New Trailer and Images for HOP
Universal has released a full-length trailer for their upcoming live-action/CGI family comedy Hop. The film features Russell Brand as the voice of the Easter Bunny scion who doesn't want the gig of...
View Article7 Clips from Universal’s HOP
Universal Pictures has released seven clips from director Tim Hill’s (Alvin and the Chipmunks) CG/live-action family film, Hop. The film, which comes from Illumination Entertainment (the same company...
View ArticleExclusive: Producer Christopher Meledandri on CURIOUS GEORGE, Tim Burton’s...
With Universal and Illumination Entertainment's Hop opening April 1, I was able to sit down with Christopher Meledandri (CEO of Illumination) earlier today for an extended interview. As most of you...
View ArticleNew Trailer for HOP
Universal has released another trailer for Illumination Entertainment’s (Despicable Me) Easter-centered Hop has been released. The film tells the story of the young Easter-bunny-to-be, voiced by...
View ArticleRussell Brand Interview HOP
In the new family comedy Hop, which seamlessly blends CG animation with live-action, Russell Brand provides the voice for E.B., the teenage son of the Easter Bunny. Poised to claim his birthright and...
View ArticleKaley Cuoco Interview HOP
In the family comedy Hop, actress Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) plays Sam O’Hare, the ambitious and driven younger sister of the directionless Fred (James Marsden). In her mid-20's, Sam only wants...
View ArticleJames Marsden Interview HOP
In the family comedy Hop, actor James Marsden plays Fred, a 30-year-old on a directionless path, who is trying to pull his life together. His family keeps telling him to grow up, but Fred knows that...
View ArticleDirector Tim Hill Interview HOP
The family comedy Hop, from the makers of Despicable Me, blends CG animation with live-action, to tell the story of E.B. (voiced by Russell Brand), the teenage son of the Easter Bunny (voiced by Hugh...
View ArticleExclusive: Producer Christopher Meledandri talks HOP, DESPICABLE ME and...
With Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s Hop opening this weekend, I was able to sit down with Christopher Meledandri (CEO of Illumination) for an extended interview. As most of you know,...
View ArticleRussell Brand Video Interview HOP
With Universal and Illumination Entertainment's CG/live-action family film Hop opening this weekend, I got to interview Russell Brand for our partners at Omelete. In the film, James Marsden...
View ArticleFriday Box Office – HOP Ahead with $11.4 Million Debut; SOURCE CODE in Second...
As expected, Universal’s Hop was Friday’s number one film with an estimated $11.4 million from 3,579 locations. The live action/CGI-animated comedy was heavily promoted as hailing from the team...
View ArticleJames Marsden Video Interview HOP
With Universal and Illumination Entertainment's CG/live-action family film Hop opening this weekend, I got to interview James Marsden for our partners at Omelete. In the film, Marsden (Enchanted)...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office – HOP Has 2011′s Best Debut with $38.1 Million
Universal’s Hop has just earned 2011’s highest debut weekend – if today’s estimate of $38.1 million from 3,579 locations proves accurate. For now the three-day estimate for the...
View ArticleFriday Box Office – Russell Brand in HOP Beats Russell Brand in ARTHUR
It looks like a good news/bad news kind of morning for Russell Brand. The good news is that his voice-only role in last weekend’s number one film Hop will give Brand a second weekend on top of the US...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office – HOP Holds at Number One with $21.7 Million
Four new releases hit theatres this weekend, including one that was marketed to within an inch of its life. Still, year-to-year grosses will be down once again by almost 10% and it was a holdover...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office – RIO Breaks 2011′s Box Office Losing Streak with $40...
Woo-hoo. Folks, it looks like 2011 has indeed soared to its first big weekend win in months on the wings of Fox’s Rio. The 3D animated toon rose from the ashes of a lower than expected Friday figure...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office – RIO Takes Top Perch with $26.8 Million; MADEA’S BIG...
On Easter weekend the animated hit Rio managed to hold on to its number one perch for a second weekend in a row with an estimated $26.8 million. The padding between Fox’s birds and the Tyler Perry’s...
View ArticleFriday Box Office – FAST FIVE 2011′s First Blockbuster with $33.2 Million Debut
Now we’re talking. Though April showed signs of life with Hop and Rio, it looks like 2011 has its first real blockbuster on its hands with Fast Five. And not a moment too soon! If I had to write...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office – FAST FIVE Drives Off with $83.6 Million to Become...
After driving off with $33.2 million on Friday, a record debut for April, Universal’s Fast Five went on to an incredible weekend estimate of $83.6 million from 3,644 locations. And, as on Friday,...
View Article97 Original Scores Up for Oscar; DRIVE and ATTACK THE BLOCK Ruled Ineligible
As the 84th Academy Awards move closer, we’re starting to get a better sense of how things will pan out. We recently shared the 39 songs that will contend for the Best Original Song category, and now...
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