Tribeca Award-Winning Director Wesley Wang Wants to Develop a 3D Game Featuring a Killer Rabbit

The 3D animated music video "Violet and Marlowe Rob a Bank," which won the short film award at the 2026 Tribeca Festivali, is propelling director Wesley Wang into new and exciting projects. The highly talented 22-year-old director states that he is very eager to adapt his successful short film into a video game. Wanting to offer his fans a unique experience by bringing his style and story to a different platform, Wang believes this transition will be a great opportunity for him. The young director, who plans to step into the interactive entertainment sector from the film world, doesn't have just a single game idea in mind; on the contrary, there are multiple different concepts he and his team are considering bringing to life. These innovative ideas seem likely to please his existing fanbase while also having the potential to bring a fresh perspective to the gaming world.

The idea Wang highlights most for his gaming projects will be a first-person shooter (FPS) style with roguelite gameplay. Players will be dropped into factories with a completely unique atmosphere, attempting to loot carrots, which are extremely valuable to rabbits. These collected carrots can be used to purchase much better furniture and various items in a safe zone within the game, thus giving players the chance to continuously upgrade their hideouts. Wang also adds that they are working on a second game concept based on a story-driven and deeper quest completion system. In this alternative scenario, the main characters, Violet and Marlowe, will need to rob factories or banks to accumulate massive carrot stocks in order to rebel against the government.

The short film and music video itself also have a highly intriguing theme; as the story begins with the malicious Başkan Tavşan monopolizing the entire carrot supply in the world. Prepared for the song "Feel It Again" by the New York-based music group Adore, this video follows two cute Calico Critters-style rabbits coming from the countryside to the city as they initiate a unique revolution. This married rabbit duo carries out a violent series of factory heists to ensure justice and shake up the oppressive system. Director Wang emphasizes that although there is no bloodshed in his film, the story's internal violence and ruthlessness is a completely deliberate choice. He notes that the stark contrast between the innocence of the cute rabbits and the violence of the crimes they commit creates a mature animation style reminiscent of Tarantino films.

At the end of the story, a major event takes place that surprises and even upsets the audience; Marlowe sacrifices himself to defeat Başkan Tavşan, and in the final scene, we see Violet mourning at his grave. However, Wang implies that the story does not end there and could be much more than it appears. In the comments of the video published on online platforms, many observant fans claim they can see Marlowe's reflection in Violet's eyes during the final scene. This subtle detail and mysterious ending have led to deep theories among viewers regarding how the story actually concluded. Wang privately shares that, following this uncertain conclusion, he is passionately devoted to a feature-length prequel idea, which he plans to pitch to studios, to deepen the subject and expand the universe.

The young director, expanding the vision of his future projects, has a very flexible and practical mindset regarding movie theaters, prestigious streaming platforms, and digital media. Stating that producing content on digital platforms is more cost-effective and practical, Wang nevertheless aims for all the content they prepare to initially be broadcast on the internet and later move to major platforms like Netflix or Hulu or to movie theaters. The director explains that he is a close friend of Kane Parsons, the creator of Backrooms, and that both are very accustomed to the concept of the "creator economy," agreeing that essentially everyone is an artist. Wang adds that even if he becomes a major film director like Christopher Nolan or Quentin Tarantino in the future, he will never stop creating content on YouTube, believing that YouTube videos hold permanent value. The successful director, who also states he wants to try a murder mystery genre in his next project, excitedly expresses that there are many more different genres to be explored in animation and storytelling.