Warner Bros. Reverses Coyote vs ACME Decision After Public Outrage

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On November 9th, Warner Bros Pictures announced that they were shelving an already completed film starring John Cena, Coyote vs. Acme. But now, after the outrage from the crew and the public, the studio is actually reversing it’s decision.

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00:00 On November 9th, Warner Bros. Pictures announced that they were shelving an already completed

00:03 film starring John Cena, Coyote vs. Acme.

00:07 But now, after outrage from the crew and the public, the studio is actually reversing its

00:12 decision.

00:14 In case you missed it, Warner Bros. was planning on scrapping their $72 million dollar movie

00:19 in order to get a $30 million dollar tax write-off.

00:22 This isn't the first time the company has done this, as Batgirl and Scoob Holiday Haunt

00:26 were also locked in the Warner Bros. vault.

00:29 However, the internet and the crew of Coyote vs. Acme slammed the studio online when this

00:34 news broke.

00:35 Crew members from all departments shared behind the scene videos, and while most have been

00:39 claimed for copyrights, filmmakers who had seen the movie came out of the woodworks to

00:43 sing its praises.

00:45 And many users online slammed the studio for this course of action, and even questioned

00:49 the legality of its practice.

00:52 And it seems like everything worked, as Warner Bros. will now allegedly let the filmmakers

00:56 of Coyote vs. Acme shop the movie to other potential distributors.

01:01 According to Deadline, Amazon Prime, Apple, and Netflix are all interested in potentially

01:05 acquiring the film, and screenings are being set up for the streamers this week.

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