Hop
Also known as: I Hop (Working Title)
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment, Rhythm & Hues, Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions
- Animation studio
- Rhythm & Hues Studios
- Distributor
- Universal Pictures
Synopsis
The comic tale of Fred, an out-of-work slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny 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.
Characters
E.B., Mr. Bunny, Carlos, Phil.
Live Action: Fred, Samantha O'Hare, Alex, Dance Auditioner, Wendi, Bat Boy, Mrs. Beck, Parent, K9 Cowboy Act, Juggler, Guy Hiker, Young Fred, Chinese Woman, Ballerina, Dragon Dancer, Cody, Kids, Hikers, 2 UP Employees
Live Action: Fred, Samantha O'Hare, Alex, Dance Auditioner, Wendi, Bat Boy, Mrs. Beck, Parent, K9 Cowboy Act, Juggler, Guy Hiker, Young Fred, Chinese Woman, Ballerina, Dragon Dancer, Cody, Kids, Hikers, 2 UP Employees
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tim Hill
- First Assistant Director
- Michele Panelli-Venetis
- Second Assistant Director
- David Mendoza
Producing
- Producer
- John Cohen, Christopher Meledandri
- Executive Producer
- Michele Imperato
Writing
- Writer
- Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Brian Lynch
- Story
- Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
- Script Coordinator
- Laurie Agard
- Script Supervisors (Second Unit)
- Samantha C. Kirkeby, Kathy McHugh
Voices
- Voice
- Russell Brand (E.B.), Hugh Laurie (Mr. Bunny), Hank Azaria (Carlos, Phil), Hugh Hefner (Playboy Mansion Voice), Django Marsh (Young E.B.)
- Live Action
- James Marsden (Fred), Kaley Cuoco (Samantha O'Hare), Tiffany Espensen (Alex), Nick Drago (Dance Auditioner), Veronica Alicino (Wendi), Tucker Albrizzi (Bat Boy), Chelsea Handler (Mrs. Beck), Robbie Tucker (Kid #1), Jayden Lund (Parent), Andre Alexsen (K9 Cowboy Act), David M. Tran (2 UP Employee #1), Keith Saltojanes (Juggler), Jacob White (Guy Hiker), Laura Henschel (Hiker #1), Coleton Ray (Young Fred), Cici Lau (Chinese Woman), Shane Cambria (Kid #2), Lynne Oropeza (Ballerina), Jason Nguyen (Dragon Dancer), Dustin Ybarra (Cody [uncredited]), Elizabeth Perkins
Music
- Music
- Christopher Lennertz
Animation
- Animator
- Teresa Nord, Ryan Sluman, Luis Carlos Uribe
- Lead Animator
- Sean McComber
- Senior Character Animator (Rhythm & Hues)
- Nicole Herr
- Key Rigging Grip
- Charles Smith
- Lighting Technician
- Jon Callesen
- Set Lighting Technician
- Travis Stewart
- Animation Production Supervisor (Universal)
- Drew Tolman
- Modeling Lead (Rhythm & Hues)
- Jeremy Chinn
- 3D Modeler
- Rishikesh Nandlaskar
- Modeler (Rhythm & Hues, India)
- Sandesh Chonkar
- Modeling Technical Director
- Mohammed Anuz
- Senior Rigger
- Jen Bahan
- R&D Lighting
- Tamar Chatterjee
- Lighting Technical Directors
- Krishnendu Bikash Das, John Decker, Sheetal Petkar
- Lead Lighting Technical Director (Rhythm & Hues Studios)
- Jason Scott
- Lighting/FX Technical Director
- Ahmed Younis
- Look Development/Color and Lighting (Rhythm & Hues Studios)
- Mary Lynn Machado
- Texture Artist/Look Dev (Rhythm & Hues Studios)
- Jennifer Stratton
- Animation Supervisor (Rhythm & Hues)
- Ryan Donoghue
- Technical Animation Supervisor
- Jimmy Gordon
- Technical Animator
- Mark Mancewicz
- Technical Animator (Rhythm and Hues)
- Angelo Stanco
- Animation Layout
- David Lamps, Anthony Tso
- Look Development Supervisor
- Walt Jones
- Look Development
- Tony Etienne
- Camera Layout Technical Director
- Yuki Sugimoto
- Stunt Rigger
- Koby Azarly
Art Department
- Production Designer
- Richard Holland
- Art Director
- Charles Daboub Jr
- Storyboard Artists
- Jim Mitchell, Marc Baird, David Stephan
- Theatrical Lighting Designer
- Scott Webb
- Assistant Art Director
- Lissette Schettini
- Art Department Coordinators
- Heather Elwell, Alex Hunter
- Concept Artist
- Matt Gaser
- Concept Designer (Rhythm & Hues)
- Hao Wu
- Costume Design
- Alexandra Welker
- Paint and Roto Artists
- Praveen Allu, Sibi Chakaravathi
- Digital Paint/Roto Artist (Rhythm and Hues Studios)
- Theju Chandran
- Concept/Storyboard Artist
- Jim Mitchell
- Lead Matte Painter
- Nicolas Donel
- Matte Painters (Rhythm & Hues)
- Onesimus Nuernberger, Mayumi Shimokawa
Visual Effects
- Effects Supervisor
- Eric Horton
- Special Effects Coordinator
- Alan E. Lorimer
- Special Effects Supervisors
- Albert Delgado, William H. Schirmer
- Special Effects Foremen
- Rocky Gehr, Harold Selig
- Special Effects Technicians
- Brett Barett, Clark James, James Lorimer
- Special Effects Crew
- David Simmons
- Render/I/O Administrator
- Brad Smith
- Render/I/O Coordinators
- Marvin Chua, Ben Taylor
- Lead Compositor (Rhythm & Hues)
- Christian Wood
- Digital Compositors (Rhythm & Hues)
- Sean Coonce, Rohini Montenegro, Siddharth Shah
- Visual Effects Producer
- Steve Dubin
- Visual Effects Coordinators
- Beth Howe, Chris McLeod
- Crowd Lead (Rhythm & Hues)
- Jason Quintana
Camera
- Cinematography
- Peter Lyons Collister
- First Assistant Camera
- Darrin DeLoach
- Second Assistant Camera (Second Unit)
- Jefferson Fugitt
- Director of Photography (Aerial Unit)
- Kurt E. Soderling
- Key Grip
- Michael Alexonis
- Best Boy Grip
- Tim Soronen
- Dolly Grips
- Jason Newton, C. Ashley Sudge
- Key Grip (Second Unit)
- Lloyd Moriarity
- Best Boy Grip (Second Unit)
- Shawn Ensign
- Grip (Second Unit)
- Chris Updegrave
- Still Photographer
- Jaimie Trueblood
- EPK Photographer
- Michael FitzGerald
- Gaffer
- Shane D. Kelly
Editing
- Editor
- Peter S. Elliot, Gregory Perler
- Assistant Editor
- Dave Cory
- First Assistant Editor
- Matthew Schmidt
- Second Assistant Editor
- Carlos M. Castillón
- Post-Production Assistant
- Zachary Dehm
Sound
- Sound Mixer
- Richard Bryce Goodman
- Sound Mix
- Dolby Laboratories
- Utility Sound Technician
- Alexandra Gallo
- ADR Mixers
- Chris Navarro, Ryan Young
- Boom Operator
- Cary Weitz
Music Department
- Music Supervisor
- Julianne Jordan
- Music Editor
- Kevin Crehan
Casting
- Casting Assistants
- Veronica Alicino, Monica Kelly
- Extras Casting Assistants
- Nancy Beer, Jamie Pease
- Extras Casting
- Carol Grant
Production Management
- Production Coordinator
- Erin Sahlstrom
- Construction Coordinator
- Mike Medina
- Greens Coordinator
- Frank McEldowney
- CG Production Manager (Rhythm & Hues)
- Scott Berri
- Digital Production Coordinator (Rhythm & Hues)
- Arpit Soni
- Stunt Coordinator
- John Moio
- Transportation Coordinator
- Robert K. Johnson
- Key Accountant
- Diana Adams
- First Assistant Accountant
- Steven John Reynolds
- Second Assistant Accountant
- Jill Hahn
- Assistant Accountant
- Justin Carville
- Construction Accountant
- Carol Sue Byron
- Accounting Clerk
- Carly Machlis
- Marketing Coordinator
- Katie Ballentine
- Production Assistants
- Darren Bulmer, Alex Montilla, Stephanie Tull
- Key Set Production Assistant
- Kristofer Kolpek
- Set Production Assistants
- Brendan Flaherty, Mikaela Mathern
- Additional Production Assistant
- Adam Cuthbert
- Assistant Production Coordinator
- Carrie A. Oyer
- Production Secretary
- Blake Nabavi
- Asset Coordinator
- Joshua Brian Pierce
- Clearance Coordinator
- Charline St. Charles
- Aerial Coordinator/Pilot
- Peter McKernan
Crew
- Technocrane Operator
- Noah Bishop
- Best Boy (Second Unit)
- Miguel Sánchez
- Video/Computer Playback Engineer
- Steven W. Blumenfeld
- Key Video Assist
- David Goldsmith
- Video Assist (Second Unit)
- Robert Branam
- Moving Light Technician
- Kyle Boorman
- Plaster Foreman
- Todd Bennett
- Plaster Gangboss
- Shane Buckallew
- Construction General Foreman
- Larry Guy Clause
- Property Master
- Emily Ferry
- Propmaker Foremen
- Randy Culberhouse, Brian Feola
- Propmaker Toolman
- Seth Phillips
- Props
- Jefry Shebroe
- On-Set Props
- Joy Taylor
- Prop Master (Second Unit)
- Charli Jayson
- Additional Buyer
- Ethan Goodwin
- Supervising Signwriter
- Michael Ruby
- Labor Foreman
- Dominic Sandfrey
- On-Set Dresser
- Phillip Thoman
- Costumer
- Amelia Buhrman
- Set Costumers
- Christina DeMasi, Lizette Kilmer
- Makeup Department Head
- Cheri Minns
- Key Makeup Artist
- Elena Arroy
- Makeup Artist
- Allan A. Apone
- Hair Department Head
- Candace Neal
- Key Hair Stylist
- Joy Zapata
- Education Manager (Rhythm & Hues)
- Shish Aikat
- Previsualization Artists
- Stuart Allan, Ben Nelson
- Environment Lead
- Richard Mahon
- Environment Lead (Rhythm & Hues)
- Rob Au
- Matchmove Supervisor (Rhythm & Hues)
- Adam Blank
- Matchmove Artist
- Santosh Kumar Dey
- Matchmove Artist (Rhythm & Hues Studios)
- Vikas Kurup
- Systems/Operations (Rhythm & Hues)
- Daniel Aristoteles Collins
- Digital Artist
- Jose L. De Juan
- Digital Artist (Previz)
- Will Nicholson
- Roto/Prep Artists
- Eloi Nischith Francis, Aditya Kolli, Vijay Bharath Reddy
- Color Supervisor
- Anthony Harris
- Digital Imaging Specialist
- Phil Holland
- Digital Imaging Resources
- Nicholas Theisen
- Previz Supervisor
- Lubo Hristov
- Previz Supervisor (Proof Inc.)
- Mike L. Murphy
- Previsualization
- The Third Floor
- 3D Scanning
- Frederick George Stuhrberg
- 2D Supervisor
- Brian Tatosky
- Environment Supervisor (Rhythm and Hues Studios)
- Darrin Wehser
- Sequence Supervisor (Rhythm & Hues)
- Jeff Wells
- Stunt Player
- Mark Riccardi
- Stunts
- Wayne Dalglish, Mandy Kowalski
- Stunt Doubles
- Ashton Moio, G. Grant Jewett
- Transportation
- Mel Langford
- Assistants to Executive Producer
- Laurie Agard, Cody D'Ambrosio
- Assistant to the Director
- Wendy Geary
- K9 Animal Handler Trainer
- Andre Alexsen
- Studio Teacher
- Judith M. Brown
- Location Managers
- Robbie Goldstein, France Myung Metz
- Key Assistant Location Managers
- Kris Bunting, Charles Fagin, Brian Patrick Kinney, Michael Shanahan
- Key Set Medic
- James E. Maddux
- Medic
- Henry Humphreys
- Stand-In (Kaley Cuoco)
- Natalie Cohen
- Expendables
- BT Industrial Supply
- Security
- Executive Assurance
- Cast Trailers
- Movie Movers
- Hair and Makeup Trailers
- Movie Movers
- Office Trailers
- Movie Movers
- Star Trailers
- Movie Movers
- Extras Payroll Services
- Sessions Payroll Management
Companies and other credits
- Expendables: Direct Tools & Fasteners
- Camera Cranes: Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment
- Camera Doilies: Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment
Production notes
Combined computer animation and live action.
The first live-action production from Universal Pictures' Illumination Entertainment.
Release date is that of premiere in Argentina; United States premiere took place the following day, April 1, 2011.
The first live-action production from Universal Pictures' Illumination Entertainment.
Release date is that of premiere in Argentina; United States premiere took place the following day, April 1, 2011.
Awards
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Live Action Production, Andy Arnett, 2012