Warner Brothers' classic Looney Tunes franchise is on the comeback trail with a new animated feature film, Looney Tunes: Back In Action, which hits theaters on November 14th, and the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, a four-disc DVD box set that includes 56 classic Looney Tunes cartoons.  The Looney Tunes Back In Action feature film is set in a live-action world in which the Looney Tunes gang interacts with human characters on the Warner Brothers' backlot before setting off on a journey that takes them to Las Vegas, Paris, and the jungles of Africa.

 

Inkworks will release a series of trading cards for the new Looney Tunes: Back In Action feature film.  The 72-card Inkworks series will feature character cards, behind-the-scenes cards, and Pieceworks cards and Autograph cards (details will be announced soon).  The 'chase cards' for this series really are 'chase cards' featuring the funny chase scenes from the film.  Fan favorite Marvin the Martian's Area 52 subplot may be cut out of the film but it will be included in a special six-card subset.  The six-card packs have an srp of $1.99 and come packed 36 to a box (10 boxes per case).  Inkworks will also produce an all-new collectors album created especially for this series.  The Looney Tunes Back In Action trading cards will reach retail on November 5, some nine days before the film opens.

 

Retailers may well want to take advantage of the hype generated by the release of the new Looney Tunes feature to offer the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, a four disk, 56-cartoon collection that is guaranteed to please.  Do not be fooled by the three other Looney Tunes collections that are shipping the same week (Looney Tunes Premiere Collection, Looney Tunes: Reality Check, and Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction).  The Looney Tunes Golden Collection is the product that is aimed at collectors.  It has a better selection of cartoons and extras that the other do not have.  The Looney Tunes Golden Collection is item that all stores catering to collectors and real fans should order and keep in stock throughout the holiday season and beyond.