Fun Fact: This costume was used on an old Universal Studios commercial from 1999 to advertise Islands of Adventure
though it makes it look like he's abducting the kids... quite unsettling
We at Fantasy Funwheel are privileged to have produced 24 original illustrations for the interior of Crafty’s Kitchen at Knott’s Berry Farm!
In this new themed dining location, Crafty Coyote from Knott’s Bear-y Tales has ended his mischievous deeds and was given a fresh start. He now runs Crafty’s Kitchen with the help of his 6 pups, serving quality chicken and specialty shakes to Knott’s guests.
It was a thrill for us to assist Knott’s in expanding the world of Bear-y Tales, which holds a very special place in our hearts. Knott’s Berry Farm is a favorite place of ours, and we congratulate them on this exciting new addition to the park.
Project Team: Albert Rodriguez, Carsten Bradley, Evan Alporque, Harley Scroggins, Leanne Bernhardy, Reed Randolph, Ron Vance, Yuri Marway
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So grateful we got the opportunity to make fun pieces of these characters for the Beary Tales world.
The team members I work with are absolutely spectacular.
Some of the coolest creative people alive.
Here’s one of the pieces I did. Go check it out when you are at @knotts
Warner Bros spent $70 million finishing this movie, watched it test 14 points above the average family film, then decided the most profitable thing to do was make sure no human ever saw it.
The mechanism is the part most people don't know. When a studio writes off a completed film, it declares the asset worthless to the IRS and pockets the deduction, roughly $30 million here. The catch is that the declaration has to be true forever. Release the movie later and the write-off unravels. That's why Batgirl, a finished $90 million film, can never legally come out. The tax code turned it into contraband.
Coyote vs. Acme escaped because the backlash arrived before the paperwork did. Filmmakers revolted, the director publicly wished anvils on Warner executives, and the studio reluctantly let the team shop it. Amazon, Apple, and Netflix all screened it and passed. Then a tiny distributor called Ketchup Entertainment, whose biggest prior release opened at $3 million, wrote a $50 million check.
Run the ledger. The write-off was worth $30 million. The sale brought in roughly $50 million. Getting publicly shamed into reversing the decision made Warner about $20 million more than the plan they fought for two years to protect.
The movie the accountants valued at zero hits theaters August 28.
This Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote clip was director Chuck Jones' one of the most favorites.
He included it in his compilation of the best Road Runner gags in his 1979 "Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie".