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30-Second Bunnies Theatre
Genre
Created by Jennifer Shiman
Based onAll films
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasonsUnknown
No. of episodes91 ( list of episodes)
Production
ProducerJennifer Shiman
Running time30 sec. (some episodes run over one minute)
Production companyAngry Alien Productions
Original release
Network FEARnet
Starz
PrimeTimer ( YouTube)
ReleaseJune 21, 2004 (2004-06-21) –
March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11)

30-Second Bunnies Theatre is a flash animated cartoon parody series featuring films re-enacted by anthropomorphic animated bunnies in 30 seconds. The series is produced by Angry Alien Productions, the one-woman company of creator Jennifer Shiman.

The series debuted in 2004 when Shiman sought to create a humorous web series. She unveiled a version of The Exorcist, re-enacted by animated bunnies in 30 seconds. It received an overwhelmingly positive response online from a global audience, prompting Shiman to create more re-enactments. In 2005, the "bunny troupe" was commissioned by Starz! to make new shorts. Each Starz-commissioned re-enactment premiered on Starz on Demand before moving online. The series' take on Star Wars was featured on CNN on April 16, 2006.

Angry Alien Productions released a selection of the shorts on DVD on October 20, 2009. Previously, the Titanic short was included on that film's 4-Disc Special Collector's Edition DVD, released in 2005.

In 2007, Crackle became a distributing partner. [1]

In 2008, Shiman won two Webby Awards for Online Film and Video/Animation, [2] as well as the People's Voice award in that category.

On June 13, 2010, Shiman announced on the 30-Second Bunnies Theatre Website [3] that, after six years and 68 shorts, she was placing the series on hiatus to move on to other pursuits. The final short at the time was a re-enactment of the film Evil Dead II.

As of October 2011, Shiman completed three more re-enactments: Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Freaks (1932) and Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat.

Shiman teamed up with FEARnet from 2012-2013 to make 2 additional seasons of horror movie shorts. [4]

In Spring 2015 Shiman informed that she would indefinitely stop making re-enactments after Blade Runner. [5] [6]

In January 2018, Shiman launched a Patreon page to crowdfund a season of new bunny re-enactments. In February 2018, Shiman released the first re-enactment of the new season, When Harry Met Sally, for Valentine's Day. [7]

In 2019, Shiman teamed up with TV news/gossip site PrimeTimer.com to create a unique bunny season in which the troupe re-enacts breakout episodes from popular TV series. In March 2020, the last reenactment was from The Twilight Zone episode " Nightmare at 20,000 Feet". [8]

List of films

List of shows

List of biographies

References

  1. ^ "Sony Pictures' Crackle Programs 'Moving Targets' Hilarity Ensues!". 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  2. ^ "Animation 2008 | The Webby Awards". Winners.webbyawards.com. 2014-11-13. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  3. ^ "Thank you for six amazing years of 30-Second Bunnies Theatre!". Angryalien.com. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  4. ^ "FEARnet.com Is Unleashing Over 30 Shocking Short Films In 2013, Featuring Star-Studded Festival Favorites, Rarely Seen Gems And Much More". 2013-01-28. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  5. ^ "Swan Song of the Bunnies: We Re-Enact Blade Runner. Then We Pack It in". Spring 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  6. ^ Burton, Bonnie. "See animated bunnies re-enact 'Blade Runner'". CNET. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  7. ^ "When Harry Met Sally in 30 Seconds and Re-Enacted by Bunnies". 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  8. ^ "PrimeTimer Announcement". 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  9. ^ "House at the End of the Street in 30 Seconds, Re-enacted by bunnies".
  10. ^ "Kevin Spacey's Life Told in 30 Seconds Through Animated Bunnies". 13 March 2014.

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