Overview
- The Book of Life filmmaker Jorge R. Gutiérrez has been set to helm a feature centered on the Looney Tunes character Speedy Gonzales.
- Warner Bros. Pictures Animation has not disclosed story details, a screenwriter, or a release timeline.
- Gutiérrez recently hinted at the assignment on social media with a photo holding a Speedy Gonzales figurine.
- Speedy’s legacy includes an Oscar-winning 1955 short and longstanding debate over stereotyping, even as the character remains popular in Mexico and Latin America.
- A prior film effort with Eugenio Derbez did not move forward, and one outlet now cites unnamed insiders claiming storyboarding and voice-talent scouting have begun, a report not independently verified.