In the past year or so, Warner Bros. has made some major business decisions, which the powers that be have felt are for the betterment of the company. That includes shelving certain projects that have already been filmed. WB made headlines for scrapping DC’s Batgirl movie in 2022 and, this week, it was confirmed that the same fate befell Looney Tunes romp Coyote vs. Acme. Since the news dropped, a number of notable creatives – including several who worked on the film – have spoken out. We can now count Gary Whitta among them, as the veteran screenwriter had some honest thoughts to share about the studio’s decision.
Gary Whitta is certainly no stranger to working with massive studios in Hollywood. During the course of his career, he’s worked on big movies like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and The Book of Eli, which was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. When he learned about the fate of Coyote vs. Acme, Whitta took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to weigh in on the ongoing discussion surrounding the matter. In short, he can’t understand why the choice to shelve the film was made:
