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Coyote vs. Acme release date: When the long-anticipated Looney Tunes movie finally debuts

The movie also features Will Forte and John Cena.

Guides by Avery Kaplan, Contributing writer

Published on Tue Apr 28 2026

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In the vein of classic courtroom films like Kramer vs. Kramer and A Few Good Men, a new legal cinematic masterpiece is heading to a theater near you this summer. Naturally, I'm referring to Coyote vs. Acme, the long-awaited Looney Tunes live-action/animated feature. So, when can you mark the theatrical release date for Coyote vs. Acme on your personal planner?

The Coyote vs. Acme release date is August 28th, 2026 in theaters. It has been quite a while since the movie was shelved by Warner Brothers in 2023. Fortunately, the movie was subsequently saved in March 2025 by The Day the Earth Blew Up distributor Ketchup Entertainment. And naturally, it's just one of the many big-screen release dates to keep in mind this summer. Here's the official teaser trailer for Coyote Vs. Acme:

Coyote vs. Acme stars Will Forte and John Cena. The screenplay was written by Samy Burch from a story by Burch, James Gunn and Jeremy Slater, itself based on the 1990 New Yorker article of the same name by Ian Frazier. The storyline sees the long-suffering Wile E. Coyote bringing a lawsuit against the Acme Corporation, the company famous for selling apparently inferior Road Runner eradication equipment. (And, judging by the trailer, there might be more than a little bit of in-joking about the Acme Corporation as a whole, as well.)

The release date for Coyote vs. Acme in theaters is August 28th, 2026.

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Avery Kaplan: Avery lives and writes in Southern California. She is the co-author of Double Challenge: Being LGBTQ and a Minority with her spouse, Rebecca Oliver Kaplan. Avery is Features Editor at Comics Beat, and you can also find her writing on StarTrek.com, The Gutter Review, Geek Girl Authority, and in the margins of the books in her personal library.