Looney Tunes: Back in Action

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

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Directed by	Joe Dante
Produced by	Paula Weinstein Bernie Goldman
Written by	Larry Doyle
Based on	Looney Tunes by Warner Bros.
Starring	Brendan Fraser Jenna Elfman Timothy Dalton Joan Cusack Bill Goldberg Heather Locklear Steve Martin
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography	Dean Cundey
Edited by	Marshall Harvey Rick W. Finney
Production companies	Warner Bros. Feature Animation Baltimore Spring Creek Productions Goldmann Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	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

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, Rocky
• Billy West as Elmer Fudd
• Bob Bergen as Porky Pig
• Brendan Fraser as Tasmanian Devil
• Fred Armisen as She-Devil
• Maurice LaMarche as Blacque Jacque Shellacque
• June Foray as Granny
• Bruce Lanoil as Pepe Le Pew
• Jim Cummings as Hubie
• Rick Gomez as Bertie
• Eric Goldberg as Marvin the Martian
• Stephen Stanton as Pete Puma
• Rob Paulsen as Mac Gopher
• Jess Harnell as Tosh Gopher
• Danny Chambers as Cottontail Smith
• Will Ryan as Papa Bear
• Tress MacNeille as Mama Bear
• Jeff McCarthy as Michigan J. Frog
• Haley Joel Osment as Owl Jolson
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Mugsy
• Stan Freberg as Baby Bear
• Jeff Bennett as Yosemite Sam and Foghorn Leghorn
• Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo
• Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers
• Danny Mann as Robo Dog
• Peter Cullen as Gremlin 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.

Sequel

Looney Tunes Back in Action 2 is a sequel waiting for Gets release date April 29 2022.

Reception

Critics and audiences loved it but it didn't do well at the box office.