America’s most beloved gang of cartoon characters have a brand new residence.
Turner Basic Films, a longtime channel that may start airing its Academy Awards tribute protection subsequent month, has now change into “the continuing tv residence” of the enduring Acme library from Warner Bros., in response to The Hollywood Reporter.
Followers of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the remainder of the ragtag group may recall seeing their traditional shorts on HBO Max lately. However in late 2022, the streamer eradicated greater than 250, from 1950-2004, when its license expired and the streaming arm of Warner Bros. Discovery selected to not renew it, Vulture reported on the time. And final yr, one other 255 shorts produced from 1930-1949 had been excised.
However beginning on the night time of Feb. 2 the cherished animated movies — greater than 750 in all — will start operating on TCM (owned by WBD) as a part of a brand new six-year deal, THR famous on Monday, Jan. 27. Forty-five shorts that includes Bugs will display screen by Feb. 7, and a curated number of associated full-length options will observe.
“By making TCM an ongoing residence for this iconic library, we’re capable of current these cartoons with the care they deserve, alongside the traditional movies they helped affect,” Charlie Tabesh, TCM’s senior VP of programming and content material technique, stated in a press release, per THR.
Then comes the Oscars-centric programming on TCM. Beginning Feb. 13, the community’s annual “31 Days of Oscar” kicks off and results in the 98th annual Academy Awards on March 15, THR studies. Every day is organized round a definite theme, together with “Oscar Goes Massive,” “Oscar Goes West,” “Oscar Goes Worldwide” and “Oscar Goes Hollywood.”
And talking of traditional films, one Oscar-nominated icon whose work continues to be making waves in popular culture is Alfred Hitchcock. It wasjust introduced that The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) — the silent thriller that put him on the map — can now be loved as a vertical microdrama because of the cellular app Tattle TV. Study extra right here.
