The Animaniacs Movie

The Animaniacs Movie is an upcoming American live-action/animated musical adventure comedy film directed by Adam McKay, written by Tom Ruegger, and produced by Steven Spielberg. It serves as a direct continuation to the 1993-99 series of the same name, ignoring the events of Wakko's Wish and the 2020-23 revival. Spielberg also serves as an executive producer.

The Animaniacs Movie is scheduled to be in the United States on December 10, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures via HBO Max, and internationally on December 26, 2025.

Plot (work-in-progress)
In the early 1930s, siblings Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner are created by African-American cartoonist Willie Whacker. Despite being praised for their character development, the trio's cartoonish behavior causes them to be locked in the water tower of the Warner Bros. Studio Lot in Burbank, California.

In 1993, the siblings are discovered by filmmaker Steven Spielberg who offers them a deal to create "Animaniacs", a five-season animated TV series based on their misadventures along with a supporting cast of cartoon characters in search of stardom; and if the Warners agree, Spielberg will grant them their freedom. The trio delightfully accepts, much to the ire of Thaddeus Plotz, the newly-appointed CEO of Warner Bros., who still belives that the Warners shoukd stay isolated in the tower. After the show’s success, and by the series finale in 1998, the Warners are given their freedom to which they pull off "one last tower escape" on New Year’s Eve 1999, thus vanishing into the night.

Twenty years later, Destiny Drake, the teenage daughter of D.J. Drake, and her brother Damien III, pitch to Warner Bros. executives the idea of a reunion special featuring the Animaniacs cast, who have since gone their separate ways after the Warners disappearance. The water tower is now occupied by Chelsea, a homeless cartoon squirrel and a fan of the Warners. She frequently hides from Warner Bros. security when foraging for food and supplies and also has a crush on Kelvin Jackson, a young security guard whom she nicknames "Kelly T. Guard" after her predecessor Ralph T. Guard. Upon graduating from college one day, Chelsea encounters the Warners, whose antics cause her to be caught and thrown out of the lot. In an effort to cheer her up, the trio decide to help Chelsea find her biological mother who is rumored to be living in Australia thanks to a postcard Chelsea recieved in the mail.

Meanwhile, Destiny and Damien recruit Kelvin after being given 48 hours to reunite the Animaniacs cast. Though reluctant, Kelvin eventually decides to go with them; using Chicken Boo as a cover to maintain their job. Unbeknownst to them, the lot is taken hostage by hired mercenaries and old enemies of the Animaniacs.

During a flight to Australia, the Warners inadvertently cause the plane to crash into Ireland, forcing them and Chelsea to hitchhike to Belfast where they get a boat to London. Back at the lot, the ringleader of the hostage takeover is revealed to be both the son and grandson of Judge Doom and Mr. Chairman. He explains that the executives of Warner Bros. secretly invented a high tech atomic weapon and that he intends to unlock it using the Warners's DNA which, upon activation, will turn the world population into cartoon characters, thus turning it into a dystopia. To make matters worse, his men are armed with paintball guns loaded with Dip and that they will kill any toon who disobeys his demands.

Cast

 * Storm Reid as Kelvin "Kelly T. Guard" Jackson
 * Paul Dano as Chairman Jr. / Judge Dread
 * Billie Eilish as Destiny Drake
 * Finneas O'Connell as Damien Drake III
 * Anya Taylor-Joy as Helen "Hello Nurse" Norris
 * Christopher McDonald as Thaddeus Plotz
 * Melissa Barrera as Nora Rita Norita
 * Clark Peters as William "Willie" Whacker
 * Stephan James as young William "Willie" Whacker
 * TBA as Oliver Scratchansniff, Nuclear Man
 * Tom Hanks as himself (uncredited). Hanks is digitally de-aged to represent his appearance in 1993.
 * Steven Spielberg as himself. Spielberg is digitally de-aged to represent his appearance in 1993.
 * Christopher Walken as himself (uncredited). Glover is digitally de-aged to represent his appearance in 1993.
 * Danny Glover as himself (uncredited). Walken is digitally de-aged to represent his appearance in 1993.

Voice Cast

 * Rob Paulsen as Yakko Warner, Pinky, Dr. Otto von Scratchansniff
 * Tress MacNeille as Dot Warner, Marita "Hip" Hippo
 * Jess Harnell as Wakko Warner
 * Margot Robbie as Chelsea Squirrel
 * Maurice LaMarche as The Brain, Squit Goodfeather
 * Sherri Stoner as Slappy Squirrel
 * Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Skippy Squirrel
 * Julie Brown as Minerva Mink
 * Ariana Grande as Rita
 * Frank Welker as Ralph T. Guard, Runt, Flavio "Hip" Hippo, Chicken Boo
 * John Mariano as Bobby Goodfeather
 * Eric Idle as Pesto Goodfeather