Jenny Slate Hired to Write Looney Tunes Film

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - FEBRUARY 19: Actess Jenny Slate arrives at the 'Dr. Suess' The Lorax' Los Angeles premiere at Universal Studios Hollywood on February 19, 2012 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - FEBRUARY 19: Actess Jenny Slate arrives at the ‘Dr. Suess’ The Lorax’ Los Angeles premiere at Universal Studios Hollywood on February 19, 2012 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Photo: Jason Merritt/2012 Getty Images

Kermit and Miss Piggy found their modern day comic savior in Jason Segel; now Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are looking to former SNL star Jenny Slate for the same treatment. The new live-action/CGI hybrid will be the franchise’s first film since 2003’s Looney Tunes: Back in Action, but we’ll be crossing our fingers for at least a Space Jam quality level. Ditto for a Marcel the Shell cameo.

Jenny Slate Hired to Write Looney Tunes Film