Will Forte Says Warner Bros. Shelving ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Ignited ‘White Hot Anger’ but Might ‘Help Get More Eyes on It’ When It Opens in Theaters Three Years Later

Mar 2, 2026 12:52pm PT Will Forte Says Warner Bros. Shelving ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Ignited ‘White Hot Anger’ but Might ‘Help Get More Eyes on It’ When It Opens in Theaters Three Years Later By Zack Sharf Plus Icon Zack Sharf Digital News Director ZSharf Latest Zack Snyder Says ‘Go F— Yourselves’ If You Think His Fans Are ‘Toxic’ and Defends ‘Batman v Superman’ 10 Years Later: ‘Do You Really Want a Movie Where the Decisions Have Been Made in a Boardroom?’ 3 days ago Chris Hemsworth Says Moving Out of L.A. Was the ‘Greatest Decision’ Because ‘Nothing Was Shooting There’ and ‘You’d Come Home’ to Paparazzi 3 days ago Hilary Duff Crashed ‘Freaky Friday’ Premiere Because Lindsay Lohan Was Her ‘Childhood Feud’ and ‘Nemesis’; They Squashed Their Beef Later Over Shots 5 days ago See All Will Forte told Entertainment Weekly in a new interview that he’s hopeful the mess Warner Bros . created when it canceled the release of “ Coyote vs. Acme ” will “get more eyes” on the film when it finally opens in theaters this August. “Extreme frustration, fiery frustration, a lot of anger, white hot anger,” Forte told the publication when asked what his immediate response was to the movie being shelved. “But then ultimately, that’s mixed with pride in this movie we’ve done. And also, who knows? Everything happens for a reason, and it is certainly possible that the crazy journey that this movie is taking will help get more eyes on it, because it’s a story people know about a little bit. But I don’t think we needed this crazy journey.” Related Stories Amazon's Ring Scraps Police-Notification Partnership After Backlash Over Super Bowl Ad About AI-Enabled Dog Finder