Bunny: The Rise of Dylan is a 2022 American computer-animated action comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios. The film served the sequel to the first film, Bunny. Directed by Jill Culton, the film sees the return of Tim Allen, Jonah Hill, Chris Wedge and Ryan Potter as the bunnies, along with Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Bebe Rexha, Kelly Marie Tran, RZA, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Maya Rudolph, John C. Reilly, Jimmy Wong, Glenn Close, Julie Andrews, and Jack Dylan Grazer.
Bunny: The Rise of Dylan premiered at Hollywood, Los Angeles on June 17, 2022, and was released in the United States on July 8 by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received positive reviews from critics for its animation, writing, and vocal performances. Bunny: The Rise of Dylan was a commercial success, having grossed $924.3 million on its $80 million budget, making it the fourth highest-grossing film from the studio behind Arcane, Ghost in the Shell, both released in 2022, and 2021's The Hollow.
Plot[]
TBA
Cast[]
- Tim Allen as Robert, a male journalist bunny.
- Jonah Hill as Rich, a friend bunny.
- Chris Wedge as David
- Ryan Potter as Ferdo, a clumsy bunny.
- Tenzing Norgay Trainor as Dylan
- Bebe Rexha as Lina Jaffe, the leader of the Furious 6.
- Kelly Marie Tran as Master Wong
- RZA as the Motto
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as the Claw
- Maya Rudolph as Chunko
- John C. Reilly as Togo
- Jimmy Wong as Andie
- Glenn Close as V
- Julie Andrews as Marianne, Dylan's mother.
- Jack Dylan Grazer as Alex, Dylan's brother.
Additionally, Christina Hendricks voices Officer Jaffe as additional voices.
Production[]
Development[]
On February 2, 2020, Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios announced the sequel to their animated film, Bunny. The film began production in August 2020 and concluded on November 23, 2021. In May 2019, the film's title was revealed as Bunny: The Rise of Dylan. It was announced that Jill Culton will be served as a film director, which serves her second collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation on its first feature length film, Open Season and with Tenzing Norgay Trainor on DreamWorks Animation's Abominable.
Casting[]
On December 31, 2020, it was announced that Tim Allen, Jonah Hill, Chris Wedge, and Ryan Potter reprised their roles as the bunnies. On January 23, 2021, Movie Land Animation Studios confirmed that Tenzing Norgay Trainor will voice as Dylan. On April 12, 2021, Bebe Rexha will play the voice role as Lina Jaffe, while RZA, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Maya Rudolph, John C. Reilly, Jimmy Wong, Glenn Close, Julie Andrews, and Jack Dylan Grazer receives their roles. On June 9, 2021, Kelly Marie Tran assigned to voice as Master Wong.
Animation[]
Computer animation services was done by MLDPS San Francisco and its MLDPS studio in Singapore, Vancouver, Sydney, London, Mumbai, Bangalore and Mexico City. Production was done via telecommuting during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, following the temporary closure of MLDPS San Francisco and its studios in other countries on March 15, 2020 and reopened on August 12, 2020 to resume the project six days later.
Music[]
Rupert Gregson-Williams, who is collaborated with Jill Culton and Tenzing Norgay Trainor on Abominable, and Junkie XL will compose the score, replacing James Newton Howard and Daniel Pemberton, which Daniel was busy with the music score for The Bad Guys and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. It as announced that Henry Jackman and Lorne Balfe will return to compose the film score. On April 21, 2022, following Tom Parker's funeral, The Wanted is set to compose the film's original songs.
The soundtrack was released on July 1, 2022, by Epic Records, followed by the music score on July 8, 2022, by Sony Classical.
Release[]
Bunny: The Rise of Dylan was originally scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States in December 2022. The film has pushed forward to July 15, 2022, and moved two weeks to August 1, 2022, to avoid competition with Bullet Train, and then to August 5. It is expected to be the first theatrical exclusive release for Sony Pictures since The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) after The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Wish Dragon (2021), Fatherhood (2021), Totally Spies! (2021) and Vivo (2021) were assigned direct-to-streaming releases on Netflix and Cinderella (2021), Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022) and Red on Amazon Prime Video in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On April 28, 2022, Bunny: The Rise of Dylan made one final move to July 8, 2022, as an American exclusive theatrical release platform, according to William Renschen. The film is also premiered at Hollywood, such as Dolby Theatre and Grauman's Chinese Theatre, on June 17, 2022. Bunny: The Rise of Dylan will also be released in China the same day as the American film release date. In theaters, the film was accompanied by The Hollow short film, Love at First Flight.
Marketing[]
TY's Beanie Babies released a five-year deal with Sony and Movie Land and was released on February 2, 2022.
Home media[]
In April 2021, Sony signed deals with Netflix and The Walt Disney Company for the streaming rights to their 2022 to 2026 film slate, including Bunny: The Rise of Dylan, following the films' theatrical and home media windows.
However, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Bunny: The Rise of Dylan for digital download on August 30, 2022, and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 27.
Video game[]
In January 2022, Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios announced that a game based on the movie, is in the works titled Bunny: The Video Game. It was released on July 1, 2022, by Outright Games.
Reception[]
Box office[]
In the United States and Canada, Bunny: The Rise of Dylan was released alongside Thor: Love and Thunder and was projected to gross $90–100 million from 4,391 theaters over its four-day opening weekend.
In Australia, the film earned $24.4 million on its first weekend. The film had the best opening-day box office in South Korea with $7.1 million, becoming the fifth-highest released in the country during the pandemic. It earned $5 million on its opening day in China. It earned $24.9 million in the United States and $35 million in Canada. Outside North America, it earned $412.8 million, increasing 35% of its box-office records. A week later, they earned $258.9 million on its fifth weekend.
Critical response[]
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 8.8 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 43/10. Using a weighted average calculator, Metacritic assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
References[]
External links[]
- Official website
- Bunny: The Rise of Dylan at IMDb
- Bunny: The Rise of Dylan at Box Office Mojo
- Bunny: The Rise of Dylan at Rotten Tomatoes
- Bunny: The Rise of Dylan at Metacritics
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| Feature films | Computer animated | Open Season (2006) • Surf's Up (2007) • Open Season 2 (2008; direct-to-video film) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • Open Season 3 (2010; direct-to-video film) • Arthur Christmas (2011; Produced with Aardman) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • Open Season: Scared Silly (2015; direct-to-video film) • Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017; direct-to-video film) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (accolades) • The Animals in the Attic (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Carmen Sandiego (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Spider-Gwen (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Everest (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Grossology (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Bunny (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Cool Girls (2020; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Las Vegas (2020; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Disney+ original film) • Famous 5 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021; Netflix original film) • Animals vs. Monsters (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Wish Dragon (2021; Netflix original film) • Sushi (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Totally Spies! (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Netflix original film) • Vivo (2021; Netflix original film) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Crown 2 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Netflix original film) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Grossology 2 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Super Bowl (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022; Amazon Prime Video film) • Cool Girls 2 (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Animals in the Attic 2 (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Red (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Amazon Prime Video film) • League of Techs (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
| Live-action/computer animated | The Smurfs (2011) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Goosebumps (2015) • Peter Rabbit (2018) • Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) • Overwatch (2020; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Jerry and Will (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Hollow (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Tom the Hand 5 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Arcane (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) | |
| Stop-motion animated | The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012; Produced with Aardman) | |
| Upcoming films | Goat (2026) • David and Ryan: Into the Tooniverse (2029) • Fixed (TBA) | |
| Television Series | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18) • Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–2020) • The Tom the Hand Show (2021–present) • JH Movie Collection: League of Visions (2021–present) • Agent Elvis (2023) • Young Love (2023–present) • Open Season: Call of Nature (2023–present) | |
| Online series | Go! Cartoons (2017–18) | |
| Short films | The ChubbChubbs! (2002) • Early Bloomer (2003) • Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2007) • The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007) • The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011) • So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012) • Goodnight Mr. Foot (2012) • The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) • Super Manny (2013) • Earl Scouts (2013) • Steve's First Bath (2014) • Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear (2014) • Puppy! (2017) • The Bunnies in a Christmas Caper (2018) • Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham (2019) • Hair Love (2019) • Live Stream (2019) • Ty and Abby's Bun Run (2020) • Monster Pets (2021) • Dog Cop 7: The Final Chapter (2021) • The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (2023) | |
| Franchises | Open Season (2006–present) • Surf's Up (2007–17) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–18) • The Smurfs (2011–17) • Hotel Transylvania (2012–22) • Goosebumps (2015–18) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018–present) | |
| Associated productions | The ChubbChubbs! (2002) • Early Bloomer (2003) • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Sausage Party (2016) • The Crown (2019) • Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021) • Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022) • The Garfield Movie (2024) • Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) | |
| See also | Sony Pictures Imageworks • Unproduced projects • Silvergate Media • Adelaide Productions • Screen Gems Cartoons • United Productions of America • List of Sony theatrical animated feature films | |
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| A joint venture between Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios | ||
| Films | 2010s | The Animals in the Attic (2019) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Everest (2019) • Grossology (2019) • Bunny (2019) |
| 2020s | Cool Girls (2020) • Las Vegas (2020; Disney+ original film) • Overwatch (2020) • Famous 5 (2021) • Animals vs. Monsters (2021) • Sushi (2021) • Marcos (2021) • Jerry and Will (2021) • Panko the Dragon (2021) • Totally Spies! (2021; Netflix original film) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • 6teen (2021) • The Crown 2 (2021; Netflix original film) • The Hollow (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) • Grossology 2 (2021) • Super Bowl (2021) • Tom the Hand 5 (2021) • Cool Girls 2 (2022) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022) • Sally Bollywood (2022) • The Animals in the Attic 2 (2022) • Red (2022; Amazon Prime Video original film) • League of Techs (2022) • Voltron (2022) • Bunny: The Rise of Dylan (2022) • Ghost in the Shell (2022) • Spider-Gwen 2 (2022) • Famous 5: A New Mystery (2022) • Tom the Hand 6 (2022) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Homecoming (2022) • Arcane (2022) • The Tibet Code (2023) • The Pencilmation Movie (2023) • Animals vs. Monsters: Most Wanted (2023) • Carmen Sandiego 3 (2023) • The Hollow: A New World (2023) • Techs-Mas (2023) • Final Fantasy (2023) • Grossology: The Final Chapter (2023) • Mech Cadets (2023) • JH Friends Collection: The Movie (2023) • Birds 3 (2024) • Baywatch (2024) • Welcome to Mumbai (2024) • Bubbles (2024) • Tomb Raider (2024) • Raise the Bar! (2024) | |
| Upcoming | Agent Elvis (2024) • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (2024) • Famous 5: Mystery Together (2024) • Coffee Run (2024) • Cool Girls in Mexico (2025) • Smash of Claws 2 (2025) • Carmen Sandiego 4 (2025) | |
| Short films | The Bunnies in a Christmas Caper (2018) • Ty and Abby's Bun Run (2020) • Animapets: A JH Movie Collection Short (2021) • JH Valentine Collection (2022) • California Girls: A JH Movie Collection Short (2022) | |
| Short Land | Pearl (2019) • League (2019) • Cit Cat (2019) • Codes (2019) • Water (2019) • Park (2020) • BFFs (2020) • The Hares of Nowhere (2021) • Better When I'm Dancing (2021) • Kandi (2021) • Pride to Be Mine (2023) • Chips (2024) | |
| Television series | The Tom the Hand Show (2021-present) • JH Movie Collection: The Great Outdoors (2022-present) • Agent Marcos (2023-present) • Crackle (2024-present) | |
| TV specials | JH Movie Collection's Christmas Caper (2021) • JH Egg-Scapade Collection (2022) • Cool Girls: A Very, Merry Cool Year (2022) | |
| Franchises | Short Land (2019-present) | |
| Miscellaneous | Movie Land Animation Studios Movie Collection, Volume 3 (2022) | |
| See also | List of Movie Land Animation Studios productions | |
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| v - e - dPhil Lord and Christopher Miller | |
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| Films directed | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • 21 Jump Street (2012) • The Lego Movie (2014) • 22 Jump Street (2014) • Tom the Hand 3 (2019) • Faster Bike (2020) |
| Films produced | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Storks (2016) • Brigsby Bear (2017) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (accolades) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Gwen and Dan (2019) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Ghost in the Shell (2019) • Everest (2019) • Las Vegas (2020) • The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) • Cocaine Bear (2023) • Fast & Furious Spy Racers (2023) • Strays (2023) • Backrooms (2023) |
| Television series created | Clone High (2002–2003) |
| Television series produced | The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018) • Son of Zorn (2016–2017) • Making History (2017) • Unikitty! (2017–2020) • The JH Movie Collection Show (2018–2021) • Bless the Harts (2019–2021) |
| v - e - dWilliam Renschen | |
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| Films directed | Las Vegas (2020) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Friendship Vacation (2021) • Animals vs. Monsters (2021) • Jerry and Will (2021) • Panko the Dragon (2021) • The Hollow (2021) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022) • Black vs. White (2022) |
| Films produced | Sarcastics 2 (2019) • Ned's Newt (2020) • Twister (2020) • Tom the Hand 4 (2020) • Panko the Dragon (2021) • Famous 5 (2021) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Friendship Vacation (2021) • The Chinese vs. The Korean (2021) • Animals vs. Monsters (2021) • Sushi (2021) • Marcos (2021) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • 6teen (2021) • The Crown 2 (2021) • The Hollow (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) • Grossology 2 (2021) • Go Touching (2021) • Super Bowl (2021) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022) • The Sarcastics Adventures of Alexa (2022) • Sally Bollywood (2022) • The Animals in the Attic 2 (2022) • Red (2022) • League of Techs (2022) • Voltron (2022) • Bunny: The Rise of Dylan (2022) |