The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

"To save the world, they'll have to stick together."

2024 1h 31m EN

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★7.5TMDB · 245

FamilyComedyAdventureAnimationScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Against all odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world!)...that is if they don't drive each other crazy in the process.

“To save the world, they'll have to stick together.”

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Cast

Eric Bauza
Porky Pig / Daffy Duck (voice)
Candi Milo
Petunia Pig / Old Lady (voice)
Peter MacNicol
The Invader (voice)
Fred Tatasciore
Scientist / Farmer Jim (voice)
Laraine Newman
Mrs. Grecht (voice)
Wayne Knight
Mayor (voice)
Ruth Clampett
Waitress Maude (voice)
Andrew Kishino
Floor Manager (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Browngardt
Writers: Kevin Costello, Alex Kirwan, Andrew Dickman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Joshua Moshier. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nick Simotas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Eric Bauza and Candi Milo and Peter MacNicol carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "To save the world, they'll have to stick together.".

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IMDB entry: tt15352542 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Peter Browngardt directs. Joshua Moshier scores. Nick Simotas cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 2 years ago.
2Original score by Joshua Moshier. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
3Editor Nick Simotas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Eric Bauza and Candi Milo and Peter MacNicol carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "To save the world, they'll have to stick together.".
6IMDB entry: tt15352542 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 10 themes, including "chewing gum", "zombie", "alien invasion", "buddy comedy".
8Released under 20 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Joshua Moshier
Editing: Nick Simotas
Production design: Aaron Spurgeon
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $15,076,954
Return: 101% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)

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Chris Sawin2024-11-20
★ 8/10
As a massive Looney Tunes fan, it was questionable whether or not The Day the Earth Blew Up would even see the light of day let alone be released theatrically. Originally conceived as an HBO Max (now Max) original, the company decided not to release it at all. Unlike Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical which was canceled mid-production and Coyote vs. Acme which is a fully completed film that was shelved, The Day the Earth Blew Up was shopped around to other distributors where GFM Animation picked it up for theatrical distribution. In The Day the Earth Blew Up, Porky and Daffy have practically been together since birth. They’re raised by a burly, bearded, lumberjack-looking farmer named Farmer Jim. As the two grow up together, Daffy is the crazier of the two whereas Porky kind of goes with whatever Daffy does without voicing how he feels. After Farmer Jim waddles off into the sunset (literally), Porky and Daffy are left with his home which they run into the ground over a handful of years. After trying to tend to various minor repairs before a neighborhood standards review, they are given ten days to fix the gigantic hole in their roof that they somehow overlooked. Otherwise, their house will be condemned. Meanwhile, a meteor has crash-landed on Earth which smashes through Porky and Daffy’s roof upon entry. The meteor brings a strange bright green alien goo with it. After Porky and Daffy struggle to find a job to help pay for their roof, gum flavor scientist Petunia Pig comes along and offers them jobs at the Goodie Gum factory. However, the scientist who discovered the meteor has been brainwashed by the goo and dumps more goo into the factory’s latest gum flavor batch that is shipping worldwide. Whoever chews this infected batch is turned into a gum-chewing zombie and the only one that knows about it is a lunatic duck that nobody believes. The Day the Earth Blew Up takes a ton of influence from Bob Clampett; not only from the Looney Tunes shorts he directed but his animation style as well. The film is traditional animation, which means it’s hand-drawn, and every line of dialogue has a variety of memorable facial expressions that feel like they’re lifted straight out of The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946). The animated sci-fi comedy has a long list of influences including several Bob Clampett shorts from 1946 including Kitty Kornered and Baby Bottleneck, old school creature features such as The Thing and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and surprisingly a meteor drilling story point that feels like it’s lifted straight out of Armageddon or The Core. The film has a whopping 11 credited writers and four story consultants, which after watching the film isn’t surprising. The film changes course and objectives countless times over an all-too-quick 90 minutes. For those unaware, when HBO Max launched it was the streaming location for animated content. Part of that content was a new batch of Looney Tunes Cartoons that ran for six seasons. These new shorts took heavy inspiration from the original Looney Tunes with crisp animation, were still totally gag-driven, and even had a more adult kind of vibe much like Ren and Stimpy. The Day the Earth Blew Up was created during that Looney Tunes Cartoons stint on Max, so it has similar high-quality animation. The film toys with lighting in a way that makes it feel like a classic horror film with drastic color changes and heavy shadows. And the monster and alien designs are so much fun. The lead alien, known only as The Invader, has a plan for Earth that is too absurd not to love. The Day the Earth Blew Up deserves all of the support it can get. The film feels like a last chance for the Looney Tunes franchise to be successful. Traditional animation is also rare these days. When the inevitable embrace of AI is just around the corner and everything animated relies on CGI these days, hand-drawn animation hasn’t looked this good since Cuphead. The Day the Earth Blew Up is a crazy unique take on alien invasion and zombie films with a Looney Tunes twist that is fun and hysterical. The eye-popping animation is gorgeous and glorious. This is a film for Looney Tunes fans, horror, sci-fi, and film fans alike. It captures the magic of the classics while delivering something entirely fresh and worthwhile.
Leno2025-12-09
★ 8/10
I unpretentiously watched this movie during a flight and regretted immediately not having watched it in the movie teather. this looney tunes meets dawn of the dead movie has duffy duck and pork piggy having to face an alien that turns most humans in their town into zombies. The movie is funny and duffy duck's dub artist did an outstanding job. the length of the movie goes very quickly and it's definitely worth watching.
CinemaSerf2026-02-08
★ 6/10
I saw this on my own in the cinema on Saturday morning, and that did make me wonder how relevant “Porky Pig” and “Daffy Duck” are to young audiences now, outside of the USA. There are really two parts to this story about a pair who have grown up together, imbued with a sense of teamwork and mutual affection by “Farmer Jim”. When a visitor from outer space relieves their home of a great chunk of it’s roof, they find themselves needing to find themselves a job for the first time in the lives to pay for repairs. “Porky” is the more sensible of the two, “Daffy” the more erratic and so their job-hunting isn’t without it’s incident. Then “Daffy” spots a zombified, green-eyed, scientist and next thing we know their chewing gum factory looks likely to be the base for a maniacal alien’s plans to conquer the world. Why? Well luckily our intrepid duo ally with the brainy piggy "Petunia” and she proves quite adept at finding a way to potentially save the day - armed with some rotten eggs, an old fire extinguisher, a children’s roundabout and some inspiration from “Armageddon” (1998). It’s a fairly action-packed animation that I felt could have done without the first twenty minutes, but then rattles along nicely with a baddie reminiscent of Charles Middleton’s “Ming” (1936) and an army of wind-up dentures. It isn’t really a cinema enterprise, but once it got going it managed the balance between slapstick, sci-fi and it’s messages of loyalty and friendship well enough and I quite enjoyed it.