‘The Day The Earth Blew Up’ Director Peter Browngardt On Making “Whirlwinds Of Characters” Relatable & Finding That Classic ‘Looney Tunes’ Style

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After working on many Looney Tunes shorts, director Peter Browngardt decided to take on the challenge of bringing the characters into a feature length film with The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.

Although he has experience with the characters at this point, Browngardt still says the animation style is one of the trickiest to get right, and even harder to teach to new animators.

The film follows Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, as the pair become Earth’s only hope when faced with the threat of an alien invasion.

In traditional Looney Tunes fashion, the story takes comedic twists and turns, from trying to raise money to repair a roof to battling gum zombies, though the longer form storytelling presented the opportunity for character growth in a world where characters never really change from story to story. DEADLINE: It’s interesting watching a longer form version of Looney Tunes, since they never really need to learn a lesson in the shorts.