Hop The Movie 2011

Directed by	Tim Hill
Produced by	Chris Meledandri
Written by	Ken Daurio Brian Lynch Cinco Paul
Screenplay by	Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman
Story by	John Cohen Angus Cleveland Janet Healy

On Easter Island, a teenage rabbit named E.B. (Russell Brand) is intended to succeed his father (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. His father sends his three ninja royal guards, the Pink Berets, to find his son. Meanwhile, Easter Chick Carlos (Hank Azaria) and his music-obsessed assistant, Phil (also Hank Azaria), plot a coup d'état against E.B's Dad to take over the Easter organization.

Wandering through Los Angeles, E.B. is hit by Fred O'Hare (James Marsden), an out of work slacker 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 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 the Easter Bunny and Carlos about killing E.B. Carlos pretends to be upset about E.B.'s death, ignores Fred's protests about the truth of the decoy and seizes control of the Easter factory.

Meanwhile, E.B. is wracked with guilt about abandoning his friend. He discusses the situation with Hasselhoff, who advises him to go back and help his friend. E.B. finds evidence 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 E.B.'s father are tied up with black licorice and are to be boiled alive. Fred eats his way out and E.B. survives by dodging the blades. Carlos, now a chick-bunny combination due to Easter magic, tries to lead the Easter 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 Easter 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.

Cast

[edit]Live action actors

• 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.
• Coleton Ray as Young Fred.
• Kaley Cuoco as Samantha "Sam" O'Hare - Fred's younger sister.
• Tiffany Espensen as Alex O'Hare - Fred and Sam's adopted younger sister.
• Gary Cole as Henry O'Hare - Fred, Sam, and Alex's father.
• Elizabeth Perkins as Bonnie O'Hare - Henry's wife and Fred, Sam and Alex's mother.
• Chelsea Handler as Mrs. Beck - the lady who interviews Fred in his job interview.
• David Hasselhoff as Himself - The host of "Hoff Knows Talent".
• Russell Brand as a "Hoff Knows Talent" production assistant who pronounces E.B.'s name wrong.
• Christian Long as a "Hoff Knows Talent" production assistant.
• Hugh Hefner as Himself.
• Dustin Ybarra as Cody - an office worker who has a brief encounter with Fred during his job interview.
• The Blind Boys Of Alabama as Themselves - A blues band who persuade E.B. to audition for "Hoff Knows Talent".

Voices

• Russell Brand as E.B. - A teenage rabbit who would rather be a drummer than be the next Easter Bunny. Brand also makes a short cameo appearance as a production assistant.
• Django Marsh as Young E.B.
• Hugh Laurie as E.B.'s Dad - The current Easter Bunny who wants E.B. to follow in his footsteps 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 E.B.'s Dad's number two (or lieutenant) and decides to lead a coup d'état.
• Phil: Carlos' fun loving sidekick who enjoys music more than working.
• John Cohen as the other Easter Chicks and the other Easter Bunnies.
• Janet Healy as The Pink Berets (Fluffy, Patch, and Bit) - A trio of royal guard rabbit ninjas sent out by The Easter Bunny to find E.B.

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.^[12] It then topped the weekend box office with $37.5 million, making it the 2nd highest opening weekend so far in 2011 behind Rango, until Rio came out.^[13] It topped the UK box office in its opening weekend, with £1,392,740.^[14] Hopheld onto the #1 spot in the U.S. and Canada for its second weekend, with a 42% drop, and grossed $21.4 million.^[15] In the 2011 Easter weekend, Hop increased 16% 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.^[16]

As of May 20, 2011 the film has made $106,916,680 in North America and $63,725,837 internationally bringing its worldwide total to $170,642,517.^[17]