Village Tunes

"After Pete Browngardt's Looney Tunes Cartoons which was successful, the Toons are now going on new adventures."

- Mike Rianda

Village Tunes is an American animated comedy slice-of-life television series developed by Mike Rianda for HBO Max featuring Warner Bros.' characters from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. It was produced by Peter Browngardt, who developed his own Looney Tunes shorts with the title of Looney Tunes Cartoons, which also released on HBO Max in 2020.

The series released on HBO Max on September 21, 2022 before releasing three months later on Cartoon Network, where it aired many times before the negative received Teen Titans Go! took it and The Amazing World of Gumball (which Gumball aired reruns)'s place. It was met with positive reviews from critics and Looney Tunes fans, praising its animation, comedy, slapstick, and writing.

In 2024, one year before the show's cancellation, a feature film titled The Village Tunes Movie was released on June 27. It was directed by The Emoji Movie director Tony Leondis and written by Tom McGrath and Peter Browngardt while Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone provided the story. It received negative reviews criticizing the direction from Leondis, screenplay, and marketing while the animation and acting were praised.

The series had gained a massive cult following, including one of the members being C.H. Greenblatt, who liked the show mainly because he compared it to one of his shows, Jellystone!.

Synopsis
Village Tunes takes place in the fictional village of TuneLand. Yosemite Sam is the president of the village while Elmer Fudd is his personal assistant. Fudd is also the owner of the village's school TuneLand Elementary School which has Samuel Pig, the son of Petunia Pig and Porky Pig and his friend Foghorn Leghorn Jr. His father Foghorn Leghorn works at the TuneLand Supermarket along with Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny. Wile E. Coyote (who does not speak) is the principal of the school.

Meanwhile, Daffy Duck has his original Bob Clampett personality and is described as a "cuckoo head" in the show. He works at The TuneLand Post Office, which also has Tasmanian Devil and Rocky and Mugsy. Another student at the school includes Sylvester Junior, who is the son of Sylvester the Cat, who works with his rival Tweety Bird, at the TuneLand Cafe.

Characters
Main article: List of Village Tunes characters

Production
In July 2021, cartoonist Mike Rianda had announced on his twitter account that he would be developing and producing an "unknown" animated series for HBO Max. Rianda previously directed an Sony Pictures Animation film titled The Mitchells vs. the Machines. Two days later, Rianda confirmed it as an Looney Tunes series.

In August of 2021, he had announced that production on the show started. Rianda offered Looney Tunes Cartoons developer Peter Browngardt a role on the series as producer and writer. Browngardt accepted the offer because he was interested in working on another Looney Tunes production.

Animation was done by Framestore, a company that had previously done animation for Warner Animation Group's film Tom & Jerry, which was directed by Tim Story. Rianda also served as an story artist for one episode. Jeff Bergman, the current voice of Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester the Cat, and various other Looney Tunes characters announced on his Instagram account that he would reprise his roles.

Episodes
Main article: List of Village Tunes episodes