The Hunting Season Stolen by Soccer, Daffy Season

Daffy Season is a Looney Tunes short in which Daffy Duck’s expected duck season is derailed by Elmer Fudd’s fixation on soccer. Directed by Todd Wilderman and Hamish Grieve, it arrives in theaters on

Daffy Duck waits for the moment “duck season” begins, but Elmer Fudd is completely absorbed in soccer instead of hunting. Daffy Season is a Looney Tunes short that begins with this mismatched premise, as Daffy tries to reclaim Elmer’s attention only to be pushed into even stranger situations. Warner Bros. Pictures Animation is presenting it as a new theatrical Looney Tunes short and has announced its theatrical release date as November 6, 2026.

Soccer That Changed the Hunting Season

The central premise turns the familiar “duck season” joke on its head through soccer fever. When Elmer stops chasing Daffy, Daffy wanders through an empty forest and encounters the surrounding Tunes characters engrossed in soccer as well. For Daffy, even the commotion aimed at him has disappeared, leaving him to contend not with a hunter but with the sport that has captured everyone’s attention. This setup launches the Looney Tunes-style slapstick, long driven by chases and misunderstandings, from a different direction.

A 6-Minute, 29-Second Theatrical Short

According to materials from the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the runtime is 6 minutes and 29 seconds. Todd Wilderman and Hamish Grieve co-directed the film, with Jenny Jaffe, Grieve, and Wilderman writing the screenplay, and Susan Slayg Rogers producing. Created as Daffy Duck’s 90th anniversary approaches, the short swaps the old character’s hunting-season setup for the contemporary collective fervor of soccer season, bringing it back to the big screen.