Perkins goes from Weeds to Hop

Elizabeth Perkins will be quickly making her way off of the hit Showtime series Weeds and into features once more. She’s walking off the show in order to go on and be part of the cast in the live action and CGI animation comedy I Hop. This comes as a bit of a surprise, given the fact that she’s garnered a lot of attention for her role as Celia Hodes with three Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations.

Directed by Tim Hill, the picture centers on an out of work man (James Marsden) who accidentally ends up hitting the Easter Bunny (voiced by Russell Brand) with a car. Due to this, it’s up to him to go and save Easter.

Perkins will play Marsden’s exasperated mother in the Universal Pictures/Illumination Entertainment feature, says THR. The script was penned by Cinco Paul, Brian Lynch and Ken Daurio. No word yet on when filming will start, but the release date is already set to April 1rst, 2011.