It's still happening. I Hop, the live-action / CGI chimera from Alvin and the Chipmunks director Tim Hill, is headed your way. We already knew James Marsden was involved, and that Russell Brand was on voice duties. And the latest addition to the cast is Kaley Cuoco, best known as Penny, the hottie-across-the-hall, from Big Bang Theory. Suddenly we're almost inclined to give I Hop a chance. But not quite.
It's not Cuoco's first movie, but it's her first "significant" film role since Big Bang hit. She'll be playing the sister of James Marsden's slacker loser Fredm, taking him in after their parents kick him out and finding herself also saddled with Brand's Easter Bunny Jnr, following his accidental injury by Fred.
It's very difficult to get excited. But disappointed Penny fans might console themselves with the news that Cuoco also has a small role in Harry Thomason's indie drama The Last Ride, about the final days of country music hellraiser Hank Williams (played by Henry Thomas). Cred restored. Phew.