http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/marvinthemartian http://io9.com/tag/marvinthemartian Everyone's favorite skirted alien is about to become a leading martian in his own film. Warner Brothers is developing a Loony Tunes feature staring Marvin as he wreaks havoc during the Earth holiday known as Christmas. Even better, this movie will be a blend of live action and CG. Let's hope there's a fight to the death with ray guns between Marvin and the Grinch over who gets to blow up Christmas first. [Variety]

]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5030811&view=rss&microfeed=true He doesn't look it, but Marvin the Martian is going to be sixty years old this July 24. That's the day "Haredevil Hare" was released, the cartoon wherein the spunky little alien in the Trojanesque skirt and scrub-brush crest made his first appearance (albeit under the name "Commander X-2," according to the filmography in Jerry Beck and Will Friedlander's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies). Sit back and enjoy the debut of a icon—and thank you Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese, wherever you are.

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