Chuck Jones

Gizmo, the OG small but mighty, big-eyed, big-eared hero is back! The adorable Gremlins creature returns in animated form to take us back in time and uncover his history in Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdio9 sat down with the showrunner of the new Max series, Tze Chun, and Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch director Joe Dante to talk about the return to the beloved cult franchise after nearly 40 years. “I came in a little late,” Dante explained. “I found out about the show, I called…

Image: Images: Glass Half Full NOLA Graphics: Vicky LetaGlass Half Full and Tulane University researchers are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for recycling glass bottles and using them to restore shoreline in Louisiana.The QuestionCan a glass recycling project divert New Orleans’ glass bottles from landfills and turn them into sand for emergency response and shoreline restoration?The Results When their project began in early 2020, the Glass Half Full team had just a small machine that could crush one glass…

Image: Warner Bros. AnimationDaffy Duck and Porky Pig take center stage in “Graveyard Goofs,” a Looney Tunes short which is a part of HBO Max’s Bugs Bunny’s Howl-O-Skreem Spooktacular. The iconic duo totally has everything under control in an io9 exclusive clip shared with us from Warner Bros. Animation. This is just one among the hootenanny of Halloween hijinks in the Looney Tunes Cartoons half-hour special, which will be released on September 29. Here’s the spooky clip:Bugs Bunny’s Howl-O-Skreem Spooktacula Exclusive…

Image: WB AnimationAt San Diego Comic-Con 2022, io9 sat down with the creative teams shepherding Warner Bros.’ classic Looney Tunes characters into new and reimagined cartoons. In a push led by Looney Tunes Cartoons’ Alex Kirwan—who spearheads the franchise’s current slate of shorts on HBO Max—the beloved animation icons will soon expand into even more content. There’s the upcoming Tiny Toons Loooniversity revival, a Halloween special, Cartoonito’s Bugs Bunny Builders for kids, and two feature-length animated movies on…