Hop

Movie Title: Hop 

More Title:
Hopp Hungary
I Hop USA (working title)

Country / Region: United States

Genre: Comedy

Language: English

Production costs: $ 1,500,000 / estimated

Release Date:
Argentina 31 March 2011
Malaysia 31 March 2011
Singapore 31 March 2011
Canada 1 April 2011
Norway 1 April 2011
Sweden 1 April 2011
UK 1 April 2011
USA 1 April 2011
Portugal 7 April 2011
Hungary 14 April 2011
Finland 22 April 2011

Plot:
Blending state-of-the-art animation with live action, Hop tells the comic tale of Fred (James Marsden), an out-of-work slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny (voiced by Russell Brand) and must take him in as he recovers. As Fred struggles with the world's worst houseguest, both will learn what it takes to finally grow up. The film is helmed by Tim Hill, director of the blockbuster Alvin & the Chipmunks and produced by Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me).


Plot Keywords: Easter, Easter Bunny, Rabbit, One Word Title, Car Accident

Directed by
Tim Hill        

Writing credits(WGA)
Cinco Paul         (screenplay) &
Ken Daurio         (screenplay) and
Brian Lynch         (screenplay)
Cinco Paul         (story) &
Ken Daurio         (story)

Cast

Kaley Cuoco

Russell Brand

 James Marsden

Elizabeth Perkins

Chelsea Handler

 Tiffany Espensen

Tucker Albrizzi

Nick Drago

Robbie Tucker

Veronica Alicino

Jayden Lund

Andre Alexsen

Laura Henschel

Shane Cambria

Coleton Ray

David M. Tran

Lynne Oropeza

Jacob White

    James Marsden    ...     Fred
    Kaley Cuoco    ...     Samantha O'Hare
    Russell Brand    ...     Easter Bunny (voice)
    Elizabeth Perkins       
    Chelsea Handler    ...     Mrs. Beck
    Tucker Albrizzi    ...     Bat Boy
    Tiffany Espensen    ...     Alex
    Nick Drago    ...     Dance auditioner
    Robbie Tucker    ...     Kid#1
    Veronica Alicino    ...     Wendi
    Jayden Lund    ...     Parent
    Andre Alexsen    ...     K9 Cowboy Act
    Cici Lau    ...     Chinese Woman
    Shane Cambria    ...     Kid #2
    Keith Saltojanes    ...     Juggler
    Jacob White    ...     Guy Hiker
    Laura Henschel    ...     Hiker#1
    Coleton Ray    ...     Young Fred
    Lynne Oropeza    ...     Ballerina
    David M. Tran    ...     2 UP Employee #1
    Jason Nguyen    ...     Dragon Dancer
    Dustin Ybarra    ...     Cody (uncredited)

Produced by
John Cohen    ....     producer
Michele Imperato    ....     executive producer
Christopher Meledandri    ....     producer

Original Music by
Christopher Lennertz        

Cinematography by
Peter Lyons Collister        

Film Editing by
Peter S. Elliot        
Gregory Perler        

Production Design by
Richard Holland        

Art Direction by
Charles Daboub Jr.        

Costume Design by
Alexandra Welker        

Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone    ....     makeup artist
Elena Arroy    ....     key makeup artist
Cheri Minns    ....     makeup department head
Candace Neal    ....     hair department head
Joy Zapata    ....     key hair stylist

Production Management
Drew Tolman    ....     animation production supervisor: Universal

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Mendoza    ....     second assistant director
Michele Panelli-Venetis    ....     first assistant director

Art Department
Marc Baird    ....     storyboard artist
Todd Bennett    ....     plaster foreman
Shane Buckallew    ....     plaster gangboss
Larry Guy Clause    ....     construction general foreman
Randy Culberhouse    ....     propmaker foreman
Heather Elwell    ....     art department coordinator
Brian Feola    ....     propmaker foreman
Emily Ferry    ....     property master
Matt Gaser    ....     concept artist
Ethan Goodwin    ....     additional buyer
Alex Hunter    ....     art department coordinator
Charli Jayson    ....     prop master: second unit
Frank McEldowney    ....     greens coordinator
Mike Medina    ....     construction coordinator
Seth Phillips    ....     propmaker toolman
Michael Ruby    ....     supervising signwriter
Dominic Sandfrey    ....     labor foreman
Lissette Schettini    ....     assistant art director
Jefry Shebroe    ....     props
Tom Sito    ....     storyboard artist
David Stephan    ....     storyboard artist
Joy Taylor    ....     on-set props
Phillip Thoman    ....     on-set dresser
Hao Wu    ....     concept designer: Rhythm & Hues

Sound Department
Alexandra Gallo    ....     utility sound technician
Richard Bryce Goodman    ....     sound mixer
Chris Navarro    ....     adr mixer
Cary Weitz    ....     boom operator
Ryan Young    ....     adr mixer

Special Effects by
Brett Barett    ....     special effects technician
Albert Delgado    ....     special effects supervisor
Rocky Gehr    ....     special effects foreman
Clark James    ....     special effects technician
Alan E. Lorimer    ....     special effects coordinator
James Lorimer    ....     special effects technician
William H. Schirmer    ....     special effects supervisor
Harold Selig    ....     special effects foreman
David Simmons    ....     special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Beverly Abbott    ....     cg production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Suzaine Aguirre    ....     digital imaging resources
Shish Aikat    ....     education manager: Rhythm & Hues
Stuart Allan    ....     previsualization artist
Praveen Allu    ....     paint & roto artist
Ashleigh Anderson    ....     digital compositor
Mohammed Anuz    ....     modeling technical director
Sivakumar Arunachalam    ....     roto/prep artist
Rob Au    ....     environment lead: Rhythm & Hues
Jen Bahan    ....     senior rigger
Sachin Bangera    ....     technical animator
Scott Berri    ....     cg production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Vishal Bhardwaj    ....     visual effects artist
Emil Bidiuc    ....     visual effects
Adam Blank    ....     matchmove supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Sathish Kumar Bodicherla    ....     technical director: cloth/hair
Ryan Bowden    ....     lighting technical director
Sibi Chakaravathi    ....     roto/paint artist
Theju Chandran    ....     digital paint/roto artist: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Tamar Chatterjee    ....     r&d lighting
Hitesh Chikate    ....     tech animator: Rhythm & Hues
Kunal Chindarkar    ....     compositor
Jeremy Chinn    ....     modeling lead: Rythm & Hues
Sandesh Chonkar    ....     modeler: Rhythm & Hues, India
Marvin Chua    ....     render i/o coordinator
Daniel Aristoteles Collins    ....     systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Conelly    ....     digital supervisor
Chris Consani    ....     art director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Sean Coonce    ....     digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues
Krishnendu Bikash Das    ....     lighting td
Soumava Das    ....     lighting technical director
John Decker    ....     lighting td
Jose L. De Juan    ....     digital artist
Santosh Kumar Dey    ....     matchmove artist
Nicolas Donel    ....     lead matte painter
Ryan Donoghue    ....     animation supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Adam Dorner    ....     technical animator: Rhythm and Hues
John Dowell    ....     crowd technical director: Rhythm and Hues
Steve Dubin    ....     visual effects producer
Tony Etienne    ....     look development
Eloi Nischith Francis    ....     roto/prep artist
Mikael Genachte-Lebail    ....     digital matte painter: Rhythm & Hues
Denil George    ....     technical animator Rhythm & Hues
Paul Gimm    ....     lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Jimmy Gordon    ....     technical animation supervisor
Stephen Hammond    ....     texture painter
Pascal Hang    ....     digital effects artist
Anthony Harris    ....     color supervisor
Phil Holland    ....     digital imaging specialist
Eric Horton    ....     effects supervisor
Beth Howe    ....     visual effects coordinator
Lubo Hristov    ....     previz supervisor
Jordan Hueckstaedt    ....     technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Sean Hyun-In Lee    ....     digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Yasamin Ismaili    ....     cg production manager: Rhythm & Hues
David P.I. James    ....     visual effects plate producer
Rajeev Jeganathan    ....     paint/roto artist
Walt Jones    ....     look development supervisor
Sean Kaczmarek    ....     visual effects
Aditya Kolli    ....     roto/prep artist
Varun Krishnan    ....     technical animator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Vikas Kurup    ....     matchmove artist: rhythm & hues studios
David Lamps    ....     animation layout
Mary Lynn Machado    ....     look development/color & lighting: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Richard Mahon    ....     environment lead
Mark Mancewicz    ....     technical animator
Chris McLeod    ....     visual effects coordinator
Chirag Mistry    ....     technical animator: Rhythm & Hues, India
Jim Mitchell    ....     concept/storyboard artist
Rohini Montenegro    ....     digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Zeke Morales    ....     visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Mike L. Murphy    ....     pre-vis supervisor: Proof Inc.
Rishikesh Nandlaskar    ....     3D modeler
Ben Nelson    ....     previsualization artist
Will Nicholson    ....     digital artist: previz
Onesimus Nuernberger    ....     matte painter: Rhythm & Hues
Shyam Prasad Chowdhary Nunna    ....     digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Boban Panakal Varghese Joy    ....     digital production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Sheetal Petkar    ....     lighting td
Jean Joseph Philip    ....     lighting technical director
Jason Quintana    ....     crowd lead: Rhythm & Hues
Sunil Rawat    ....     technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Vijay Bharath Reddy    ....     roto/prep artist
Francisco Rodriguez    ....     look development supervisor
Allen Rose    ....     technical lead
Yury Sakovich    ....     technical animator
Jason Scott    ....     lead lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Bryan Searing    ....     visual effects coordinator
Siddharth Shah    ....     digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues
Neha Sharma    ....     digital production coordinator
Mayumi Shimokawa    ....     matte painter: Rhythm and Hues
Matt Shumway    ....     animation supervisor: Rhythm and Hues
Shyamchand    ....     background prep artist
Brad Smith    ....     render i/o administrator
Arpit Soni    ....     digital production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Dinesh Soni    ....     technical animator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Angelo Stanco    ....     technical animator: Rhythm and Hues
Jennifer Stratton    ....     texture artist/look dev: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Frederick George Stuhrberg    ....     3D Scanning
Yuki Sugimoto    ....     camera layout technical director
Radhakrishnan Sundararaj    ....     digital compositor
Mahmood Tariq    ....     lighting & compositing technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Brian Tatosky    ....     2D supervisor
Ben Taylor    ....     render i/o coordinator
Nicholas Theisen    ....     digital imaging resources
Mimi Thian    ....     matchmove artist: rhythm & hues studios
Avish John Thomas    ....     visual effects artist
Tejas Trivedi    ....     lighter
Anthony Tso    ....     animation layout
Sean Wallitsch    ....     lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Darrin Wehser    ....     environment supervisor: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Jeff Wells    ....     sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Christian Wood    ....     lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Woodside    ....     tech animator lead
Ahmed Younis    ....     lighting / fx td

Stunts
Koby Azarly    ....     stunt rigger
Wayne Dalglish    ....     stunts
G. Grant Jewett    ....     stunt double
Mandy Kowalski    ....     stunts
Ashton Moio    ....     stunt double
John Moio    ....     stunt coordinator
Mark Riccardi    ....     stunt player

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Alexonis    ....     key grip
Noah Bishop    ....     technocrane operator
Steven W. Blumenfeld    ....     video/computer playback engineer
Kyle Boorman    ....     moving light technician
Robert Branam    ....     second unit: video assist
Robin Bursey    ....     second assistant camera
Jon Callesen    ....     lighting technician
Darrin DeLoach    ....     first assistant camera
Shawn Ensign    ....     best boy grip: second unit
Michael Fitzgerald    ....     epk photographer
Jefferson Fugitt    ....     second assistant camera: second unit
David Goldsmith    ....     key video assist
Chris Hill    ....     computer/video playback
Shane D. Kelly    ....     gaffer
Lloyd Moriarity    ....     key grip: second unit
Jason Newton    ....     dolly grip
Miguel Sánchez    ....     best boy: second unit
Charles Smith    ....     key rigging grip
Kurt E. Soderling    ....     director of photography: aerial unit
Tim Soronen    ....     best boy grip
Travis Stewart    ....     set lighting technician
C. Ashley Sudge    ....     dolly grip
Jaimie Trueblood    ....     still photographer
Chris Updegrave    ....     grip: second unit
Scott Webb    ....     theatrical lighting designer

Animation Department
Balaji Anbalagan    ....     animator
Jocelyn Cofer    ....     animator
Robert Diaz    ....     character animator
Nicole Herr    ....     senior character animator: Rhythm & Hues
Will Kistler    ....     animator
Naveen Kumar    ....     technical animator
Christopher Dennis Lindsay    ....     character animator
Sean McComber    ....     lead animator
Jim Mitchell    ....     storyboard artist
Teresa Nord    ....     animator
John Paul Rhinemiller    ....     character animator
Shuchi Singhal    ....     animator
Ryan Sluman    ....     animator
Derek Tannehill    ....     lead animator
Luis Carlos Uribe    ....     animator
Amanda Wagner    ....     animator
Leslie Watters    ....     animator

Casting Department
Veronica Alicino    ....     casting assistant
Nancy Beer    ....     extras casting assistant
Carol Grant    ....     extras casting
Monica Kelly    ....     casting assistant
Jamie Pease    ....     extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Amelia Buhrman    ....     costumer
Christina DeMasi    ....     set costumer
Lizette Kilmer    ....     set costumer

Editorial Department
Carlos M. Castillón    ....     second assistant editor
Dave Cory    ....     assistant editor
Zachary Dehm    ....     post-production assistant
Matthew Schmidt    ....     first assistant editor

Music Department
Kevin Crehan    ....     music editor
J.J. George    ....     music editor
Julianne Jordan    ....     music supervisor

Transportation Department
Robert K. Johnson    ....     transportation coordinator
Mel Langford    ....     transportation

Other crew
Diana Adams    ....     key accountant
Laurie Agard    ....     assistant to executive producer
Laurie Agard    ....     script coordinator
Andre Alexsen    ....     K9 animal handler trainer
Katie Ballentine    ....     marketing coordinator
Judith M. Brown    ....     studio teacher
Darren Bulmer    ....     production assistant
Kris Bunting    ....     key assistant location manager
Paul Buscemi    ....     epk sound
Carol Sue Byron    ....     construction accountant
Justin Carville    ....     assistant accountant
Natalie Cohen    ....     stand-in: Kaley Cuoco
Krystal Cooper    ....     production coordinator
Bob Corff    ....     dialect coach
Adam Cuthbert    ....     additional production assistant
Cody D'Ambrosio    ....     assistant to executive producer
Charles Fagin    ....     key assistant location manager
Brendan Flaherty    ....     set production assistant
Wendy Geary    ....     assistant to the director
Robbie Goldstein    ....     location manager
Jill Hahn    ....     second assistant accountant
Henry Humphreys    ....     medic
Brian Patrick Kinney    ....     key assistant location manager
Samantha C. Kirkeby    ....     second unit script supervisor
Kristofer Kolpek    ....     key set production assistant
Carly Machlis    ....     accounting clerk
James E. Maddux    ....     key set medic
Mikaela Mathern    ....     set production assistant
Kathy McHugh    ....     script supervisor: second unit
Peter McKernan    ....     aerial coordinator/pilot
France Myung Metz    ....     location manager
Alex Montilla    ....     production assistant
Blake Nabavi    ....     production secretary
Carrie A. Oyer    ....     assistant production coordinator
Joshua Brian Pierce    ....     asset coordinator
Steven John Reynolds    ....     first assistant acccountant
Erin Sahlstrom    ....     production coordinator
Michael Shanahan    ....     key assistant location manager
Charline St. Charles    ....     clearance coordinator
Kasia Trojak    ....     second unit production assistant
Stephanie Tull    ....     production assistant
David R. Lawson    ....     medic (uncredited)

  Production Companies

     Illumination Entertainment
     Universal Pictures

Distributors

     United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
     Universal Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)

Special Effects

     Rhythm & Hues
     Third Floor, The (previsualization)

Other Companies

     BT Industrial Supply expendables
     Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment camera cranes
     Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment camera dollies
     Direct Tools & Fasteners expendables
     Dolby Laboratories sound mix
     Executive Assurance security
     Movie Movers cast trailers
     Movie Movers hair and make-up trailers
     Movie Movers office trailers
     Movie Movers star trailers
     Sessions Payroll Management extras payroll services

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