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Brendan Fraser to Star With
``Looney Tunes'' in Their Return to the Big Screen
Warner Bros. Pictures Begins Production on Feature Film and Series of "Looney
Tunes" Theatrical Shorts
Warner Bros.' antic band of animated entertainers, the "Looney Tunes," will
star alongside Brendan Fraser ("The Mummy," "George of the Jungle," "The Quiet
American") as Warner Bros. Pictures begins production on its feature film
"Looney Tunes: Back in Action" on July 29, just two days after Bugs Bunny's
birthday. In addition, the studio is producing a series of animated theatrical
shorts starring the "Looney Tunes" that will share the marquee with other Warner
Bros. Pictures releases. The announcement was made today by Lorenzo di
Bonaventura, President of Worldwide Production, Warner Bros. Pictures. The
feature film is being produced in anticipation of a November 2003 release.
Directed by Joe Dante ("Gremlins," "Small Soldiers") and produced by Bernie
Goldmann (former head of production at Village Roadshow Pictures), "Looney
Tunes: Back in Action" is written by Larry Doyle ("Duplex," "The Simpsons") and
executive produced by Chris deFaria ("Cats & Dogs") and Doyle.
The story, which begins on a studio backlot and careens all over the map in the
time-honored style of the "Looney Tunes," stars Fraser and the familiar, beloved
assortment of animated characters led by Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Taz and Tweety,
but set in a live-action world where animated and "real" characters interact for
maximum comic effect. Our celluloid heroes embark on a comic adventure that
takes them from Hollywood to Las Vegas and into the jungles of Africa in search
of Fraser's character's missing father and the mythical Blue Diamond.
In advance of the 2003 release of "Looney Tunes: Back in Action," Warner Bros.
will premiere a series of "Looney Tunes" animated theat
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