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When Coyote vs. Acme got shelved, Will Forte had little cartoon smoke clouds coming out of his ears. Okay, not really. But he did tell Entertainment Weekly that he felt a “white hot anger” over the movie being canned for a tax write-off in November 2023, which is basically the same thing. “Extreme frustration, fiery frustration, a lot of anger, white hot anger,” he explained of his emotions at the time. “But then ultimately, that’s mixed with pride in this movie we’ve done. And also, who knows? Everything happens for a reason, and it is certainly possible that the crazy journey that this movie is taking will help get more eyes on it, because it’s a story people know about a little bit. But I don’t think we needed this crazy journey.”
Coyote vs. Acme was originally scheduled to premiere sometime in 2023, first during the summer, then delayed to November. But once November came, it was seemingly all over for Will E. Coyote. Warner Bros. shared that it would no longer be releasing the film, along with Batgirl and Scoob Holiday Haunt, in order to receive a $30 million tax write-off. The movie was already finished and had received good reviews from test screenings, so the decision to call it off left Forte confused. But once he got a chance to watch the movie, he fought harder to get the movie back on the big screen. “I got to see it. I love it. I was so proud of it,” he concluded. “It was so maddening because it was this beautiful, special little movie that was something I would’ve been able to share with my kids.”
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