You have to love it when a studio makes a martyr out of what the suits see as a write-off, and there may be no better example of that than Coyote vs. ACME, which probably wouldn’t have garnered so much attention from folks on the internet had it come out as originally intended a few summers ago. That would have been a shame, given that this movie looks genuinely funny as hell — we love a legal comedy, much like anybody who enjoys the Legally Blonde movies — so we’re weirdly thankful that Warner Bros. tried to can the hard work of a bunch of extremely talented people. And, thanks to Ketchup Entertainment, you’ll get to enjoy the fruits of their labor when it comes out at summer’s end. After a week of teases, Ketchup dropped the first trailer for the project earlier on Wednesday, and you should definitely check it out. Or strap yourself to some rocket-powered skates. Either/or.
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Here’s a synopsis for Coyote vs. ACME:
“After decades of being blown to bits by bombs, demolished by dynamite, mangled by magnets, battered by boulders, trampled by trains, tricked by tunnels, sprung by springs, steamrolled by steamrollers, maligned by misfires, bedeviled by bungees, rattled by rockets, backstabbed by bat suits, rocked by rocket skates, upended by unicycles, quaked by quake pills, rubberized by rogue bands, and hurled headlong off every cliff in the Southwest, Wile E. Coyote (Genius) finally fights back. Teaming up with billboard accident lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte), he takes on slick corporate counsel Buddy Crane (John Cena) and ACME, Inc., the profit-obsessed conglomerate behind every one of the Coyote’s chaotic catastrophes.”
Coyote vs. ACME will smash, crash and blow up the screens at your local multiplex on August 28. That Road Runner won’t stand a chance, this time.