V-Tech Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Sony Pictures Entertainment has won the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the eagerly anticipated Angry Birds animated film, making it one of the most high-profile deals of the year. The 3D film is being developed, produced, and financed by Rovio Entertainment and will be released worldwide by Sony Pictures on July 1, 2016. Several major studios pursued the global film rights in recent weeks, with Sony Pictures Entertainment emerging as the winner. Michael Lynton, Chairman & CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Amy Pascal, Co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio Entertainment jointly announced their partnership today. John Cohen and David Maisel ? producer of Despicable Me and executive producer of Iron Man, respectively ? are both on board for the new Angry Birds feature film. Cohen will serve as producer and Maisel is executive producer. Commenting on the announcement, Mikael Hed said, ?Sony impressed us with their great attitude, determination, and professionalism. They convinced us that we have found the right partners and team to help us market and distribute our first motion picture. Michael, Amy, Jeff Blake, Sony?s marketing and distribution head, and their teams will be the best possible collaborators as we get set to take our franchise to the next level.? Lynton and Pascal said, ?Every studio in town would love to add Angry Birds to their slate. There are few titles out there that bring this kind of excitement, brand awareness and built-in audience to the table. We?re thrilled to be distributing this film and we hope this is just the beginning of what will be a long relationship with Rovio as we look for ways to work on future projects together.? David Maisel and John Cohen said, ?We are very excited to join with Sony Pictures in presenting this movie to the world in 2016 and we will have many more announcements as we begin production in the coming months.? Angry Birds is one of the world?s biggest entertainment franchises, starting in 2009 with the original mobile game that remains the number one paid app of all time. Angry Birds has expanded rapidly into entertainment, publishing, and licensing to become a beloved international brand. Angry Birds has been praised for its great value and simple, casual gameplay. Players use a slingshot to launch birds at green pigs in an attempt to get their eggs back, with the game setting the model for what is possible in terms of game development and commercial success. To date, the Angry Birds and Bad Piggies games have been downloaded more than 1.7 billion times across platforms and versions. The upcoming movie marks Rovio Entertainment?s first foray into feature films, although fans have already been introduced to the Angry Birds world with the weekly Angry Birds Toons animated series. Rovio launched the series in March through its Angry Birds apps as well as on select video-on-demand channel providers, Smart TVs, connected devices, and on select TV networks around the world. Paving the way for a full-length feature film, Angry Birds Toons has been a massive success for Rovio clocking in over 150 million views from the Angry Birds apps alone within the first six weeks. While known for distributing world renowned motion picture franchises such as Spider-Man, Sony Pictures has been building a strong reputation in contemporary animation through its house production unit, Sony Pictures Animation, and hit films including Hotel Transylvania, The Smurfs, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Surf?s Up, Open Season, and Aardman?s Arthur Christmas and The Pirates! Band of Misfits. http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/angry-birds-movie-sony-release-date-july-2016/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigurinn Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 the eagerly anticipated Angry Birds animated film Did I miss something? Duffydemon, Davo, djdanster and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted May 15, 2013 Veteran Share Posted May 15, 2013 the eagerly anticipated Angry Birds animated film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted May 15, 2013 Member Share Posted May 15, 2013 They should have asked me. I'm not anticipating this at all. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 About 5 years too late. Nice move Sony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Seriously? It has no story line. Make someone people would rather see, like a BioShock movie... Actually don't, it'll end up ruining the franchise anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Tempest Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 To be released 3 years from now.... Is there any old youtube hits they want from 3-5 years ago they want to release a few years from now as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Could we not just say Rio was an angry birds movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2013 There were significant tie-ins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scumdogmillionaire Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Then they can release a new game time-in. Angry Birds: The Movie: The Game. 0.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Well, I like Rovio's short Angry Birds videos, if they can get a good story it might actually be funny/nice! This one for example was pretty good. Nice music at the end too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Lyons10 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Just what I always wanted... PLEASE be live action! *snicker* :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted May 16, 2013 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2013 90 minutes of animated characters flying across the screen </s> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted May 16, 2013 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2013 Just what I always wanted... PLEASE be live action! *snicker* :p Motion Capture! :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted May 16, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2013 no one's going to care about angry birds in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Love the games on my galaxy s3 but as a film.. i'll pass :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted May 16, 2013 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2013 no one's going to care about angry birds in 2016. Yes they will! Disney will buy up the rights to them, make an Angry Birds princess, make the next star wars have cameos by them... flood the market with merchandise even more then it is now and then shut down the game studio that made them popular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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