The animated feature The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is premiering on digital streaming this week.
Based on Warner Bros. Animation’s famed Looney Tunes cartoons, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is a 2D hand-drawn animated film and the first fully animated feature-length film in Warner Bros. Animation’s Looney Tunes history.
Directed by Pete Browngardt, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie debuted in theaters on March 14. The summary for the movie reads, “Porky Pig and Daffy Duck (both voiced by Eric Bauza) venture to the big screen as unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot.
“Faced with cosmic odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world!) … that is if they don’t drive each other totally looney in the process.”
In addition to Bauza, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie stars the voices of Candy Milo as Petunia Pig, Peter MacNicol as The Invader, Laraine Newman as Mrs. Grecht and Wayne Knight as the Mayor.
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Ketchup Entertainment.
Prime Video has the release date for The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie listed for Tuesday, April 15.
In addition to Prime Video, the film will be available for purchase for $24.99 or rental for 48 hours on various digital platforms including Fandango at Home and AppleTV.
Stars Say ‘The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie’ Nabs Essence Of Classic Looney Tunes Cartoons
In a March 14 interview with United Press International, Eric Bauza — who voices Porky Pig and Daffy Duck in The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie — was confident that the film captured the essence of the Looney Tunes cartoons from the 1940s.
“This one definitely leans into more of the Bob Clampett era of the Porky and Daffy shorts, right down to the look of just how they are designed,” Bauza told UPI.
Candy Milo — who voices Petunia Pig — said the reason the era was captured in the film was due to the passion director Pete Browngardt and the creatives at Warner Bros. Animation have for the Looney Tunes of that era.
“There are people that get that ’40s sensibility and Pete Browngardt is one of them,” Milo told UPI. “We also have Sam Register at the helm at Warner Brothers [Animation] and he loves the 40s Looney Tunes.”
‘The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie earned an 87% “fresh” rating based on 94 reviews from Rotten Tomatoes critics, while audiences gave the film an 89% “fresh” score on RT’s Popcornmeter based on 500-plus verified user ratings.
In theaters, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie has earned nearly $8.7 million domestically and $2.2 million internationally for a worldwide gross of $10.9 million. The film had a $15 million production budget before prints and advertising, per The Numbers.
Rated PG, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie arrives on PVOD on Tuesday.