Hop (2011)

Hop is a 2011 American 3D Live Action/Animated Computed Comedy Fantasy Film directed by Tim Hill with the produced by Chris Meledandri and Michele Imperato Stabile, based on the story of Easter Bunny by Sally Anne Lambert and Hop The Chapter Book made by Annie Auerbach. It stars Russell Brand as E.B., The Easter Bunny who was Mr Bunny (Hugh Laurie)'s son and he was drum in a band everyday than succeed his father as the Easter Bunny;James Marsden as Mister Fred O'Hare, a human who worked and wished as a become the next Easter Bunny himself, James Marsden confirmed as a picture of the frame and looks like a Mona Lisa as a opening scene;Hank Azaria as Mr Chick, a nickname of Mr Chick named Carlos who was E.B.'s antagonism who plots to take over the Easter organization. 
E.B., a character who was an Easter Bunny was created by Peter de Sève as a casting of the brand. Filming location on Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks and Orpheum Theater on 2011 in principal photographer. 3D entertaining as a responding visual effects and CGI made for California based Rhythm & Hues Studios. Cody Simpson announce that film would be soundtrack named I Want Candy as a entertaining operation.
The film had a premiere on Universal Studios Hollywood in March 27, 2011. The film released on theatrical released in April 1, 2011 by Universal Pictures. Hop was received negative from critics who Rotten Tomatoes call it a "impressively animated" but "uninspired". But it was commercial success, it grossed $184 million worldwide against the production budget is $63 million. This is to date, the only Illumination film with computer animation made with live action.
== Plot ==
On Easter Island, a young rabbit named E.B. is intended to succeed his father as the Easter Bunny. Intimidated by the calling's demands and ignoring his father's orders, E.B. runs away to Hollywood to pursue his dream of becoming a drummer. In Van Nuys, E.B. is hit by Fred O'Hare, an out-of-work, job-hopping slacker who was driving to his sister Sam's boss's house to house-sit, while his parents forced him to move out. Feigning injury, E.B. persuades Fred to take him in as he recovers, but when E.B. causes trouble, Fred attempts to release him in the wilderness. E.B. persuades to help him by claiming to be the Easter Bunny, whom Fred as a child had witnessed delivering eggs.
E.B.'s father sends his royal guards, the Pink Berets, to search for him and bring him back. In Hollywood, E.B. sees the Berets closing in on him and hides inside a business where Fred is having a 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.
Afterwards, Fred attends his adoptive younger sister Alex's school Easter 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 "Peter Cottontail", dashes out and disrupts the show, forcing Fred to feign a ventriloquist's act with E.B.'s cooperation as his dummy and leading the show in singing, "I Want Candy". Both Fred's father Henry and Alex are angry about the upstaging, but Fred is inspired to be the Easter Bunny himself. Although skeptical, E.B. agrees to train him and finds that Fred has some genuine talent for it.
Meanwhile, the Easter Bunny's second-in-command Carlos the Chick plots a coup d'état against him to take over Easter. Carlos inspires the chicks to uprise the bunnies and begins training to become the Easter Bunny, or, Easter Chick, but seems to lack the qualities an Easter Bunny needs. 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 Fred has apparently killed E.B., capture him and take him to Easter Island. Fred is confronted by E.B.'s father and Carlos, however Carlos pretends to be upset about E.B.'s death, silences Fred when he tries to tell the truth, and seizes control of the Easter factory, tying up E.B.'s father and placing him and Fred to be boiled alive. Meanwhile, E.B. starts to feel guilty for acting selfish and leaving Fred, and is convinced by Hasselhoff on his show to go back and help his friend.
E.B. races back to the factory. He confronts Carlos, but is immobilized in gummy candy and tossed into the chocolate bunny carving line. E.B. survives by dodging the blades of the machine, while Fred eats through the black-licorice ropes, escaping with E.B’s father, who couldn’t eat through due to the poor taste of the candy. Carlos, now a chick-bunny combination due to the magic of The Egg of Destiny, battles with E.B. and defeats him easily due to his size. Carlos then tries to lead the Egg Sleigh out with his sidekick Phil directing, but E.B. improvises a drum session that drives Phil to uncontrollably dance to the beat and provide the wrong signals, causing the sleigh to crash and subdue Carlos. E.B. apologizes to his father for his selfishness, and he and Fred are crowned co-Easter bunnies, while Carlos is forced to pull the Egg Sleigh.
== Cast ==
The cast in order of production notes listing:
=== Live-action actors ===
* James Marsden as Frederick "Fred" O'Hare
** Coleton Ray as Young Fred
* Kaley Cuoco as Samantha "Sam" O'Hare
* Gary Cole as Henry O'Hare
* Elizabeth Perkins as Bonnie O'Hare
* Tiffany Espensen as Alexandra "Alex" O'Hare
* David Hasselhoff as Himself, the host of "Hoff Knows Talent"
* Chelsea Handler as Mrs. Beck
* Dustin Ybarra as Cody
* Russell Brand as a "Hoff Knows Talent" production assistant.
=== Voice cast ===
* Russell Brand as E.B.
** Django Marsh as Young E.B.
* Hank Azaria as Carlos and Phil
* Hugh Laurie as Mr. Bunny (credited as "E.B.'s Dad")
* Hugh Hefner as Voice at Playboy Mansion
== Production ==
E.B. was designed by Peter de Sève, most famous for the work on the Ice Age characters. The CGI animation of the film was made by Los Angeles-based Rhythm & Hues Studios.
The theme song ("I Want Candy") was performed by Australian pop singer Cody Simpson.
== Release ==
The film has a premiere on Universal Studios Hollywood in March 27, 2011 and on theatrical released on USA in April 1, 2011
=== 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. 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.
=== Home media ===
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released Hop on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on March 23, 2012, in North America, and on DVD and Blu-ray Disc back on August 29, 2011, in the United Kingdom. The US Blu-ray Disc/DVD combo pack also features an original short film titled Phil's Dance Party.
== Reception ==
=== Box Office ===
Hop opened at #1 at the Friday box office in the U.S. and Canada, earning $11.4 million, beating Source Code and Insidious, two other films that opened that weekend. 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. It also topped the box office in the United Kingdom in its opening weekend, with £1,392,740. 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. 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. Hop earned $108.1 million in North America and $75.9 million in other countries, bringing its worldwide total to $184 million. It is the lowest grossing out all of Illumination's films.
=== Critical Reception ===
On Rotten Tomatoes, Hop received an approval rating of 24% based on 139 critics and an average rating of 4.30/10. The critical consensus reads: "It's impressively animated, but Hop's script is so uninspired that not even James Marsden's frantic mugging can give it any bounce." It is the lowest-rated Illumination film on the site to date as of 2019. Metacritic gives the film a score of 41 out of 100 based on reviews from 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on a scale of A+ to F.
The subplot involving Carlos the Easter Chick was considered to be insensitive to Mexican Americans by one reviewer. Peter Debruge of Variety called it "hilariously un-PC".
== Awards ==
Year	Award 	Category 	Nominee 	Result
2012	Kids Choice Awards	Character Animation in a Live Action Production	Andrew Arnett	Won
== Other Media & Future ==
=== Video games ===
A video game adaptation based on the film was released exclusively for the Nintendo DS and published by 505 Games.
==== Doodle Jump game ====
In 2011, Doodle Jump launched a Hop-themed game app for the iPhone. On March 18, the TV advertisement for the game was posted onto YouTube by the film's official YouTube channel.
=== Books ===
Five books based on the film have been released:
* 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 was 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 were available exclusively at Walmart stores.Burger King launched a line of Hop-themed toys included in their kids meals throughout April 2011.
=== Original score soundtrack ===
The film's official thirty five track original score soundtrack (from Back Lot Music) was released in stores on April 5, 2011. However, on iTunes it was released a month earlier in March.
=== Sequel ===
In 2012, Hop 2 was going to development with all return the cast.
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