A new Bugs Bunny movie is seemingly in the works at Warner Brothers. Debuted in 1938, the iconic cartoon character gained popularity in a serial of blithe Looney Tunes shorts, becoming a cultural icon and the studio's official mascot. He made the jump to live-activeness/animation in 1996's Space Jam alongside Michael Jordan. After Space Jam's box part success, Bugs would return to the hybrid genre in Looney Tunes: Back in Action alongside Brendan Fraser. Years after, the beloved 1996 film finally received a proper sequel, Infinite Jam: New Legacy, which saw the Looney Tunes return alongside LeBron James.

Now, two years after Infinite Jam: Legacy was a box office failure, it appears Bugs Bunny is returning via a live-action/animation hybrid once once again. On his website, Robert Rugan announced he has "been hired to write a new hybrid alive-action/animation Bugs Bunny movie for Warner Brothers." He appears to have deleted the post soon subsequently, and the projection has yet to be officially appear by the studio. Rugan'south resume includes 2004's Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland and Netflix'south The Curse of Bridge Hollow.

How A New Bugs Bunny Motion-picture show Could Reinvent The Iconic Grapheme

Bugs Bunny munches on a carrot from Space Jam 2

Bugs Bunny'southward history with live-activeness/blitheness hybrids has been checky, to say the least. Space Jam was a box office success that is now regarded as a nostalgic classic, though it was never a critical favorite, Conversely, Looney Tunes: Dorsum in Activeness was a box-office bomb, though it did receive slightly more than positive reviews from critics. Space Jam: Legacy, which was released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max during the pandemic, was both a box part disappointment and a critical failure.

Because this checkered history, the new Bugs Bunny movie is likely left with no choice but to reinvent the iconic graphic symbol in the realm of alive-action/animation hybrid. The problem with past Looney Tunes live-activeness/animation hybrid movies is that they strip Bugs Bunny of his signature anarchical and slapstick style in favor of more family-friendly humor. If the adjacent Bugs Bunny motion-picture show has any chance of succeeding with both critics and audiences, perhaps information technology should embrace this element of the character that has long defined the iconic Looney Tunes shorts.

Source: Robert Rugan