Will Forte & Lana Condor Join John Cena's Looney Toons Movie Coyote vs. Acme
Will Forte and Lana Condor are set to join John Cena in the Looney Toons movie Coyote vs. Acme. The film is described as a live-action/animated hybrid with the comically inept Wile E. Coyote as its central character. A staple of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup, the cunning coyote was typically seen doggedly pursuing the speedy Road Runner with the aid of useless and over-the-top contraptions provided by the Acme Corporation.
Deadline reports that Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte will join the cast of Coyote vs Acme along with All the Boys I've Loved Before star Lana Condor. They join the WWE wrestler turned Hollywood star John Cena in the film. Will Forte is coming off his popular TV series MacGruber, in which he reprises his popular Saturday Night Live character. Lana Condor recently starred in Netflix's To All the Boys: Always and Forever, the second sequel to her breakout film.
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Coyote vs. Acme follows Wile E. Coyote after his Acme Corporation products fail him one too many times. He hires a lawyer (Forte) to sue the Acme Corporation over its defective products, pitting him against his menacing former boss portrayed by Peacemaker star Cena. It is unclear what role Lana Condor will play in the upcoming film.
The family comedy will be directed by Dave Green, known for his work on Earth to Echo and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Along with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, screenwriter Samy Burch has been tapped to write the film as an adaptation of a 1990 article from the New Yorker titled, «Coyote vs. Acme» by Ian Frazier. Gunn and Chris DeFaria are producing the film under Gunn's Two Monkeys, A Goat and
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