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There’s a new Looney Tunes movie in theaters right now, yet Bugs Bunny — by far the biggest star of the franchise — is nowhere to be found. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, is the story of Daffy Duck and Porky Pig thwarting an alien invasion. And apart from Petunia Pig, no other recognizable Looney Tunes characters appear in it. It’s a bold choice, but also an exciting one: the 90-minute film allows for a fully-developed story to take place between the duo — one that feels like a natural progression of their comedic partnership that began 88 years ago.

Introduced in 1935, Porky Pig quickly became Warner Bros.’ first star cartoon character. This was likely because he was their first lead that wasn’t a direct Mickey Mouse ripoff. So Porky went on to star in all kinds of shorts in the mid-1930s, including Tex Avery’s Porky’s Duck Hunt,...

If you want to scratch that Looney Tunes itch after it was reported that the show is no longer streaming on Max, then you're in luck. Two Looney Tunes TV shows have found a new streaming home on Tubi. They will be available on the streaming platform immediately in April, giving fans more opportunities to watch these iconic cartoon characters. The two shows that will be released on Tubi are 2011's The Looney Tunes Show, and 1995's The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries. The Looney Tunes show was previously available on Max but was pulled along with other animated shows during the first week of 2025. Meanwhile, The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries was pulled off the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned platform in 2021, along with other titles like New Looney Tunes.

The original “Looney Tunes” has been removed from the streaming platform Max.

Since March 16, the “Looney Tunes” cartoon shorts series (1930-1969) has been pulled by the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer. The iconic Warner Bros. cartoon franchise has already been chipped away at by conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery after the corporate merger: “Looney Tunes” live-action hybrid film “Coyote vs. Acme” was scrapped by Wbd in 2023 before the film was set to start streaming on Max, taking a $30 million tax write-off instead. Wbd later announced that it had no plans to ever release the $70 million movie, and instead, the film was made available to be sold to another interested studio. The film was not picked up elsewhere. Wbd’s decision followed the similarly scrapped films “Batgirl” and animated feature “Scoob! Holiday Haunt.”

A source close to Wbd explained that the company has been publicly trying to step away from children’s programming,...

The original Looney Tunes animated shorts, a foundation of Warner Bros.’ legacy, have been removed from the Max streaming platform. Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed the decision, indicating a change in the company’s digital content approach.

The removal alters Max’s library, which previously featured classic cartoons spanning from 1930 to 1969. The company is shifting toward content aimed at adult and family audiences, reducing its focus on children’s programming. Similar actions include the removal of Sesame Street episodes and the shutdown of Cartoon Network’s website.

While the original shorts are no longer available, several later iterations of the franchise remain accessible. Titles still streaming on Max include Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020), New Looney Tunes (2015), Baby Looney Tunes (2002), Bugs Bunny Builders (2022), Tiny Toons Looniversity (2023), and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995). Fans looking for the classic shorts will now need to seek alternative viewing options.

The decision follows earlier confusion about the...

It's a rough time to be a Looney Tunesfan. The classic episodes of the original cartoon show are now harder to stream than ever after losing their streaming home.

Per Toon Hive, the remaining 255 episodes of the original Looney Tunes have been removed from Max. The news follows the franchise recently returning to the big screen for The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, which has drawn veyr high praise from critics. However, Looney Tunes fans had already been frustrated with Warner Bros. Discovery after another animated film, Coyote vs. Acme, was canceled from its release, possibly never to see the light of day.

The company also previously pulled over 250 Looney Tunes shorts. With the original cartoon show also vaulted, the only franchise titles left that are currently available to stream on Max include New Looney Tunes, Baby Looney Tunes, Bugs Bunny Builders, and the recent Looney Tunes Cartoon series.

That’s all folks.

The original Looney Tunes animated shorts, which ran during the golden age of animation from 1930 through 1969, have been scrubbed by Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Max.

Deadline confirmed with a representative that the original shorts are no longer on Max. This is part of a new plan whereby the streamer will prioritize adult and family programming. Children’s programming, such as Looney Tunes and Sesame Street before it, doesn’t fare as well and is no longer viewed as a priority.

Other spinoff versions of Looney Tunes remain on the service, including six seasons of 2020’s Looney Tunes Cartoons, two seasons of 2015’s New Looney Tunes (the third season and some episodes from Season 1 are not available), two seasons of 2002’s Baby Looney Tunes, 2021’s four-episode scripted podcast Looney Tunes Presents: Bugs and Daffy’s Thanksgiving Road Trip, two seasons of 2023’s Tiny Toons Looniversity and its...

First released in 1992, Boomerang allowed audiences to watch reruns of their favorite cartoons as well as a few Cartoon Network originals. As such, it's responsible for keeping classic animation studios like Hanna-Barbera alive and kicking well into the 21st century. By 2015, Boomerang was seen as second to Cartoon Network and began branching out into its own collection of original shows.

While some of these shows are not as popular as their Cartoon Network counterparts, they allowed certain cartoons to gain a new lease on life. So, whether it was a spin-off of an older show or a modernized upgrade, Boomerang ensured that the golden age of cartoons didn't fade into obscurity. Since fans have such a deep connection with these shows, it comes as no surprise that audiences are keen to rewatch them.

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According to a recent leak, MultiVersus had plans to add Daffy Duck and continue for a few more seasons. While fans initially welcomed the idea of incorporating Warner properties’ characters into Super Smash Bros.-style matches, the game shocked players by going offline in June 2023 and expected to return in May 2024.

MultiVersus is shutting down on May 30, 2025. | Credit: Player First Games.

When the game returned in 2024, the list of issues grew, and the two most common grievances from players were the grindy progression and the monetization strategies. Warner Bros. Games’ financial troubles, which began with the release of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, continued with MultiVersus. Hence, the company had no other option except to shut the game down.

MultiVersus would have offered much more if it hadn’t shut down The developers would have brought Daffy way before. | Credit: Warner Bros.

MultiVersus had intentions to release additional seasons and include Daffy Duck,...

Second only to Mel Blanc himself, voice actor Jeff Bergman has voiced the most Looney Tunes characters over the longest stretch of time. He “officially” got the gig — the reason for those quotes will become clear below — in 1989 when Bugs, Daffy and the rest became teachers on Tiny Toon Adventures. He’s continued on through dozens of other projects like 1990’s Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, 2011’s The Looney Tunes Show, 2015’s New Looney Tunes and last year’s Tiny Toons Looniversity reboot.

While he’s not the only person who’s voiced these characters since Blanc’s passing, he’s been among the most consistent. Which, of course, has steeped him in all sorts of Looney Tunes lore, as well as allowed him to make some of his own. Lore such as…

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If you’re trying to decide between Max and Netflix, you’re looking at two of the most impressive streaming services around. While Netflix is the default streamer for millions of people, we can make a case that Max is the better choice. Why? Let’s dig in.

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Max vs. Netfflix: Price

Max is $9.99 / month with ads, $16.99 ad-free, and $20.99 if you want 4K.

Netflix is $6.99 / month with ads or $15.49 to go ad-free, and $22.99 for the 4K option.

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We can make a case that Max has the best movie library of any streaming service since the Warner Bros. archive goes back 100 years and includes some of the biggest blockbusters ever created.

Comic book fans are no strangers to controversy, and the recent news surrounding Morph, a shape-shifting mutant from the Disney+ X-Men ’97, is no exception.

A still from X-Men ’97

While the character’s creator, Beau DeMayo, designated him as non-binary, the actor who voiced the character refused to label him as such. John Paul Karliak identifies himself a non-binary, is a queer activist and the leader of an LGBTQ+ organization.

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He has voiced many characters in different shows and games, including Wile E. Coyote in New Looney Tunes, Linus in The Stinky & Dirty Show, and N. Tropy in the Crash Bandicoot series. He’s also the voice of The Joker in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

X-Men ’97 Actor Holds Back Labeling Morph Non-Binary

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X-Men '97 serves as a continuation of the original animated series from the 1990s, though one character comes with a change for the new show.

In a new issue of Empire magazine showcasing X-Men '97, brief character profiles are given for several of the returning characters from X-Men: The Animated Series. With the shapeshifter Morph, it was revealed that X-Men '97 will feature a "lighter take on the character, who is nonbinary and has an interesting buddy relationship with Wolverine." Establishing Morph as nonbinary is a key change for the character, who had never been identified as nonbinary in the original show or any of the comic books. It's also teased that Morph's past with Mister Sinister will "come into play" in some way in X-Men '97.

Related X-Men '97 Showrunner Reveals How It Will Continue the Original Cartoon's Story Beau DeMayo discusses some of the visual decisions for...

A surprise The Fairly OddParents reunion video has arrived to make '90s kids nostalgic. The Nickelodeon animated series, which followed the magical adventures of 10-year-old Timmy Turner after discovering his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda, originally premiered in 2001. Between its original run and its speedy revival, the series ended up running for 10 seasons until 2017.

On her official Twitter account, Timmy Turner voice actor Tara Strong shared a video reuniting many of the original voice actors from the Fairly OddParents cast.

a fairly odd reunion...

Two animated legends go toe-to-toe in an exclusive Looney Tunes Cartoons clip. Developed by Uncle Grandpa creator Peter Browngardt, the HBO Max series brings back the full roster of iconic cartoon characters to the screen for more goofy adventures, namely Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, among others. With four successful seasons under its belt, Looney Tunes Cartoons is currently gearing up for its season 5 release.

Ahead of its return this week, Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive Looney Tunes Cartoons clip. The video comes from the short "Bulls-eye Bunny," in which Bugs Bunny is tasked with assisting Yosemite Sam in a knife-throwing show. True to form, however, Bugs takes the opportunity to get the better of the typically gun-toting cowboy-esque character. Watch the full clip below:

How Looney Tunes Cartoons Has Revived The Franchise

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Space Jam: A New Legacy was plagued with various controversies during its production, and now the movie has come under backlash once again following its release. Dave Alvarez, an artist and animator who worked as a character designer on the sequel, had sat down with his family to watch the movie as soon as it came out. His kids were particularly excited to see the movie "dad helped make," but as Alvarez tells his followers on Twitter, they were disappointed to see that he had been left uncredited on Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Over the years, Alvarez has worked on many Looney Tunes projects for Warner Bros. He has been credited as a character designer for the reboot series Looney Tunes Cartoons on HBO Max with other small screen credits including The Looney Tunes Show on Cartoon Network and Wabbit!/New Looney Tunes on Boomerang. As Alvarez laments in his social media post,...

Pepe Le Pew, the controversial Looney Tune skunk notorious for his sexually aggressive behavior, will not appear in any upcoming projects from Warner Bros. TV.

Deadline reported on Sunday that the cartoon skunk, who was introduced in 1945, will not appear in Warner Bros. TV’s upcoming “Space Jam: A New Legacy” film. Pepe Le Pew isn’t just getting benched for that upcoming feature; The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Monday that the character wouldn’t show up in any of the company’s other upcoming projects.

IndieWire has reached out to Warner Bros. TV for comment.

The Pepe reports surfaced several days after New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow wrote an article criticizing racism and other issues in children’s media. Blow argued that Pepe Le Pew, who is featured in a variety of old cartoons aggressively kissing and grabbing female characters against their will, “normalized rape culture.” Blow...

It’s been many years since Axl Rose released a note of new music or agreed to an in-depth interview, but the elusive Guns N’ Roses frontman has shown a surprising willingness to lend his voice to cartoons. Two years ago, he appeared on Boomerang’s New Looney Tunes where he saved the world from an asteroid by singing “Rock the Rock” with Bugs Bunny on guitar. And tonight he’ll be guesting on the network’s Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? where he’ll get to interact with Shaggy, Fred,...

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HBO Max is out with its list of everything coming and going from the new streaming service, and the list includes the 2019 film “Harriet” starring Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman.

The HBO Originals coming next month include season four of “Room 104,” HBO Europe’s “Foodie Love,” and documentaries like “Stockton on My Mind” and “Showbiz Kids.” Other films joining include “Motherless Brooklyn,” “Midway,” and “Last Christmas.”

Leaving at the end of the month are “Aquamarine,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Long Shot,” “Crimson Peak,” “The Sun Is Also a Star” and “X-Men.”

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Here is the full list of everything new and leaving in July:

July 1

Absolute Power, 1997

The Adventures of Pinocchio, 1996

The Amazing Panda Adventure, 1995

American Graffiti, 1973 (HBO)

American History X, 1998

Angels in the Outfield, 1951

Angus, 1995

August Rush, 2007

The Bachelor, 1999

Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, 1998

Batman and Harley Quinn , 2017

Batman vs.

There have been several different iterations of Looney Tunes (and by association Merrie Melodies) in recent years that have tried to update the classic cartoon characters with contemporary animation styles and modern day storylines. Unfortunately, the likes of The Looney Tunes Show, New Looney Tunes, and even Tiny Toon Adventures from the 1990s failed to […]

The post HBO Max’s New ‘Looney Tunes Cartoons’ Capture the Comedic Spirit and Style of the Classic Animated Shorts appeared first on /Film.

Duff McKagan is the latest Guns N’ Roses member to promise that, following their reunion tour, a new album from the band is in the works.

In an interview with Trunk Nation Friday, the bassist revealed that he has heard some of Axl Rose-penned music earmarked for Guns N’ Roses’ first LP since 2008’s Chinese Democracy, and the first Gn’R album with McKagan and Slash since 1993’s The Spaghetti Incident?

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Axl Rose has released his first new song in more than 10 years, but neither Slash nor anyone else in Guns N’ Roses is anywhere to be found. Rather, “Rock the Rock” made its premiere on an episode of “New Looney Tunes” with a backup band led by Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig. Watch and listen below if you don’t want 2008’s long-delayed “Chinese Democracy” to be the last time you hear Rose’s vocal stylings.

Rob Janas and Joshua Funk of “Looney Tunes” wrote the track, which clocks in at just over two minutes and was first heard on last month’s “Armageddon Outta Here, Part Two.” Per the title, its rock-and-roll power is used by Axl and his band to stave off an asteroid hurtling toward earth; clearly these “New Looney Tunes” have a near-utopian view of music’s ability to bind us together and, indeed, save the world.

Following weeks of speculation, Axl Rose has officially released “Rock the Rock,” his first new song in over a decade. The song, and Rose himself in cartoon form, appear in an episode of New Looney Tunes.

The episode, titled “Armageddon Outta Here, Part Two,” previously broadcasted in late-December, but Boomerang, the network that airs the animated series, confirmed the Guns N’ Roses singer’s involvement Friday.

“Rock the Rock” – which sounds more like Rose’s side project AC/DC than Guns N’ Roses – finds the singer and the Looney Tunes...

There’s nothing quite like curling up in front of the television early on a Saturday morning and watching your favorite cartoons with a bowl of cereal when you’re a child. And if you’re still those longing for the nostalgia of yesteryears, where Scooby-Doo solved mysteries and Yogi Bear stole plenty of picnic baskets, you’re in luck thanks to Boomerang.

Boomerang is a premium video streaming subscription service that features some classic cartoon favorites, including “Scooby-Doo,” “Tom & Jerry,” “Bugs Bunny,” “The Flintstones,” and “The Jetsons.” Boomerang is also the exclusive home to new originals like “Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz” and “Wacky Races,” and new seasons of fan-favorites “New Looney Tunes,” “Bunnicula” and more. Know someone who might love Boomerang? You can also gift an annual subscription for just $39.99.

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The spotlight shines on far more than the core trio of iconic stars of Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders. With the likes of primetime television veterans Steven Weber and Thomas Lennon leading the way, the full-length animated feature film boasts a supporting cast of notable voices from across all entertainment mediums and some of the best-loved animated properties.

Adam West (Batman), Burt Ward (Robin) and Julie Newmar (Catwoman) own top billing, but Weber (Wings, iZombie, NCIS: New Orleans) and Lennon (The Odd Couple, Reno 911!) – as trustworthy butler Alfred Pennyworth and Chief O’Hara, respectively – headline an impressive array of actors who were excited to give voice to a role in a Batman film.

In addition to Weber and Lennon, the cast includes:

Jeff Bergman as the Joker and the revered Announcer. Bergman is well known as a voice of Bugs Bunny for more than a quarter of a century...

The spotlight shines on far more than the core trio of iconic stars of Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders. With the likes of primetime television veterans Steven Weber and Thomas Lennon leading the way, the full-length animated feature film boasts a supporting cast of notable voices from across all entertainment mediums and some of the best-loved animated properties. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has also released five new photos offering our first look at new characters in the animated movie.

Adam West (Batman), Burt Ward (Robin) and Julie Newmar (Catwoman) own top billing, but Weber (Wings, iZombie, NCIS: New Orleans) and Lennon (The Odd Couple, Reno 911!) - as trustworthy butler Alfred Pennyworth and Chief O'Hara, respectively - headline an impressive array of actors who were excited to give voice to a role in a Batman film. In addition to Weber and Lennon, the cast includes Jeff Bergman as the Joker and the revered Announcer.