Warner Bros. Revs Up a Speedy Gonzales Solo Film

The Looney Tunes are progressively making a comeback to the large display screen, and the subsequent a part of that plan entails Speedy Gonzales.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, the quickest mouse in Mexico would be the subsequent character to get a movie all to himself. Main the cost for this movie is Jorge R. Gutiérrez, beforehand of The E book of Life, El Tigre, and and extra lately El Guapo vs. The Narco Vampires. In December, he teased the venture was in improvement, although at time of writing, there’s no author hooked up, and by extension no thought as to the plot.

I couldn’t be extra excited to bounce the Mexican Hat Dance with Speedy, such a legendary and iconic character! I can”t wait to share with the world the wonderful and spicy dish we’re cooking at WBPA. https://t.co/Bt3XpjpuZE

— Jorge R. Gutierrez (@mexopolis) January 17, 2026

Created by Robert McKimson and Fritz Freling, an early model Speedy Gonzales appeared within the 1953 Looney Tunes quick “Cat-Tails for Two” earlier than his official debut in his titular quick two years later. Just like different B-tier Looney characters like Marvin the Martian, Speedy’s round quite a bit, and is fairly standard with the Latin American neighborhood for his potential to get one over on guys like Sylvester and Daffy.

He’s additionally been in plenty of exterior Looney Tunes media like video video games, Virgin Media and Volkswagon commercials, and 2021’s House Jam: A New Legacy. Warner Bros. has truly been attempting to make a Speedy venture since 2010, the place George Lopez would’ve voiced him. These plans repeatedly fell by means of, with Mexican actor Eugino Derbez (who was hooked up to voice Speedy in 2016) pinning it on a worry of offending Hispanic people regardless of the character’s reputation with that demographic.

However now that Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Wile E. Coyote have opened the doorways, it’s Speedy’s time to shine. We’ll have extra on his solo film as information emerges.

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