alt.hn

3/31/2025 at 3:50:52 PM

Warner Bros Completes Worldwide Sale of 'Coyote vs Acme'

 https://deadline.com/2025/03/coyote-vs-acme-warner-bros-sale-complete-ketchup-1236354552/

by ChrisArchitect

3/31/2025 at 6:03:26 PM

I'm cautiously excited for this just because it's an original, clever premise for classic IP. It isn't yet another reboot or sequel, and it uses older IP that hasn't gotten much attention in a while.

by dehrmann

3/31/2025 at 9:53:25 PM

Do also check out "The Day the Earth blew up", a love letter to the classic cartoons that simultaneously feels like a featuring film, and a cartoon short. Not the best thing I've ever seen but I'd give it a solid eight out of 10.

I'm so glad Coyote is finally getting a release. It was top of my watchlist all through 2022-2023, the test screenings went over fantastic, and I've heard a lot of people involved in the movie saying that it turned out great.

The decision from WB to shelve it was just cruel; It was 100% paid for and the work to complete it was ongoing and completed, even after it was shelved. A deep flaw in our tax system that it could ever be better to trash completed work than to try to find a buyer.

by GauntletWizard

4/1/2025 at 12:50:39 AM

These points don't always bode well ...

Screamboat review – rodent IP horror sends Mickey Mouse on a ferry rampage

  A genetically modified mouse goes on the rampage in bloody Disney pastiche that offers Sharknado-level performances and kill scenes hindered by poor lighting
1 Star out of 5 - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/31/screamboat-revi...

but what do I know? Many a cult classic began with less than stellar reviews.

by defrost

3/31/2025 at 4:40:29 PM

If this is as good as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which appears to use a similar technique, it would be AWESOME. Hopefully they didn't sanitize the old cartoons.

by glimshe

3/31/2025 at 6:18:07 PM

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is arguably a classic, so it would have to be pretty stellar to be as good as at a film level!

People interested in the live action / toon might also want to see the 1992 "Cool World."

It is an early Brad Pitt film, squeezed oddly between Thelma and Louise and A River Runs Through It.

Unrelated but fun item for those interested in Roger Rabbit:

There was a ton of crossover between WFRR and Back to the Future Part Two.

Both films from the top (Amblin Entertainment, Zemeckis, Alan Silvestri) down to some of the production crews IIUC.

So if you listen to the soundtracks of both films they have ringing similarities!

by bredren

4/1/2025 at 12:31:30 AM

Silvestri certainly had a style and some distinct instrumentation in the 80s (you'll also hear similarities in the Abyss and Predator). Sometimes I like to think of the alternate movie tracks as bonus tracks for Back to the Future. I should listen to them and Roger Rabbit again!

by whycome

3/31/2025 at 9:56:17 PM

I loved the cartoon effects in "The Mask" with Jim Carrey.

Sort of a tip-of-the-hat to the greats of the cartoon era that has passed.

by m463

3/31/2025 at 6:05:06 PM

Loony toons back in action did the same thing too.i don’t remember it being as good at Rodger rabbit, but it was one of my favorite childhood movies.

by dartos

4/1/2025 at 7:43:23 PM

Don't forget osmosis jones!

by luckyleap

3/31/2025 at 5:58:18 PM

I can't see them NOT sanitizing the old cartoons

by JohnClark1337

3/31/2025 at 7:13:54 PM

The premise of this movie reminds me of one time when I was working at McDonnell Douglas in the early 1990s on a project that was a test facility for space station related stuff. There was a database and you could enter issues for various problems that testing found. As test data, I added a bunch of issues filed by a certain "Mr. W. E. Coyote", complaining about various defects in rocket powered roller skates and other such nonsense. Somebody in management found it, and I got called on the carpet and told to delete it all. Jeez. No sense of humor at all.

by smcameron

3/31/2025 at 7:03:57 PM

One step closer to 'Sam Sheepdog vs Ralph Wolf'.

by MrMcCall

3/31/2025 at 4:33:55 PM

Does anyone know the techniques used in making this movie ?

Is it computer generating the between frames ?

Is it totally hand drawn ?

Is it computer aided and if so, in what way ?

by whitten

3/31/2025 at 5:02:04 PM

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_vs._Acme#Visual_effects... it's a mix.

They apparently actually do have some completely hand-drawn sequences, but I expect the bulk of the animation will be 3D, with appropriate 2 - 2.5D surface shaders. For 3D, they'll probably go pose to pose, with the computer interpolating some things (like physics for floppy ears, say) and the animator manually tuning the intermediate poses for walks and interactions.

Most major 2D animation packages (ToonBoom, Moho, etc.) also have robust integrations now for mixing with real sets ( _everybody_ liked Who Framed Roger Rabbit...), but it doesn't seem that they used them too much.

by oofoe

3/31/2025 at 5:58:07 PM

There are really good shaders out there that get really really close to the hand drawn look. My personal favorite come from the Guilty Gear series.

by rtkwe

3/31/2025 at 7:00:18 PM

what if the movie is actually bad

by zzzbra

4/1/2025 at 11:01:53 AM

Then you can go rewatch "Hundreds of Beavers" for your actual slapstick comedy needs I guess?

by vanderZwan

3/31/2025 at 5:01:31 PM

However good the film might be, the color grading in that frame is distractingly fetid. Quit with the orange/teal mania already.

by BugsJustFindMe

3/31/2025 at 11:21:53 PM

I think it helps to make it look a bit older, no?

by echoangle