The House Bunny

The House Bunny is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Fred Wolf written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and produced by Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Anna Faris, Allen Covert, and Heather Parry.

Produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions in association with Alta Loma Entertainment and Relativity Media, The House Bunny was released in the United States on August 22, 2008, by Columbia Pictures.

The members of the Zeta house are dowdy, socially awkward, and caught off guard by Shelley's bubbly nature, prompting them to initially reject her.

During her time with the Zetas, Shelley meets and becomes attracted to an intellectual, altruistic young man named Oliver, who manages a retirement home.

Phi Iota Mu intercepts the invitations and prevents them from being mailed out, leaving the Zetas again in danger of being shut down at the campus meeting of the Panhellenic Council.

Cameos Anna Faris originally pitched the idea of a Playboy bunny kicked out of the mansion to screenwriters Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith.

"[5] The trio eventually landed a meeting with Adam Sandler's company, Happy Madison Productions, when a producer got wind of their idea.

[6] Sandler, who had previously worked with Faris on The Hot Chick, liked the story and signed on to develop the film, making it the first female-driven movie produced by his company.

[12] Variety's John Anderson stated the film is a "Blissfully broad comedy that should catapult Anna Faris into a singular kind of stardom.

"[13] Nathan Lee of The New York Times wrote the film "puts a cheerful spin on its many clichés", and "this particular wheel hasn’t been reinvented, but at least it gets a nice fresh coat of bubblegum-pink paint and a star to pilot it with aplomb.

[17] The single was a cover of The Waitresses song, "I Know What Boys Like" (produced by Chad Hugo of The Neptunes) as performed by Katharine McPhee (featuring Kat Dennings, Emma Stone, and Rumer Willis) and including lyrics about the Zeta sisters.

Faris filming a scene from the movie