It’s been 22 years since the death of voice-over legend Mel Blanc. He used to perform almost all of the Looney Tunes characters but today, no one person holds a lock on characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Sylvester the Cat. Word is that the studio holds auditions for each new project, requesting voice-over actors to audition for character roles they may have just played in another project. As if that wasn’t bad enough, some of those talented individuals have just lost out on a couple jobs to Blanc.
Warner Bros. Animation is producing three new 3-D cartoons that will feature several of the classic Looney Tunes characters. They’ll be shown in theaters before some of the studio’s new movies, much like the classic cartoons were used back in the 1950s. The new cartoons are being directed by Matthew O’Callaghan. According to the LA Times, two of these new cartoons will feature voice tracks recorded by Blanc many
