![]() ![]() The Angry Birds Movie was released in the United States and Canada on May 20, 2016, by Columbia Pictures. During August 2015, Rovio announced that they were expecting to cut 250 jobs equaling 40% of the company, the only sector spared being personnel working on the movie. Despite the massive budget, Rovio CEO Mikael Hed stated that "it is the one that I don't ever lose any sleep over", calling it "tremendously strong as a story". Rovio and Sony Pictures announced that they would spend roughly €100 million for the marketing and distribution of the film, giving it the largest budget in the film industry in Finland, outvaluing Big Game's (2014) €8.5 million. The film's budget is estimated at $80 million (€75 million). Gad at first refused to star in the movie, feeling that it was too similar to his role as Olaf in Frozen (2013) but the director eventually convinced him to sign through a 30-minute "visual pitch". The first image from the film was revealed in October 2014, with Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, and Peter Dinklage revealed to be part of its cast. The success of the Angry Birds Toons series, according to Rovio employee Jami Laes, "validated" the idea of creating a feature film. The film was officially announced in December 2012, although IGN noted that this was "after months of speculation". The film follows Red (Sudekis), an outcast in an island of anthropomorphic flightless birds, as he suspects a newly arrived crew of pigs led by Leonard (Hader) of plotting an evil plan, and attempts to put a stop to them with the help of his newfound friends Chuck (Gad) and Bomb (McBride). ![]() It stars the voices of Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Sean Penn, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Bill Hader, and Peter Dinklage. The film was directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly (in their feature directorial debuts), from a screenplay written by Jon Vitti, based on a story by Mikael Hed, Mikko Pöllä, and John Cohen. The Angry Birds Movie (also known simply as Angry Birds) is a 2016 computer-animated action- adventure- comedy film based on Rovio Entertainment's video game series of the same name, co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Rovio Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. ![]()
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