It centered around director filmmaker and cartoonist Chuck Jones' early years at Warner Bros. in the 1930s. The series introduced the character Tina Russo, a duck who becomes Daffy's girlfriend. Synopsis. The first Looney Tunes short was Sinkin' in the Bathtub starring Bosko, which was released in 1930.[1]. Looney Tunes Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Kate is grateful to D.J. the spotlight to Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck is unceremoniously fired by studio boss join Chris Pratt & Anna Faris to solve this problem to make them . In 1996, Turner's company, Turner Broadcasting System (whose Turner Entertainment division oversaw the film library), was purchased by Time Warner (now Warner Bros. By 1937, the theme music for Looney Tunes was "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin, and the theme music for Merrie Melodies was an adaptation of "Merrily We Roll Along" by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher and Eddie Cantor. Drake, an aspiring actor and stuntman working as a guard, who unbeknownst to her, is the son of action star Damian Drake, and had just come from a bad stuntman tryout, to get him to leave. Schlesinger began to phase in the production of color Looney Tunes with the 1942 cartoon The Hep Cat. voiced by Maurice LaMarche. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) - TrailerAddict 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. Schlesinger hired Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman to produce the first series of cartoons. The film concludes with Porky Pig appearing in the zoomed in ending iris trying to say "That's all, Folks!" On the front of family films, Back in Action was sandwiched between the releases of Elf and The Cat in the Hat, resulting in Back in Action being lost in the shuffle. and stay one step ahead of The Acme Corp., who wants the diamond for their own purposes. Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2 is an upcoming American-Canadian live-action/animated fantasy spy action comedy film, being a sequel to the 2003 film Looney Tunes: Back in Action, produced by Amblin Entertainment, DC Comics, Village Roadshow Pictures and Warner Animation Group and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The Coyote does not speak and communicates by holding up speech signs, another reference to the cartoons. In Las Vegas, when Daffy and DJ rush to the, The cartoon ACME aide who looks and sounds like Guillermo Ugarte (Peter Lorre) from, When multicolored Tweety birds attack Sylvester, the original, In the monkey village scene, the booby-trapped "Barrel of Monkeys", the darts, and the rock that creates a "pressed duck" all pay homage to, The ACME chairman's third disguise in the monkey village scene is, In a possible allusion to the final act of. Distributor It received generally negative reviews and underperformed at the box office. On the advice of his own father, Mr. Chairman sends in Wile E. Coyote to defeat the heroes but he fails via a misdirected missile. In the scene at the Louvre, where Elmer Fudd maniacally pursues Bugs and Daffy into and out of paintings, many famous works of art are abused in classic zany cartoon style. . Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) - IMDb This film began production on September 25, 2015. Transcript may be viewed here. The group eventually discovers Area 52, run by a woman known as Mother. Mr. Smith, Mr. Chairman's bodyguard, is armed with a disintegration pistol. 2003, 1h 33min - Family, Comedy Family, Comedy The disintegration pistol is a weapon previously used by both Marvin the Martian and Daffy in Chuck Jones'. The intervention leads to Mr. Chairman transforming into a monkey, leading to his arrest. At this point, Kate has realized she is in love with D.J., telling Damian that she is "a really big fan of his son", revealing her feelings for D.J. Due to Jeff Bergman new voice on October 5, 2018, his characters were now voiced by other actors. Looney Tunes is an American animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series Merrie Melodies, during the golden age of American animation. Sad there will probably not be another large scale Looney production after this, but we have this one to treasure. Monsters, Inc.: Lost Director's Horror Cut (2002). Bugs Bunny: Gee, it was really nice of Wal-Mart to give us all this free Wal-Mart stuff just for saying "Wal-Mart" so many times. [citation needed] A double DVD and Blu-ray release, paired with Space Jam, was released on June 7, 2016.[15]. Ready to move onto another story? DJ Drake. Animation had completed, and they cancelled those in production. This recalls similar dialogue between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker in, When Marvin finally spins off into space after accidentally "bubbling" himself, he says, "Darn Dark Side!". The film was re-released on DVD in separate widescreen and full screen editions on September 7, 2010. Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2 This is reminiscent of Darth Vader's tumbling departure from the Death Star in the original, In the scene where Daffy Duck and DJ Drake are making their way to Las Vegas, DJ tries to convince Daffy that he is not a full-time security guard as believed and tries to make himself sound good by claiming that he is a stuntman. In 2003, another feature film was released, this time in an attempt to recapture the spirit of the original shorts: the live-action/animated Looney Tunes: Back in Action. name of the character role. [22] From February 29 May 18, 2008, many Looney Tunes artifacts, including original animation cels and concept drawings, were on display at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, just off the campus of Youngstown State University, near where the Warners lived early in life. The series features "1,000 minutes of new one-to-six minute cartoons featuring the brand's marquee characters", voiced by their current voice actors in "simple, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories" that are rendered by multiple artists employing "a visual style that will resonate with fans", most noticeably having a style reminiscent of the styles of Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng and Robert McKimson. English Wikipedia. filmeinstein made this fan casting suggestion on July 19, 2021. Looney Tunes: Back in Action - Wikipedia Yosemite Sam. D.J. [8] Between 1934 and 1943, Merrie Melodies were produced in color and Looney Tunes in black and white. Looney Tunes Back in Action logo.png 715 195; 36 KB. Mr. Chairman is somewhat a spoof of Dr. At the Louvre, the group discover that the card contains a viewing window for the Mona Lisa and use it to discover a hidden map of Africa. Besides the eponymous Looney Tunes characters, the film stars Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman and Steve Martin. Most characters temporarily de-evolved in this scene due to being hit by the Blue Monkey's ray: Bugs into earlier animation models, Daffy into an egg, Damian Drake into a monkey, and Kate into a cavewoman. It is the only time in which Looney Tunes characters have shared screen time with their rivals at Disney (producers of the film)particularly in the scenes where Bugs and Mickey Mouse are skydiving, and when Daffy and Donald Duck are performing their "Dueling Pianos" sequence. Mr. Chairman does the same TV mess up that Dr. Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2 is an upcoming American-Canadian live-action/animated fantasy spy action comedy film, being a sequel to the 2003 film. It was the final film to be produced by Warner Bros. During filming, Brendan Fraser was completely terrified at having to hit Bill Goldberg; Goldberg constantly told him to go ahead and do it, telling him, "It's what I do for a living.". Warner Animation GroupVillage Roadshow PicturesRatPac Dune-EntertainmentAmblin Entertainment voiced by Joe Alaskey and 6 others. United States. Mr. Chairman tasks Marvin with travelling into space and placing the diamond onto the satellite dish, explaining it will fire an energy beam worldwide which will turn everyone into monkeys besides himself and his love interest, Mary. Xbox and Microsoft Windows versions were planned, but cancelled due to the financial failure of the film. A banana peel trips up Yosemite Sam during the chase scenes in Las Vegas; Yosemite Sam angrily shooting it and referring to it as a "slapstick clich". When she loses grip, D.J. During the mid-late 1960s, the shorts were produced by DePatieFreleng Enterprises (and Format Productions) (19641967) and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (19671969) after Warner Bros. shut down their animation studio. Dante felt that he and Goldberg managed to preserve the original personalities of the characters. The show featured shorts from the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical series. Sylvester doesn't speak in any sequences where he shares the screen with Granny, a reference to many Tweety cartoons where Sylvester remained more or less mute while Tweety got the lion's share of the dialogue. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) - Cast & Crew - The Movie Database reveals his stuntman career to him, even pointing out that he did more stuntwork in the Mummy series than Brendan Fraser, until Mr. Fraser got threatened and decided to do all the stunts himself. The term Looney Tunes has since been expanded to also refer to the characters themselves. back to story. The second feature film attempt at reviving the Looney Tunes franchise since the fall of the original Warner Bros. cartoons, after Space Jam.Released in 2003, it is another good example of the Roger Rabbit Effect.. Daffy Duck is fired from the Warner Studios and falls in the middle of a search for a mysterious Blue Monkey diamond that the secret agent father of a security guard is also trying . gets his revenge by punching Mr. Fraser in the nose and quickly escorts Kate out of the scene so they can date. [3] However, the shorts gained a higher profile upon the debuts of directors Tex Avery and Chuck Jones and voice actor Mel Blanc later in the decade. DJ Drake. We don't want that. Looney Tunes Back in Action | Looney Tunes Wiki | Fandom Fraser is once again both heroic and likable/goofy, Elfman is sexy and a bit cynical in fresh change of pace from her more docile "Dharma" character from t.v. Starring It's unfortunate this little gem of a flick has been gobbled up in the busy holiday release schedule, but fans should be pleased this film was made at all and will be able to own and enjoy it in the near future. The fact he plays it so straight really adds to the quality of his scenes and jokes (love the "slapping himself" scene!). It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 33min. It should also be noted that this film was released the same month as another Warner Bros. film The Matrix Revolutions, which the studio put more advertising money behind. Mother shows the group a short film about the blue monkey, which can devolve humans into monkeys. a page turn. In 1979, Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol premiered. Elmer Fudd. I loved it, as did my 12 year old sister, my girlfriend and the theater I saw it with. and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery, Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League Attack of the Legion of Doom, Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League Cosmic Clash, Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League Gotham City Breakout, Scooby-Doo! Written by Kate. 6 October 2021. determination method. "[11] At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score a 64 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews"[12] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Looney Tunes Back in Action is a 2003 American live-action and animated, comedy and adventure film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Paula Weinstein and Bernie Goldman. Although the film was not financially successful,[18] it was met with mixed-to-positive reviews from film critics and has been argued by animation historians and fans as the finest original feature-length appearance of the cartoon characters. When he sees him dragging her into the Eiffel Tower, he tries to use his rocket-fueled pants in order to fly up to the top of the tower, but when they take off on their own, he is ultimately forced to take Papa Bear's pants and buy a ticket to get to the top. The group travels to Africa and meet Granny, Sylvester, and Tweety, who escort them to the ruins of a jungle temple containing the blue monkey. "Looney Tunes: Back in Action" is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime and for rent and to buy on Google Play. This is a common gag in the cartoons, which involves items exploding without any igniting or source. 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. However, they happen to be not far from Damian, and untie the rope with surprising ease. . The ACME Train of Death exploding seems to be a reference to another Warner Bros. film, A possible reference is after Damien Drake throws a grenade; the guard lets out the. are Daleks from the British sci-fi series, Kevin McCarthy reprises his role as Dr. Depictions included those of African Americans (as in Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs and Jungle Jitters), Native Americans, Asian Americans, (especially during WWII, as in Tokio Jokio and Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips), Germans, Italians, White Southerners, and Mexicans. Over lunch, Kate tries to make Bugs' new movie more educational, but he refuses to work with her unless Daffy is brought back, to which she is very reluctant. LeBron then assembles the Tune Squad to play against the algorithm and get his son back. Story added by . 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. Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2 - Looney Tunes Fanon Wiki Looney Tunes: Back in Action - Wikidata Due to Jerry's failing health, the last reel of the film was actually scored by John Debney, though Goldsmith was the only credited composer in marketing materials and the Varse Sarabande soundtrack album only contains Jerry's music (although the first and last cues are adaptations of compositions in Warner Bros. cartoons). Warner Bros. Pictures Production of theatrical animated shorts was dormant from 1969 until 1979 when new shorts were made to introduce Looney Tunes to a new generation of audiences. 2.8s Daffy, get back here. The scene where D.J., Kate, Bugs, and Daffy nearly crash into the ground with the "spy car", but eventually stop only a few feet from the ground due to being "out of gas" is a reference to the, When walking through the desert, at one point, Bugs says "I told you we should make that left turn at Albuquerque." Check out amazing looneytunesbackinaction artwork on DeviantArt. [24] After several delays, the series premiered on May 3, 2011. Each character has their own unique special abilities and the game requires using both characters. cast member. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a2ede621ab59c76 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. D.J. [3] The two series gradually lost their distinctions, and shorts were assigned to each series randomly. This results in D.J. The inspiration for the changeover was Warner's decision to re-release only the color cartoons in the Blue Ribbon Classics series of Merrie Melodies. Looney Tunes: Back in Action official audio. At the same time, Michigan J. Frog notices Bugs and sings his signature song, ". Category:Looney Tunes: Back in Action - Wikimedia Commons Do you love movies? The plot follows the Looney Tunes characters Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny as they help aspiring daredevil Damian "D.J." Drake, Jr. and Warner Bros. executive Kate Houghton find the "blue monkey" diamond, to prevent the evil Mr. Chairman of the Acme Corporation from . It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 33min. The change in the introductory title cards was possibly to reflect the switch in the animation style of the shorts themselves. In January 1999, it was reported that the cartoons shown on Nickelodeon would move to Cartoon Network in the fall of that year. [35][36] Bugs Bunny Builders is aimed towards preschoolers; while Tweety Mysteries is a live-action/animated hybrid. Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003) - Behind The Voice Actors 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. The Blue Monkey diamond at the heart of the film's plot is most likely a reference to the Pink Panther diamond at the heart of the plot of the eponymous film, especially since a successful animated character developed from the concept. Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a platforming video game released in 2003 by Electronic Arts. The final black-and-white Looney Tunes short was Puss n' Booty in 1943 directed by Frank Tashlin. Watch Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Prime Video The release of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 includes a disclaimer at the beginning of each DVD in the volume given by Whoopi Goldberg. Nel frattempo sono approdati al cinema anche due film realizzati con tecnica mista (live-action e CG): Space Jam del 1996 e Looney Tunes: Back in Action del 2003, il primo con protagonista il campione di basket Michael Jordan ha incassato 230 milioni di dollari, mentre il secondo con protagonista Brendan Fraser appena 68 milioni di dollari . Penelope Pussycat as Penelope Pussycat & Lara Jill Miller as Petunia Pig in sequel. manages to grab him just failing to notice that the Batmobile has started itself and is driving into the studio's water-tower which falls on Kate's car as she and Bugs get in to leave for lunch to discuss the movie, completely soaking the both of them. You know it's true." Wile E. Coyote's opening scene has him freeze in mid-run and a caption appears reading "Coyote: Desertus Operatus Idioticus". I. Like all great cult films, it will probably take some time for it to be discovered, but fans will keep it alive. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Damian is then captured by the Acme Corporation, led by the eccentric Mr. Chairman. The website he orders it from blares an offer for free gift-wrapping that looks very much like Amazon.com's system. TV Shows. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (English) retrieved. Produced by Looney Tunes: Back in Action (video game) - Wikipedia Looney Tunes: Back in Action. The screen goes half-dark, and he gives up and says frustratedly, "Go home, folks!". Von Goosewing (Count Duckula) as Marvin the Martian Mama Odie (The Princess and the Frog) as Granny Kermit . [44] Turner's Cartoon Network reran the cartoons from its launch in 1992 until 2004, and again from 2009 until 2017. Unlike Space Jam which was released seven years prior, the film was released with very little marketing and fanfare, where only the barest minimum of promotions were done to advertise the film, limited to advertising with the film's promotional partners (Wal Mart, Sprint, Wendy's, Aflac, among others) and very few television ads. [citation needed] New animated shorts and a Duck Dodgers TV series were commissioned to tie-in with Back in Action. As a last resort, he sends Tasmanian Devil to track the four down. This continued until 2008, when the final volume of the Golden Collection was released. 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. In 1935 they debuted the first major Looney Tunes star, Porky Pig, along with Beans the Cat in the Merrie Melodies cartoon I Haven't Got a Hat directed by Friz Freleng. While both argue over who should get their deserved credit, D.J. In 1996, Space Jam, a live-action animated film, was released to theaters starring Bugs Bunny and basketball player Michael Jordan. Marvin the Martian. Looney Tunes: Back in Action - Wikiquote Elmer Fudd arrives to obtain the card, turning out to have been plotting against them. myCast is the place for you! Brendan Fraser did such a good job doing an impersonation of Taz that he was allowed to do the voice. Bugs makes a double reference to the film series as he absentmindedly battles Marvin with a lightsaber while reading, In the monkey village, when the ACME chairman pulls off his second costume and shows himself as Damien, he says, "Look into your heart. A Looney Tunes Christmas, a parody of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. [3] The shorts initially showcased musical compositions owned by Warner's music publishing interests through the adventures of such characters as Bosko and Buddy. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Terence Nance D.J. Join thousands of other users in fan casting your favorite stories. Release date(s) On September 19, 2017, Warner Home Video's Warner Archive Collection released the five-disc Porky Pig 101 DVD-set.[37]. . & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse, Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons, Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension, Superman/Shazam! Brendan Fraser. Sam and his henchmen pursue D.J. [3] Porky Pig and Daffy Duck became the featured Looney Tunes characters, while Merrie Melodies featured one-shot cartoons and minor recurring characters. In the containment area of the facility, Marvin the Martian receives a transmission from Mr. Chairman via his helmet, being ordered to kill Daffy and obtain the card. 1 WWW.WARNERVIDEO.COM LOONEY TUNES AND ALL RELATED TITLES OF CHARACTERS AND ELEMENTS OF WARNER BROS ENTERTAINMENT INC C 2005 WARNER BROS ENTERTAINMENT INC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. After some back and forth ramming and brief non-verbal altercation, Marvin is tricked into rolling down his ship's window and gets sucked into the vacuum of space. Contents. [5] Many Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies films are ranked among the greatest animated cartoons of all time, and five of them have won Academy Awards. D.J. The chase ends with a game of blackjack after the card lands in the shuffling machine. Marvin defeats Bugs, prompting Daffy to become Duck Dodgers in order to destroy the diamond. The film was the result of multiple attempts by Warner Bros. to develop a sequel to Space Jam (1996). What do you think? Looney Tunes: Back in Action: Directed by Joe Dante, Eric Goldberg. Despite a mixed critical reception,[13] the film was a major box-office success, grossing nearly $100million in the U.S. alone, almost becoming the first non-Disney animated film to achieve that feat. The website's critics consensus reads: "The plot is a nonsensical, hyperactive jumble and the gags are relatively uninspired compared to the classic Looney Tunes cartoons. [48] Many Hispanics protested that they were not offended, and expressed fondness for the Speedy Gonzales cartoons. Differing curated collections of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies are available for streaming on both the Boomerang streaming service and HBO Max.[46]. . 3.1 Animation. 2 Titles. Looney Tunes: Back in Action - YIFY However, Bugs is injured during a routine that requires Daffy's presence, and the clip is viewed in front of the Warner Brothers, who quickly fire Kate because she disposed of their "best duck". [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. The Second film's soundtrack was composed by Alan Silvestri replacing Jerry Goldsmith, who died in 2004. In 2012, several announcements were made about a Looney Tunes reboot film titled Acme, in development. 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. Directed by Joe Dante and Eric Goldberg, the film features a cast that includes Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Timothy Dalton and Joan Cusack. Along the way, money is . The series was cancelled after its second season.[25]. voiced by Joe Alaskey and 1 other. th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th" then Tired of . ERTL Looney Tunes 1989 Die Cast Metal Figures: Road Runner Bugs Bunny
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