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The Greatest Showman: Directed by Michael Gracey. With Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya. Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
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- Biography, Drama, Musical
- Michael Gracey
- 2017-12-20
Hugh Colin Hopper (29 April 1945 – 7 June 2009) was a British progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene , as a member of Soft Machine and other bands.
He also portrayed Gabriel Van Helsing in the action film Van Helsing (2004), P. T. Barnum in the musical drama The Greatest Showman (2017), and Gary Hart in the political drama The Front Runner (2018).
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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. In Van Nuys, E.B. is hit by Fred O'Hare, an out-of-work, job-hopping slacker who was driving to his sister Sa...
E.B. was designed by Peter de Sève, most famous for the work on the Ice Age characters.The CGI animation of the film was made by Los Angeles-based Rhythm & Hues Studios. The theme song ("I Want Candy") was performed by Australian pop singer Cody Simpson.
Marketing
Universal teamed up with 92 major companies to promote Hop, including Holiday Inn, Krispy Kreme, Lindt, Kraft Foods, The Hershey Company, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Comcast, Kodak, Hallmark, HMV and Burger King. The premiere of Hop took place at Universal Studios Hollywood on March 27, 2011. James Marsden, Russell Brand, Kaley Cuoco, Hank Azaria, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, Hugh Laurie, David Hasselhoff, Cody Simpson and costumed charactersof E.B., Carlos, Phil and the Pink Berets all attended...
Home media
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released Hop on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on March 23, 2012, in North America, and on DVD and Blu-ray Disc back on August 29, 2011, in the United Kingdom. The US Blu-ray Disc/DVD combo pack also features an original short film titled Phil's Dance Party.
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, Hop received an approval rating of 25% based on 137 critics and an average rating of 4.33/10. The critical consensus reads: "It's impressively animated, but Hop's script is so uninspired that not even James Marsden's frantic mugging can give it any bounce." It is the lowest-rated Illumination film on the site to date as of 2019. Metacritic gives the film a score of 41 out of 100 based on reviews from 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by...
Box office
Hop opened at #1 at the Friday box office in the U.S. and Canada, earning $11.4 million, beating Source Code and Insidious, two other films that opened that weekend. It then topped the weekend box office with $37.5 million, then making it the 2nd highest opening weekend in 2011 behind Rango, until Rio came out. It also topped the box office in the United Kingdom in its opening weekend, with £1,392,740. Hopheld onto the #1 spot in the U.S. and Canada for its second weekend, with a 42% drop, an...
Video games
A video game adaptation based on the film was released exclusively for the Nintendo DS and published by 505 Games.
Books
Five books based on the film have been released: 1. Chicks Versus Bunnies: a children's paperback picture book 2. Hop: The Chapter Book: a story book based on the film's plot 3. Hoppy Bunnies: a children's board book with finger puppets 4. Hop: Meet the Easter Bunny: a paperback picture book about the Easter Bunny's workshop 5. Counting Chicks: a hardcover picture book
Other merchandise
A large range of licensed merchandise was released in connection with the film, including toys, stuffed animals, many sorts of candy, T-shirts, cookie decorating kits, baked goods and other products from Kraft Foods. Some items were available exclusively at Walmart stores.Burger King launched a line of Hop-themed toys included in their kids meals throughout April 2011.
"HOP Production Notes" (PDF). www.iwantcandy.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
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