Elizabeth Perkins is trading in her role as a conniving mom in "Weeds" for a big-screen turn as another mother figure in "Hop," the live-action/CG-animated hybrid comedy from Illumination Entertainment and Universal.
Perkins, repped by Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, is ending her five-year run on the Showtime series, for which she has earned three Emmy nominations for supporting actress in a comedy series as well as two Golden Globe noms.
Tim Hill, who directed the hybrid "Alvin and the Chipmunks," is helming "Hop," a tale of an out-of-work slacker (James Marsden) who accidentally injures the son of the Easter Bunny (voiced by Russell Brand) and must take him in as he recovers.
