Angry Alien Prods. and premium cable network Starz have released the latest installment in their 30-second, Flash-animated bunny parodies, this time taking on the Man of Steel. As Bryan Singer’s big-budget Superman Returns burns up the box office, Angry Alien founder Jennifer Shiman and crew chose to put the bunnies to work reenacting Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie from 1978.
Featuring all-bunny casts, Shiman’s shorts boil down such iconic films as Jaws, Pulp Fiction, The Shining and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, retelling their stories as bite-sized comedies. The parody of a certain James Cameron disaster flick has even been included as an Easter egg on Fox’s Titanic special edition DVD.
Last year, Angry Alien pacted with Starz to make the shorts available via Starz’s video on-demand service. Since launching in April of 2005, the shorts have logged millions of viewings, according to Starz Entertainment Group LLC.
The Superman re-enactment can be viewed at
www.starz.com/features/bunnyclub/superman/index.html. Other hit films tackled with the bunny formula include Scream, The Exorcist, Alien, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and It’s a Wonderful Life. They can all be downloaded at the Angry Alien Prods. website, www.angryalien.com.
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