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AMAZON'S PRIME VIDEO LEADING CANDIDATE TO ACQUIRE CENA'S LOONEY TUNES FILM, APPLE ALSO CHASING JOHN CENA FILM

Our old friend Chuck Carrol sent word that DeadlineHollywood.com is reporting Amazon's Prime Video is the leading candidate to acquire the shelved WBD John Cena Coyote vs. Acme film while Apple is also circling the film with private screenings set for later this week.

It was revealed this morning that Warner Bros. Discovery executives were allowing the filmmakers of the $70 million live action/CGI hybrid Looney Tunes film, to shop the movie to other potential distributors.  Originally, they were slated to lock the film in the vault and never release it to take a $30 million tax break.

Coyote vs Acme tells the tale of "a down-on-his-luck (human) attorney who takes on Wile E Coyote. as a client in his suit against Acme over its defective products, only to discover that his boss at his former law firm is representing Acme."  Cena plays the former boss,

“With the re-launch of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation in June, the studio has shifted its global strategy to focus on theatrical releases,” a WB Motion Picture Group spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement. “With this new direction, we have made the difficult decision not to move forward with Coyote vs Acme. We have tremendous respect for the filmmakers, casts, and crew, and are grateful for their contributions to the film.”

Production took place last year in New Mexico.

WBD had decided not to release the film in order to take a big tax break.  They had made similar decisions on a Scooby Doo animated film that was finished, Holiday Haunt as well as most famously, a Batgirl live action film film that was to have featured Michael Keaton, which was in post-production at the time the film was shut down.

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