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Hop

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Tim Hill
Produced by Chris Meledandri
Michele Imperato Stabile
Screenplay by Ken Daurio
Brian Lynch
Cinco Paul
Story by Cinco Paul
Ken Daurio
Starring James Marsden
Russell Brand
Kaley Cuoco
Hank Azaria
Gary Cole
Elizabeth Perkins
Hugh Laurie
Music by Christopher Lennertz
Cinematography Peter Lyons Collister
Editing by Peter S. Elliot
Gregory Perler
Studio Relativity Media
Illumination Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
  • April 1, 2011 (2011-04-01)
Running time 95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $63 million[1]
Box office $183,953,723[2]

Hop is a 2011 Easter-themed live-action and animated comedy film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, directed by Tim Hill and produced by Chris Meledandri and Michele Imperato Stabile. The film was released on April 1, 2011, in the United States and the United Kingdom. Hop stars the voice of Russell Brand as E.B., a rabbit who does not want to succeed his father, Mr. Bunny (Hugh Laurie), in the role of the Easter Bunny; James Marsden as Fred O'Hare, a human who is out of work and wishes to become the next Easter Bunny himself; and the voice of Hank Azaria as Carlos and Phil, two chicks who plot to take over the Easter organization.

It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 23, 2012, in Region 1.[3]

Contents

  • 1 Plot
  • 2 Cast
    • 2.1 Voice cast
      • 2.1.1 ADR Voice Actors
  • 3 Production
  • 4 Release
    • 4.1 Marketing
    • 4.2 Home media
  • 5 Reception
    • 5.1 Critical response
    • 5.2 Box office
    • 5.3 Accolades
  • 6 Other media
    • 6.1 Doodle Jump game
    • 6.2 Video game
    • 6.3 Books
    • 6.4 Other merchandise
    • 6.5 Original score soundtrack
  • 7 References
  • 8 External links

Plot

On Easter Island, a young rabbit named E.B. (Russell Brand) is intended to succeed his father, Mr. Bunny (Hugh Laurie), as the Easter Bunny. Intimidated by the calling's demands, E.B. runs away to Hollywood to pursue his dream of becoming a drummer. Mr. Bunny sends his three ninja royal guards, the Pink Berets, to find his son. Meanwhile, Easter Chicks Carlos and Phil (Hank Azaria) plot a coup d'état against Mr. Bunny to take over the Easter organization.

Wandering through Van Nuys, E.B. is hit by Fred O'Hare (James Marsden), an out-of-work, job-hopping slacker (who is being pressured by his family to "get a job") who was driving to his sister Sam's (Kaley Cuoco) boss's house he's housesitting. Feigning injury, E.B. persuades Fred to take him in as he recovers, but when E.B. causes trouble Fred attempts to abandon him in the wilderness. E.B. persuades the human to help him by claiming to be the Easter Bunny, whom Fred saw in operation in his youth. The rabbit sees the Berets closing in on him and hides inside a business where Fred is having job interview. E.B. enjoys a successful recording session with the Blind Boys of Alabama as their substitute drummer, but ruins Fred's job interview. In the process, E.B. gets a tip about a possible audition for David Hasselhoff, who invites him to perform on his show.

Afterward, Fred attends his adopted younger sister Alex's (Tiffany Espensen) Easter school pageant with E.B. hiding in a satchel. E.B., alarmed that the Pink Berets have apparently found him due to the three bunny suit shadows on a wall and disgusted by Alex's awful rendition of Here Comes Peter Cottontail, dashes out and disrupts the show. Fred feigns a ventriloquist's act with the bunny's cooperation as his dummy and they lead the show in singing, "I Want Candy". Both his father, Henry (Gary Cole), and Alex, are angry about the upstaging but Fred is inspired to be the Easter Bunny himself. E.B. is skeptical but he agrees to train the human and finds that Fred has some genuine talent for it.

As the Pink Berets close in on him, E.B. prepares a decoy to fake his death and leaves for Hasselhoff's show. The Berets see the decoy and, horrified that the human has apparently killed E.B., capture Fred and take him to Easter Island. Fred is held captive and confronted by Mr. Bunny and Carlos about killing E.B. Carlos pretends to be upset about E.B.'s death, silences Fred (who tries to reveal the truth of the decoy) and seizes control of the Easter factory.

Meanwhile, at the Hoff Knows Talent live show, E.B. is in his dressing room preparing for his performance but his reflection begins to berate him for leaving Fred. Just then a production assistant (also played by Russell Brand) arrives to tell him that he is next to perform. E.B. leaves his dressing room and begins to feel guilty about leaving Fred so he discusses the situation with Hasselhoff, who advises him to go back and help his friend. E.B. finds evidence of Fred's capture and races back to the factory. He confronts Carlos, but is immobilized in gummi candy and tossed into the chocolate bunny carving line. Fred and Mr. Bunny are tied up with black licorice and are to be boiled alive. Fred manages to free himself and Mr. Bunny by eating away the licorice and E.B. survives by dodging the blades. Carlos, now a chick-bunny combination due to Easter magic, engages battle with E.B. and defeats him easily due to his size and then tries to lead the Egg sleigh out with Phil directing via lighted wands.

To stop the launch, E.B. improvises a drum session. Uncontrollably driven to dance to the beat, Phil provides the wrong signals, causing a crash and Carlos is subdued. After being defeated, Carlos is made to pull the Egg sleigh and Phil is made the new head of the Easter Chicks. E.B. and Fred are made co-Easter bunnies and take over the job. Fred's family is now proud that he has a job and responsibilities.

In the post-credits, E.B. and Fred are in China delivering an Easter basket to the same woman who had previously attacked Mr. Bunny earlier in the film.

Cast

  • James Marsden as Fred O'Hare - A human who takes in E.B. to recover after he accidentally hits him with his car. When he was younger Fred saw E.B.'s Dad at work very early one Easter morning and ever since, he has had a secret dream of doing the job himself. He is the deuteragonist in the film.
  • Kaley Cuoco as Samantha "Sam" O'Hare - Fred's younger sister.
  • Gary Cole as Henry O'Hare - Bonnie's husband and Fred, Sam, and Alex's father.
  • Elizabeth Perkins as Bonnie O'Hare - Henry's wife and Fred, Sam and Alex's mother.
  • Tiffany Espensen as Alex O'Hare - Fred and Sam's adopted younger sister.
  • David Hasselhoff as Himself - The host of "Hoff Knows Talent".
  • Chelsea Handler as Mrs. Beck - the lady who interviews Fred in his job interview.
  • Dustin Ybarra as Cody - an office worker who has a brief encounter with Fred during his job interview.
  • Carlease Burke as Receptionist
  • Veronica Alicino as Waitress
  • Jimmy Lee Carter, Billy Bowers, Benjamin Moore Jr., Eric Dwight McKinnie, Joey Anthony Williams, Tracy Roman Pierce, Will Cleveland Smith as Blind Boys of Alabama.
  • Coleton Ray as Young Fred.
  • Greg Lewis as Performer.
  • Mark Riccardi as Security Guard.
  • Cici Lau as Chinese Woman.
  • Jayden Lund as Another Parent.
  • Christian Long as a "Hoff Knows Talent" production assistant.
  • Russell Brand as a "Hoff Knows Talent" production assistant who pronounces E.B.'s name wrong.
  • Nick Drago as Dancer.
  • David Goldsmith as Warm-Up Guy.
  • Rick Pasqualone as Utility Voice.

Voice cast

  • Russell Brand as E.B. - A rabbit who would rather be a drummer than be the next Easter Bunny. He is the protagonist in the film.
  • Hugh Laurie as Mr. Bunny (E.B.'s Dad) - The current Easter Bunny who wants E.B. to take over the family business instead of becoming a drummer.
  • Hank Azaria as Carlos and Phil
    • Carlos: The leader of the Easter Chicks who has grown tired of always being the Easter Bunny's number two (or lieutenant) and decides to lead a coup d'état. He serves as the main antagonist of the film.
    • Phil: Carlos' fun-loving sidekick who is friends with E.B. and enjoys music more than working.
  • Hugh Hefner as Voice at Playboy Mansion.
  • Django Marsh as Young E.B.

ADR Voice Actors

Matt Adler, Jeff Fischer, Scott Menville, Veronica Alicino, Elisa Gabrielli, Michelle Ruff, Kirk Baily, Jackie Gonneau, Justin Shenkarow, Kate Carlin, Richard Horvitz, Marcelo Tubert, Vicki Davis, Hope Levy, Bridget Hoffman, Dave Zyler, David Cowgill, Steve Alterman, Juan Pope, Will Shadley, Emily Hahn, Isabella Acres, Seth Dusky.

Production

E.B. was designed by Peter de Sève, most famous for the work on the Ice Age characters.[4] The CGI animation of the film was made by Los Angeles based Rhythm & Hues Studios.[5] The theme song ("I Want Candy") was performed by Australian pop/R&B singer Cody Simpson.

Release

Marketing

Universal teamed up with 92 major companies to promote Hop, including Holiday Inn, Krispy Kreme, Lindt, Kraft Foods, The Hershey Company, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Comcast, Kodak, Hallmark, HMV and Burger King.[6] The premiere of Hop took place at Universal Studios Hollywood on March 27, 2011. James Marsden, Russell Brand, Kaley Cuoco, Hank Azaria, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, Hugh Laurie, David Hasselhoff, Cody Simpson and costumed characters of E.B., Carlos, Phil and the Pink Berets all attended the event.[7]

Home media

Universal Studios Home Entertainment released Hop on DVD and Blu-ray on March 23, 2012, in North America,[3] and on DVD and Blu-ray back on August 29, 2011, in the United Kingdom.[8] The US Blu-ray/DVD combo pack also features an original short film titled Phil's Dance Party.[9]

Reception

Critical response

Hop generally received negative reviews. Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes rated it 26% fresh with an average 4.3/10 rating among 132 critics, with the consensus statement being: "It's impressively animated, but Hop's script is so uninspired that not even James Marsden's frantic mugging can give it any bounce."[10] Metacritic gave the film a 41/100 based on reviews from 23 critics.[11] The subplot involving Carlos the Easter Chick was considered to be insensitive to Mexican Americans by some reviewers.[12][13]

Box office

Hop opened at number one at the Friday box office in the U.S. and Canada, earning $11.4 million, beating Source Code and Insidious, two other movies that opened that weekend.[14] It then topped the weekend box office with $37.5 million, then making it the 2nd highest opening weekend in 2011 behind Rango, until Rio came out.[15] It also topped the UK box office in its opening weekend, with £1,392,740.[16] Hop held onto the #1 spot in the U.S. and Canada for its second weekend, with a 42% drop, and grossed $21.4 million. During its second week, it beat the four new nationwide releases, Arthur, Hanna, Soul Surfer and Your Highness.[17] In the 2011 Easter weekend, Hop increased 13.7% from its third weekend, with a gross of $12.5 million, and crossed the $100 million mark in North America, becoming the third 2011 film to reach this mark after Rango and Just Go with It.[18] Hop earned $108,085,305 in North America and $75,868,418 in foreign countries, bringing its worldwide total to $183,953,723.[2]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2012 Annie Awards Character Animation in a Live Action Production[19] Andrew Arnett Nominated

Other media

Doodle Jump game

In 2011, Doodle Jump launched a Hop themed game app for the iPhone.[20] On March 18, the TV advertisement for the game was posted onto YouTube by the film's official YouTube channel.[21]

Video game

A video game adaptation based on the film has been released exclusively for the Nintendo DS.[22][23]

Books

Five books based on the film have been released:[24]

  • Chicks Versus Bunnies: a children's paperback picture book
  • Hop: The Chapter Book: a story book based on the film's plot
  • Hoppy Bunnies: a children's board book with finger puppets
  • Hop: Meet the Easter Bunny: a paperback picture book about the Easter Bunny's workshop
  • Counting Chicks: a hardcover picture book

Other merchandise

A large range of licensed merchandise is being released in connection with the film, including toys, stuffed animals, many sorts of candy, T-shirts, cookie decorating kits, baked goods and other products from Kraft Foods. Some items will be available exclusively at Walmart stores.[25] Burger King have launched a line of Hop-themed toys included in their kids meals throughout April 2011.[26][6]

Original score soundtrack

The film's official 35-track original score soundtrack (by Universal/London) was released in stores on April 5, 2011. However, on iTunes it was released a month earlier in March.[27]

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External links

  • Official website
  • "HOP Production Notes" (PDF). HOP official website. class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2012-01-25. 
  • Hop at the Internet Movie Database
  • Hop at the Big Cartoon DataBase
  • Hop at AllRovi
  • Hop at Rotten Tomatoes
  • Hop at Box Office Mojo