60 years after his first appearance in a 1948 Loony Tunes short, Marvin the Martian is set to leap onto the big screen in a live action/CGI movie.

Alcon Entertainment are developing a movie around the character for Warner Brothers. The film will have a Christmas theme, with Marvin coming to Earth to destroy Christmas but being prevented from doing so when he’s trapped in a gift box.

Producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove told Variety that the Marvin movie will be aimed at the same family audience as their animated comedy Racing Stripes.

Alcon have put the project out to writers and directors. There is no word as yet whether Marvin's nemesis Bugs Bunny will appear in the film.