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The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

The Angry Birds Movie poster
Directed by
Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly
Genre
fantasy film, comedy film, action film, family film
Country
Finland, United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 4,057 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An outcast bird named Red suspects a crew of green pigs are up to no good on his island. He teams up with two other birds to try to stop the pigs' plan.

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What happens

The Angry Birds Movie is a 2016 animated comedy film based on the Angry Birds video game series. It was directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly, written by Jon Vitti, and 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 follows Red, an outcast on an island of flightless birds, as he suspects a newly arrived crew of green pigs of plotting an evil plan, and attempts to put a stop to them with the help of his newfound friends Chuck and Bomb. An Angry Birds film adaptation was announced in 2012, as franchise owner Rovio Entertainment had expressed interest in a film since 2010. In 2013, Sony Pictures won the distribution rights in an auction, Vitti was brought on as writer. Rovio produced and funded the film themselves while Sony Pictures Imageworks was the primary animation studio. The Angry Birds Movie is the most expensive Finnish film, as roughly €100 million was spent on the marketing and distribution. The Angry Birds Movie was released in the United States on May 20, 2016, by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia Pictures label. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $352 million against a $73 million production budget, becoming the second highest-grossing film based on a video game. It was followed by two sequels: The Angry Birds Movie 2 in 2019 and The Angry Birds Movie 3 in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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