The Rapsittie Street Kids in A Bunny's Tale (lost production material of cancelled Easter CGI-animated television film; 2003): Difference between revisions

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Advertisement for the film at the end of Believe in Santa.

Status: Non-existent

The Rapsittie Street Kids in A Bunny's Tale is an unproduced CGI Easter special meant to serve as a follow-up to J Rose Productions' 2002 Christmas special Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa. Announced at the end of Believe in Santa, this proposed film was believed to have been aired on American television on at least two occasions in 2003, until sources involved in its production denied that it ever made it past a draft.

Suspected Broadcast and Status

A Bunny's Tale was advertised as part of the schedule of two different television stations in April 2003: NBC affiliate WNYT in Albany, New York (also available out-of-market in Rutland, Vermont), and UPN affiliate K15CZ (now KSPR) in Springfield, Missouri, on April 13th and 20th respectively. This led researchers to believe that the special was indeed finished and sporadically aired on minor stations at the time, contributing to its obscurity and subsequent rarity - much like Believe in Santa.

However, upon contact with personnel suggested to be involved in the film's production, it was revealed that the project never became anything tangible, with the only material conceived being a first draft by Wolf Tracer Studios producer JR Horsting and editor Dave Edison - the studio ceased operations before any work on designs or recordings was done.^[1]

Premise

Not much is known about the contents of this lone draft. Newspaper listings described the basic premise as "Something missing from Zeke's life prevents him from capturing the Easter Spirit," and the credits to Believe in Santa suggest it would have featured Lenee's little sister as one of the characters.

Gallery

A newspaper snippet showing the special's supposed airing. Courtesy of Vance.
Another newspaper snippet of the special's supposed airing. Courtesy of Vance.

Interview where Walter Emanuel Jones, claiming to know nothing about any sequel which implies that as far as the project went.

Reference

↑ Archived Dave Edison email on the film's cancellation. Retrieved 13 Nov '20

[1] Archived Dave Edison email on the film's cancellation. Retrieved 13 Nov '20

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-'''''Rapsittie Street Kids: A Bunny's Tale''''' was a CGI film meant to be released in 2003 as a follow-up to [[Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa (2002 CGI Animated TV Movie)|Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa]]. Not much is known about this film, other than the fact that it was going to be released during Easter in 2003 as a sequel to the 2002 Christmas film Believe in Santa. It's also known that the movie was going to feature Lenee from Believe in Santa's little sister. The logo was featured during the end credits for Believe in Santa with Lenee's little sister saying "Don't forget to see me in The Bunny's Tale!" The only known cast member signed on was Jodi Benson, who previously started in Believe in Santa. It was canceled before release most likely due to the fact that Believe in Santa was received poorly by audiences and critics and panned for its bad animation. It is unknown if production had started on the movie or not.
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+'''''The Rapsittie Street Kids in A Bunny's Tale''''' is an unproduced CGI Easter special meant to serve as a follow-up to J Rose Productions' 2002 Christmas special [[Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa (found CGI animated TV film; 2002)|''Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa'']]. Announced at the end of ''Believe in Santa'', this proposed film was believed to have been aired on American television on at least two occasions in 2003, until sources involved in its production denied that it ever made it past a draft.
-[[Category:Lost animation]]
+==Suspected Broadcast and Status==
-[[Category:Lost TV]]
+''A Bunny's Tale'' was advertised as part of the schedule of two different television stations in April 2003: NBC affiliate WNYT in Albany, New York (also available out-of-market in Rutland, Vermont), and UPN affiliate K15CZ (now KSPR) in Springfield, Missouri, on April 13th and 20th respectively. This led researchers to believe that the special was indeed finished and sporadically aired on minor stations at the time, contributing to its obscurity and subsequent rarity - much like ''Believe in Santa''.
+However, upon contact with personnel suggested to be involved in the film's production, it was revealed that the project never became anything tangible, with the only material conceived being a first draft by Wolf Tracer Studios producer JR Horsting and editor Dave Edison - the studio ceased operations before any work on designs or recordings was done.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/edisonemail Archived Dave Edison email on the film's cancellation.] Retrieved 13 Nov '20</ref>
+==Premise==
+Not much is known about the contents of this lone draft. Newspaper listings described the basic premise as "Something missing from Zeke's life prevents him from capturing the Easter Spirit," and the credits to ''Believe in Santa'' suggest it would have featured Lenee's little sister as one of the characters.
+==Gallery==
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+Rapsittie1.png|A newspaper snippet showing the special's supposed airing. Courtesy of Vance.
+Image0-3.png|Another newspaper snippet of the special's supposed airing. Courtesy of Vance.
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+==Reference==
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+[[Category:Non-existence confirmed|Rapsittie Street Kids in A Bunny's Tale]]