Steve Carell is attached to star in Warner Bros.'
Untitled ACME Warehouse Project, centering on
the company featured in the Looney Tunes
cartoon shorts.
No specific plot details have been revealed, but
the Acme Corporation's products are used in the
Looney Tunes shorts, most often by Wile E.
Coyote, in his pursuit of the Road Runner. This
movie will not focus on any of the Looney Tunes
characters, and is being planned as a CGI/live-
action hybrid. The project has been in
development since 2010, when Dan Hageman
and Kevin Hageman ( The Lego Movie ) sold their
original pitch to Warner Bros.
Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz ( X-Men: First
Class) have signed on to write the screenplay,
with Glenn Ficarra and John Requa in talks to
direct. If a deal is finalized, the directors will
reunite with Steve Carell , who starred in their
2011 romantic comedy Crazy Stupid Love . They
also directed I Love You Phillip Morris and the
upcoming Focus starring Will Smith .
Steve Carell will next be seen in Disney's
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day . Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz
have a number of projects in various stages of
development, such as Geostorm and reboots for
Power Rangers , Starship Troopers and The Fall
Guy .
Untitled Looney Tunes ACME Warehouse Project
comes to theaters in 2016 and stars Steve
Carell. The film is directed by Glenn Ficarra,
John Requa.
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