No More Guns For Elmer Fudd In HBO Max ‘Looney Tunes’ Reboot

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One of the most iconic animated cartoon characters will be losing a big part of his persona when HBO Max debuts its new reboot of “Looney Tunes”.

According to The New York Times, when the new version of the classic toon hits the new Warner Bros.-owned streaming service Bugs Bunny’s nemesis Elmer Fudd will no longer be armed.

The the updated “Looney Tunes” will retain the violence and mayhem of the original shorts, courtesy of anvils, dynamite, etc., there will be one exception: no firearms. “We’re not doing guns,” Peter Browngardt, “Looney Tunes” executive producer and showrunner, told the Times. “But we can do cartoony violence — TNT, the ACME stuff.