Ketchup entertainment dropped the trailer for ”The day the earth was blown up: a Looney Tunes movie ” On February 28 before the theater release on March 14. India picked up Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Sci-Fi Origin Story last year after Warner Bros. Discovery killed it for tax purposes (as live-action/animated Looney Tunes hybrid “Coyote vs. Acme“).
Franchise’s first completely 2D animated theater feature finds Daffy and Porky (both expressed by Eric Bauza) who stumble on a secret foreign plot to take over the world via mind-control and chewing gum. But they try to rubber up the work with their endless discoveries.
Director Peter Browngardt (“Looney Tunes Cartoons”) captures admirable essence in the crazy odd couple with width and warmth and channels the upsetting look and gags from his favorite Warner Bros. -The director Bob Clampett. “We wanted the audience to care about these characters,” Browngardt said to IndieWire, “but still realized that we are trying to make a cartoon here. And cartoons is a kind of art about the impossible, so you can do the classic looney Tunes -Surrealist jokes or slapstick and drive what a character can do in animation. “
The 1950s sci-fi fans were inspired by “The Day the Earth stood still” with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby “Road” movies. Warner Bros. Animation was presented in Cinemascope and did the majority of the work, using Tonic DNA, Powerhouse Animation, Snipple and Titmouse Vancouver.
Browngardt chose Daffy and Porky because they are the only Looney Tunes Buddy characters who are not trying to kill each other. They also give an appealing emotional core to hang film on. Daffy represents chaos, porky counters with order, and they drive each other nuts about to become BFF. Their designs were modeled after the 40’s Clampett style.
Among the highlights is the Busby Berkeley-Esque musical number “Press the button, pull in the crank”, influenced by Art Deco posters with lots of pink (reminiscent of surrealism by “Pink Elephants on Parade” from “Dumbo”) and a assembly there Where Montage was where Daffy and Porky are fired from a series of gigs that end violently for their employers.
Michael Baum served as a line producer, Alex Kirwan as a supervisory producer and Browngardt and Sam register as executive producers. Nick Cross was art leader and Aaron Spurgeon was the production designer. Voice talent also includes Candi Milo, Peter Macnicol, Wayne Knight and Laraine Newman.
