Film Music Reporter

HBO Max and Cartoon Network announced today that Tony Award winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal, Freaky Friday, Bring It On, If/Then, High Fidelity) will compose the music for the animated movie event Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical. The Warner Bros. Animation production follows an exhausted Bugs Bunny who – after starring in a long-running Looney Tunes Broadway smash production – decides it’s time to trade in sold-out shows for life as a regular rabbit, as Daffy Duck attempts to step into the lead role.Ariel Dumas (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) is writing the screenplay and lyrics to the songs and veteran animator Brandon Jeffords (Vivo) serves as director and supervising producer. Sam Register (Green Eggs & Ham, Animaniacs) serves as the project’s executive producer. No release date has been announced yet for Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical.