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Directed by | Tim Hill |
Produced by |
Chris Meledandri Michele Imperato Stabile |
Screenplay by |
Cinco Paul Ken Daurio Brian Lynch |
Story by | Cinco Paul Ken Daurio |
Starring |
Russell Brand James Marsden Kaley Cuoco Hank Azaria Gary Cole Elizabeth Perkins Hugh Laurie |
Music by | Christopher Lennertz |
Cinematography | Peter Lyons Collister |
Edited by | Peter S. Elliot Gregory Perler |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $63 million |
Box office | $184 million |
Hop is a 2011 American 3D live-action/computer-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, an evil chick who plots to take over the Easter organization.
It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on March 23, 2012, in Region 1.
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. So his father sends the Pink Berets out to find him. Meanwhile, Carlos the Chick plots a coup d'état against him to take over the Easter organization.
At Van Nuys, E.B. is hit by Fred O'Hare, 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 boss's house he is house-sitting, 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 saw in operation in his youth.