‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Star Will Forte, Director Celebrate Film Finally Hitting Theaters After Being Shelved by Warner Bros.: “Proof Movies Don’t Just Go Away”

"Persistence and resilience have truly won the day," filmmaker Dave Green wrote on social media Friday.

Coyote vs. Acme has made its way to theaters, and director Dave Green is expressing his gratitude. “COYOTE VS. ACME IS FINALLY, GLORIOUSLY, IN THEATERS NOW. Which means one thing. WE WON,” Green shared on Instagram. “You can go see this movie. In a theater. In your favorite seat. With your favorite snacks. With your…

What do you do when you think your movie will never see the light of day? Have a “funeral screening,” of course. That’s exactly what the team behind “Coyote vs. Acme” did when they feared the live-action-animation hybrid comedy was locked in the Warner Bros. vault for good. Luckily, after WB. shelved the project, Ketch