked Bugs' only official appearance in a black-and-white Looney Tunes short. (Still, there are a few standout sequences; the scene in the Louvre, with Bugs, Daffy, and Elmer jumping into different famous paintings and transforming . Xbox and Microsoft Windows versions were planned, but cancelled due to the financial failure of the film. Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a round-the-world adventure, along with Bugs and The VP of Warner Bros. Their mission? Story added by . Coyote is also caught in numerous ACME weapons including a missile, dynamite and off-screen fireworks, a safe and a glass window. Here's The Cast For My Own Looney Tunes: Back In Action Spoof Film Sam was actually referring to a term used in blackjack. [47], In 1999, Cartoon Network ceased broadcast of all Speedy Gonzales segments, due to concerns about stereotyping of Mexicans. Despite her attempts to defend herself, she promises to rehire Daffy, which they inform her she has until Monday to do to keep her job. [3] From 1942 to 1964, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were the most popular animated shorts in movie theaters. As a result, the studio brought in twenty-five gag writers to try to write jokes that were short enough to fit into an animated character's mouth. Meanwhile, Kate is kidnapped by Beaky Buzzard and Smith, Mr. Chairman's bodyguard. This is reference to the over-the-top weapons used by Wile E. Coyote and other characters in the cartoons. On the subject of filming, Dante stated that each scene with animated characters would be shot three times; first a rehearsal with a fake stuffed stand-in, then with nothing in the frame, and lastly, with a "mirror ball" in the shot to indicate to the computers where the light sources were. Five dozen Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts from before December 1943 have lapsed into the public domain and are thus freely distributed through various unofficial releases. After Kate jeers at D.J. At the 2014 Cartoon Network upfront, another series titled Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production (later New Looney Tunes) was announced. Besides the eponymous Looney Tunes characters, the film stars Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman and Steve Martin. 2 comments on Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 2001 ACTION STEVE PARK #1 LOONEY TUNES SYLVESTER & TWEETY 1:64 DIE CAST PENNZOIL at the best online prices at eBay! imported from Wikimedia project. Tired of . John receives an "Additional Music by" credit in the closing titles of the film and "Special Thanks" in the soundtrack album credits. Like all great cult films, it will probably take some time for it to be discovered, but fans will keep it alive. On the project, Dante recalled, "It was a hilarious story and it was very good except that Warner Bros. said, 'Look, it's an old story. Customer satisfaction 4/5, competitive prices. When she loses grip, D.J. He and screenwriter Larry Doyle reportedly wanted the film to be the "anti-Space Jam" as Dante disliked how that film represented the Looney Tunes brand and personalities. However, only Bob Bergen, and Eric Bauza their voice roles from the Second film, with the other voice roles being made by Jeff Bergman, Fred Tatasciore , , Kate Soucie, Kristen Bell, Jessica Dicicco, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Candi Milo It was released in theaters. Each character has their own unique special abilities and the game requires using both characters. Upon sighting the team, he escapes from his jar prison and frees many other famous aliens, including two Daleks, from their prisons to attack and gain the card. [3], After Bugs Bunny became popular in the Merrie Melodies shorts of the early 1940s, Looney Tunes moved from black and white to color production, Merrie Melodies having already been in color since 1934. Back in Action really captured that snarky wit we all love from Bugs, the put upon egomaniac that is Daffy and many of the other great traits of the original crew from the glory days of the Looney Tunes. Chris PrattAnna KendrickJeff BergmanKath SoucieBen AffleckTye SheridanJack NicholsonJesse Eisenberg Alan Silvestri Since then, Warner Bros. has owned all rights to all post-1933 characters created by Leon Schlesinger Productions and Warner Bros. Cartoons.