The Looney Tunes are gradually making a comeback to the big screen, and the next part of that plan involves Speedy Gonzales.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, the fastest mouse in Mexico will be the next character to get a film all to himself. Leading the charge for this film is Jorge R. Gutiérrez, previously of The Book of Life, El Tigre, and and more recently El Guapo vs. The Narco Vampires. In December, he teased the project was in development, though at time of writing, there’s no writer attached, and by extension no idea as to the plot.
I could not be more excited to dance the Mexican Hat Dance with Speedy, such a legendary and iconic character! I can”t wait to share with the world the amazing and spicy dish we are cooking at WBPA. https://t.co/Bt3XpjpuZE
— Jorge R. Gutierrez (@mexopolis) January 17, 2026
Created by Robert McKimson and Fritz Freling, an early version Speedy Gonzales appeared in the 1953 Looney Tunes short “Cat-Tails for Two” before his official debut in his titular short two years later. Similar to other B-tier Looney characters like Marvin the Martian, Speedy’s around a lot, and is pretty popular with the Latin American community for his ability to get one over on guys like Sylvester and Daffy.
He’s also been in a lot of outside Looney Tunes media like video games, Virgin Media and Volkswagon commercials, and 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy. Warner Bros. has actually been trying to make a Speedy project since 2010, where George Lopez would’ve voiced him. Those plans repeatedly fell through, with Mexican actor Eugino Derbez (who was attached to voice Speedy in 2016) pinning it on a fear of offending Hispanic people despite the character’s popularity with that demographic.
But now that Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Wile E. Coyote have opened the doors, it’s Speedy’s time to shine. We’ll have more on his solo movie as news emerges.
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