《土狼与ACME》：被华纳抛弃后重获新生的动画电影

It was the “Th-th-th-that’s all, folks!” heard around the globe. “I did feel like an anvil had been dropped on me,” recalls director Dave Green, describing the morning in late 2023 when Coyote Vs Acme — his Who Framed Roger Rabbit-esque frenzy of live-action and animation — vanished from cinema release schedules like Road Runner around a Mesa mountain bend. When the $70 million-budget film, starring Will Forte, Lana Condor and John Cena opposite some of the most iconic cartoon characters of all time, was scrapped by Warner Bros., the announcement sparked worldwide headlines. It was heartbreaking for the cast and crew, who “really thought it would never see the light of day,” writer Samy Burch. …