| 30-Second Bunnies Theatre | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Jennifer Shiman | 
| Based on | All films | 
| Starring | 
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| Country of origin | United States | 
| Original language | English | 
| No. of seasons | Unknown | 
| No. of episodes | 91 (list of episodes) | 
| Production | |
| Producer | Jennifer Shiman | 
| Running time | 30 sec. (some episodes run over one minute) | 
| Production company | Angry Alien Productions | 
| Original release | |
| Network | FEARnet Starz PrimeTimer (YouTube)  | 
| Release | June 21, 2004 – March 11, 2020  | 
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
- 30 Days of Night (2007)
 - Alien (1979)
 - Back to the Future (1985)
 - The Big Chill (1983)
 - The Birds (1963)
 - Black Christmas (1974)
 - Blade Runner (1982)
 - Borat (2006)
 - Brokeback Mountain (2005)
 - The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
 - Caddyshack (1980)
 - Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
 - Casablanca (1942)
 - A Christmas Carol (1951)
 - A Christmas Story (1983)
 - Christmas Vacation (1989)
 - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
 - Die Hard (1988)
 - Evil Dead II (1987)
 - The Exorcist (1973)
 - Fight Club (1999)
 - The Fly (1986)
 - Freaks (1932)
 - Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
 - Godzilla (1954)
 - Gone With the Wind (1939)
 - Goodfellas (1990)
 - Grindhouse (2007)
 - The Grudge (2004)
 - Two-part Harry Potter Montage (2001–2007)
 - Halloween (1978)
 - Hellraiser (1987)
 - Highlander (1986)
 - House at the End of the Street (2012)[9]
 - Insidious (2011)
 - It (2017)
 - It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
 - James Bond Montage (1962–2006)
 - Jaws (1975)
 - Jurassic Park (1993)
 - Kill Bill (Both volumes) (2003–2004)
 - King Kong (1933)
 - The Last Exorcism (2010)
 - March of the Penguins (2005)
 - The Monster Squad (1987)
 - My Dinner With Andre (1981)
 - Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
 - Night of the Living Dead (1968)
 - No Country For Old Men (2007)
 - Office Space (1999)
 - Paranormal Activity (2007)
 - Pirates of the Caribbean, 2 and 3 (2003, 2006, 2007 respectively)
 - Poltergeist (1982)
 - The Princess Bride (1987)
 - Pulp Fiction (1994)
 - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
 - Reservoir Dogs (censored and uncensored versions) (1992)
 - The Ring (2002)
 - Rocky (1976)
 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
 - Saw (2004)
 - Scream (1996)
 - The Shining (1980)
 - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
 - Sixteen Candles (1984)
 - Snakes on a Plane (2006)
 - Spider-Man, 2 and 3 (2002, 2004, 2007 respectively)
 - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
 - Star Wars (1977)
 - Superbad (2007)
 - Superman (1978)
 - Suspiria (1977)
 - Teeth (2007)
 - The Terminator (1984)
 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
 - Titanic (1997)
 - Top Gun (1986)
 - Trick 'r Treat (2007)
 - Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010)
 - Twilight (2008)
 - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
 - The War of the Worlds (1953)
 - When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
 - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
 - The Wolf Man (1941)
 - Young Frankenstein (1974)
 
List of shows
- Game of Thrones (2011-2019)
 - Stranger Things (2016-present)
 - The Walking Dead (2010-2022)
 - Seinfeld (1989-1998)
 - The Twilight Zone (1959-1964, 1985-1989, 2002–2003, April 2019-May 2019, June 25, 2020)
 
List of biographies
References
- ↑ "Sony Pictures' Crackle Programs 'Moving Targets' Hilarity Ensues!". 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
 - ↑ "Animation 2008 | The Webby Awards". Winners.webbyawards.com. 2014-11-13. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
 - ↑ "Thank you for six amazing years of 30-Second Bunnies Theatre!". Angryalien.com. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
 - ↑ "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.
 - ↑ "Swan Song of the Bunnies: We Re-Enact Blade Runner. Then We Pack It in". Spring 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
 - ↑ Burton, Bonnie. "See animated bunnies re-enact 'Blade Runner'". CNET. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
 - ↑ "When Harry Met Sally in 30 Seconds and Re-Enacted by Bunnies". 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
 - ↑ "PrimeTimer Announcement". 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
 - ↑ "House at the End of the Street in 30 Seconds, Re-enacted by bunnies".
 - ↑ "Kevin Spacey's Life Told in 30 Seconds Through Animated Bunnies". 13 March 2014.
 
