Rabbit Films
Rabbit Films is a Finnish production and management company, originally founded by Jarno Laasala in 2000. Rabbit Films is best known as the company behind The Dudesons, but it also handles management and distribution for many other Finland-based TV-productions, such as Madventures and Kill Arman.
Finnish TV-shows
Rabbit Films was founded by Jarno Laasala in 2000 to produce the TV-series Extreme Duudsonit. Originally Laasala was the sole owner of the company, but Jukka Hilden and Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä also became owners in 2004. From 2000 to 2004, Rabbit Films produced three seasons of Extreme Duudsonit, and one season of Duudsoni-Elämää.
International TV-shows
In 2006 Rabbit Films launched with an English-language version of Extreme Duudsonit, now titled as The Dudesons. The series quickly became a worldwide hit, and spawned four seasons from 2006 to 2010. In 2010 Dudesons launched The Dudesons in America together with MTV.
In 2007 Rabbit Films produced an English-language version of the Finnish hit series Madventures, together with Gimmeyawallet Productions. Madventures aired on Travel Channel in USA, Fiver in UK, and on National Geographic worldwide.
in 2009 Rabbit Films produced a Kill Arman, an English-language martial arts series, which was subsequently sold to over 100 countries. The 2nd season came out in 2011.
Rabbit Films also does management and distribution for the TV-series Biisonimafia and Siberia Teaches.
External links
- Rabbit Films homesite
- An article on a Finnish newspaper about Kill Arman's distribution deal to 104 countries.
- Madventures sold to National Geographic
- Dudesons In America on MTV