Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Directed by	Joe Dante
Written by	Larry Doyle
Based on	Looney Tunes by Warner Bros.
Produced by	Paula Weinstein Bernie Goldman
Starring	Brendan Fraser Jenna Elfman Timothy Dalton Joan Cusack Bill Goldberg Heather Locklear Steve Martin
Cinematography	Dean Cundey
Edited by	Marshall Harvey Rick W. Finney
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
Production companies	Warner Bros. Feature Animation Baltimore Spring Creek Productions Goldmann Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	November 9, 2003 (2003-11-09) (premiere) November 14, 2003 (2003-11-14) (United States)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$80 million
Box office	$68.5 million

Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a 2003 live-action/animated spy comedy movie directed by Joe Dante.

Plot

At the Warner Bros. Movie Studios, Daffy Duck reads a script for a Looney Tunes cartoon and was unhappy that he gets blasted by Elmer Fudd multiple times in the script. Stuntman DJ Drake chased him as Daffy Duck takes a Batmobile and crashes it to the Warner Bros. water tower. Daffy and DJ get fired from the studios.

Cast

• Brendan Fraser as DJ Drake and himself
• Jenna Elfman as Kate Houghton
• Steve Martin as ACME Chairman
• Timothy Dalton as Damien Drake
• Joan Cusack as Mother
• Ron Perlman as ACME VP, Never Learning
• Peter Graves as himself
• Matthew Lillard as himself

Voice cast

• Joe Alaskey as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Beaky Buzzard, Sylvester and Mama Bear
• Billy West as Elmer Fudd and Peter Lorre
• Bob Bergen as Porky Pig
• Brendan Fraser as Tasmanian Devil
• Jeff Bennett as Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn and Nasty Canasta
• Bruce Lanoil as Pepé Le Pew
• Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo
• Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers
• June Foray as Granny
• Danny Chambers as Cottontail Smith
• Stan Freberg as Baby Bear
• Will Ryan as Papa Bear
• Danny Mann as Robo Dog and Spy Car

Production

The movie was originally going to be called Spy Jam but it was changed to Looney Tunes: Back in Action to prevent associations with Space Jam.

Reception

Critics and audiences loved it but it did not do well at the box office.