New ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Image Proves This Long-Delayed Looney Tunes Movie Was Worth Saving

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Published May 29, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT

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Some movies are a victory for an audience, but this one is a victory for everyone involved. The creatives behind it, the hardworking team that put the film together, the actors, and of course, the coyote. The world's favorite film that nearly never made it, Coyote vs. Acme, is finally getting the theatrical release it deserves from Ketchup Entertainment after the most dramatic road to the big screen in recent memory, and we could not be more thrilled about it.

Sometimes, the good guys do win. Sometimes, the good guy is a coyote who loves mail-order explosives that have a dreadful reliability rate, and a deeply unfortunate run of bad luck with birds. Does that mean the coyote actually wins? Well, we'll see, but Coyote vs. Acme has become one of those rare Hollywood stories where the behind-the-scenes drama became almost as compelling as the movie itself, but Collider is thrilled to bring an exclusive look at the upcoming mayhem to our viewers as part of our Summer Preview Event. And we promise you, this image is going to become a meme before long. It can be used for everything. Poor Wile E. Coyote, everyone underestimates you.

As for the plot of the movie, the official synopsis for Coyote vs. Acme reads:

"After all of the products made by ACME Corporation backfire on Wile E. Coyote, in his pursuit of the Road Runner, he hires an equally-unlucky human attorney to sue the company. When Wile E.'s lawyer finds out that his former law firm's intimidating boss is ACME's CEO, he teams up with Wile E. to win the court case against him."

Who Stars in 'Coyote vs. Acme'?

Coyote vs. Acme stars Will Forte (Nebraska) as Kevin Avery, Wile E. Coyote’s lawyer; Lana Condor (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) as Paige Avery, Kevin’s daughter; John Cena (The Suicide Squad) as Buddy Crane, ACME’s intimidating lawyer; P.J. Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street) as Bill Pellicano, another ACME lawyer; Tone Bell (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) as an ally of Wile E. Coyote and Kevin; Martha Kelly (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as another ally; Luis Guzmán (Boogie Nights) as the judge; and Eric Bauza (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem) as several Looney Tunes characters.