Looney Tunes: Enter the Serververse (Johnsonverse)

Looney Tunes: Enter the Serververse is a 2021 American animated comedy film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was directed and produced by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone from a screenplay by TBA. It is the eleventh feature film in the Looney Tunes franchise. The film stars Jeff Bergman, Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen, Billy West, Kath Soucie, and Don Cheadle.
The film follows the Looney Tunes in a virtual multiverse fighting against a rogue artificial intelligence's avatars after Bugs is abducted by the AI. It was officially announced in 2014, with Brandt and Cervone announced as directors. It features music from composer Hans Zimmer.
Premiering in Los Angeles on July 12, Looney Tunes: Enter the Serververse was released nationwide in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on July 16, 2021, and through Warner Max for one month. The film grossed $350 million worldwide against a production budget of $105 million, and received generally positive reviews from critics for its script, humor, and acting.
== Plot ==
== Cast ==
* Jeff Bergman as Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Ralph Wolf, and Sam Sheepdog
* Joe Alaskey as Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Marvin the Martian, and Cool Cat
* Bob Bergen as Porky Pig and Tweety
* Billy West as Elmer Fudd
* Kath Soucie as Honey Bunny
* Don Cheadle as Al-G Rhythm, a self-aware and deceitful AI who presides over the Serververse. Cheadle was a fan of the Looney Tunes cartoons, so he accepted the role once it was pitched to him.
* B. J. Ward as Melissa Duck
* Jeannie Elias as Petunia Pig
* Tress MacNeille as Penelope Pussycat and Dot Warner
* Candi Milo as Granny
* Jim Cummings as Taz and Gossamer
* Paul Julian as the Road Runner (archive recordings, uncredited)
* Rob Paulsen as Yakko Warner
* Jess Harnell as Wakko Warner
* Eric Bauza, Kimberly Brooks, and Shelby Young as Additional Voices
Looney Tunes characters who appear in non-speaking roles include Wile E. Coyote, K-9, Beaky Buzzard, Cecil Turtle, Charlie Dog, The Three Bears, The Crusher, Witch Hazel, Rocky and Mugsy, Playboy Penguin, and Nasty Canasta.
== Production ==
=== Development ===
In February 2018, Warner Bros. officially announced that development of a Looney Tunes feature film had commenced.
=== Animation and visual effects ===
Visual effects for the Looney Tunes characters were provided by Lucasfilm's visual effects division, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). This is the second collaboration with the Looney Tunes in using ILM for visual effects since Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). The 2D animation was provided by Company 3 Animation, and Tonic DNA, who previously worked with Warner Bros. on Looney Tunes Cartoons.
In January 2020, veteran Walt Disney Animation Studios animators Mark Henn, Tony Bancroft, and the latter's brother Tom were hired by Warner Bros. Animation to work on the film. In March 2020, Brandt announced that work on the film's animation had commenced, while also revealing that the production had largely been unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic as most of the remaining work involved animation.
In July 2020, Dan Haskett, who has worked on the Looney Tunes since 1979, was hired to work in the animation department as well. Matt Williames, who had not worked with Warner Bros. since Looney Tunes: Back in Action, started doing animation for the film in August of the same year. In May 2020, Ole Loken, who worked extensively on animation hit Klaus, announced that he would serve as an animator on the film.
=== Music ===
In January 2020, Hans Zimmer was announced as the composer for the film.
== Marketing ==
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