{"id":95902,"date":"2025-07-27T05:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95902\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T05:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:11:09","slug":"comic-con-2025-peacemaker-coyote-v-acme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95902\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic-Con 2025: ‘Peacemaker,’ ‘Coyote v. Acme’"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO (AP) \u2014 Director James Gunn got an ovation from thousands for \u201cSuperman\u201d<\/a> in the most fitting place of all \u2014 Comic-Con<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Among the highlights of day three of the San Diego pop culture spectacular was a sincere tribute to the director who\u2019s now helming Warner Bros.\u2019 DC Comics screen universe, even if John Cena played it for laughs.<\/p>\n

It came at a panel on the forthcoming Season 2 of DC\u2019s HBO series \u201cThe Peacemaker,\u201d and Cena appeared in the title character\u2019s full comic costume and grand helmet, leading the legions in the kind of exaggerated drama he was perfect at provoking in his wrestling days.<\/p>\n

It was Gunn\u2019s first time in front of a crowd in the weeks since \u201cSuperman\u201d was released and has earned more than $200 million in North America. <\/p>\n

\u201cToday has been the most fun day I\u2019ve had in a year,\u201d Gunn told the crowd at the end of the session. <\/p>\n

\u201cSuperman\u201d was his first film as captain of the DC ship, but his first foray was in 2021\u2019s \u201cThe Suicide Squad,\u201d which spawned the \u201cPeacemaker\u201d TV series.<\/p>\n

The crowd saw scenes from Season 2, which arrives in August and sees Cena entering another dimension where he gets to be a cool version of the hero instead of the often pained and pathetic version that\u2019s typical of the character. Some characters from \u201cSuperman\u201d will make appearances. <\/p>\n

That panel followed another rousing showcase in Hall H, where star Ryan Gosling and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller showed scenes from their forthcoming science-comedy space adventure \u201cProject Hail Mary.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The scenes from the film set for release in March included a look at Rocky, a faceless, stone-shaped alien who becomes Gosling\u2019s unlikely partner in an attempt to save the universe from ecological disaster. <\/p>\n

Saturday morning cartoons in Hall H<\/p>\n

Wile E. Coyote is getting his day in court \u2014 and theaters.<\/p>\n

The stars of \u201cCoyote vs. Acme\u201d delivered a rousing presentation Saturday morning of a movie that at one point wasn\u2019t going to be released<\/a> but is now bound for theaters in August 2026. The underdog story \u2013 both of the movie and Coyote \u2014 was a running theme of the panel. But rather than direct ire at Warner Bros., the real-world studio that shelved the project, the panel focused on the fictional Acme Corp.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is purely an Acme decision \u2026 and I am saying this for legal purposes,\u201d moderator Paul Scheer said at the start of the panel.<\/p>\n

The movie is a hybrid of animation and live action and is based on a 1990 New Yorker article that satirized a legal complaint filed by Coyote against Acme, the maker of the TNT, detonators, rocket shoes, catapults and other products that consistently backfire during the Coyote\u2019s fruitless attempts to catch the Roadrunner.<\/p>\n

Laughter filled Hall H as some 6,000 watched a montage of Coyote being blown up, flattened and falling into chasms in a scene set to Johnny Cash\u2019s cover of \u201cHurt.\u201d Coyote is replaying the moments in his lair when an ad for a personal injury lawyer appears on TV.<\/p>\n

They also played six minutes of the movie, including a scene of opening statements in the case in which Coyote\u2019s lawyer, Will Forte, accidentally unleashes a rocket skate into the courtroom, setting Coyote and the judge\u2019s robes on fire. Cena plays a slick Acme lawyer who wins over the jury, which includes a cartoon character, quickly.<\/p>\n

Forte said he didn\u2019t think the movie would ever get to audiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty speechless. You think back to the journey that this movie has taken. I had kind of given up hope at a certain point,\u201d Forte said. At one point, his comments were interrupted by a man playing an Acme lawyer who stormed into Hall H with cease-and-desist letters.<\/p>\n

Director Dave Green said the movie conforms to famed animator Chuck Jones\u2019 rules for the struggle between the Coyote and Roadrunner, which include the bird always staying on the road and the Coyote being ultimately more humiliated than hurt when he falls, is crushed or gets blown up by TNT.<\/p>\n

The movie, which features cameos from numerous Looney Tunes characters like Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety and Bugs Bunny, will be released on Aug. 28, 2026. Ketchup Entertainment teamed up with Warner Bros. on the film and in the release of \u201cThe Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also on Saturday morning, the cast of \u201cBad Guys 2\u201d teasing new footage from the movie and describing how they recorded their characters.<\/p>\n

Marc Maron, who plays Snake, joked he asked to be tied up as he performed his lines on the floor. \u201cThe depth of the character should read a little more this time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The film, based on the graphic novel series by Aaron Blabey, introduces a new crew of animal criminals, the Bad Girls played by Danielle Brooks, Natasha Lyonne and Maria Bakalova.<\/p>\n

\u2018Star Trek\u2019 ventures to new places<\/p>\n

Paramount showed off its first footage from a new series, \u201cStarfleet Academy,\u201d which stars Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti.<\/p>\n

The show follows cadets as they go through training, with Hunter serving as chancellor of the academy.<\/p>\n

It will arrive in 2026, the 60th anniversary year of the original \u201cStar Trek\u201d series.<\/p>\n

Paramount+’s other \u201cStar Trek\u201d series, \u201cStrange New Worlds,\u201d also shared updates.<\/p>\n

The crew of the USS Enterprise are being turned into puppets for an upcoming \u201cStrange New Worlds\u201d episode, Paramount announced Saturday. The puppets will be created by Jim Henson\u2019s Creature Shop.<\/p>\n

Season 3, which follows the adventures of the Enterprise under the command of Capt. Christopher Pike, is being released on Paramount+.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s happened at Comic-Con 2025 so far<\/p>\n

An estimated 135,000 people \u2014 many in costumes<\/a> \u2014 are expected to attend Comic-Con 2025, which runs through Sunday in downtown San Diego.<\/p>\n

So far, fans have gotten previews of \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2,\u201d<\/a>the upcoming FX series \u201cAlien: Earth\u201d<\/a> and \u201cPredator: Badlands,\u201d which will be in theaters in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (AP) \u2014 Director James Gunn got an ovation from thousands for \u201cSuperman\u201d in the most fitting…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[63157,7701,64,2059,276,63150,63153,63154,15661,57578,59951,63156,171,57,63149,956,63158,5234,63151,59952,59953,53,56782,63148,63155,63152,23898,3549,399,61,67,132,68,1016],"class_list":{"0":"post-95902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-aaron-blabey","9":"tag-animation-and-comics","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-ca-state-wire","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-chris-miller","14":"tag-christopher-pike","15":"tag-chuck-jones","16":"tag-comic-con","17":"tag-comic-con-international","18":"tag-danielle-brooks","19":"tag-dave-green","20":"tag-entertainment","21":"tag-general-news","22":"tag-holly-hunter","23":"tag-james-gunn","24":"tag-jim-henson","25":"tag-john-cena","26":"tag-johnny-cash","27":"tag-marc-maron","28":"tag-maria-bakalova","29":"tag-movies","30":"tag-natasha-lyonne","31":"tag-paul-giamatti","32":"tag-paul-scheer","33":"tag-phil-lord","34":"tag-ryan-gosling","35":"tag-san-diego","36":"tag-television","37":"tag-u-s-news","38":"tag-united-states","39":"tag-unitedstates","40":"tag-us","41":"tag-will-forte"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114923482947873259","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}