The new Angry Birds' movie will premiere in 2016

The Angry Birds are coming to the big screen

The video game Angry Birds will jump off smartphones and onto the big screen with an animated 3-D movie to be released in 2016, Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced.
The film, a venture with game-maker Rovio, will follow the move into television — with Angry Birds Toons, an animated series that had its premiere in March.

There are more than three years until Rovio's Angry Birds movie hits cinemas, but the mobile games developer-cum-filmmaker crowned Sony as the distributor of its forthcoming film, while Despicable Me producer John Cohen is also on board.

The company now names comedy writer Jon Vitti as the man in charge of screenplay duties. He'll be well placed in the role, having experience scribbling for The Simpsons TV show and movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks, King of the Hill, The Office, and Da Ali G Show.

Meanwhile, Catherine Winder joins as a producer, utilising her knowledge from working with Rainmaker Entertainment, Lucasfilm Animation, Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios to oversee production of Ice Age.

Mikael Hed, CEO, Rovio, said: "I’m very excited that Jon and Catherine have joined us, bringing with them their vast expertise. I’m confident we are building the right team to deliver an amazing movie experience to our fans."

The movie will be available in cinemas on July 1st, 2016 and many details will be revealed with the passage of time.

Credits: Rovio/News Agencies

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"Egg Sounds" episode summary & gallery (Angry Birds Toons)

Egg Sounds is the fifth episode of Angry Birds Toons, and was launched on April 14, 2013. The episode features the Red Bird (Red), the Yellow Bird (Chuck), the White Bird (Matilda), the eggs and the Blue Birds.

Summary

Red was tending to the Eggs one day, when the eggs suddenly appear to begin singing. Excited, Red runs off to find his friends. However, while he is gone, it is revealed that the Blues are pulling a prank by pretending to have the eggs sing with a saxophone and fooling the other birds. Red returns with Matilda and Chuck, and tries to cajole the eggs to sing again. A long moment passes, leaving Matilda and Chuck skeptical. The Blues play their saxophone again and Matilda and Chuck were fooled as well. Red then imagines the eggs containing baby cardinals, but Matilda is aghast at the prospect of them beating up a piglet. Matilda gets the eggs to sing to herself, and the Blues make a different noise than before. The hypothetical hatchlings become chickens, who soon bear stereotypical peace imagery. Chuck is unamused, and attempts to get the eggs to sing himself. The imaginary hatchlings become hot-blooded canaries.

Episode Video

Angry Birds Toons episodes
Season 1	Chuck Time • Where's My Crown? • Full Metal Chuck • Another Birthday • Egg Sounds

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Angry Birds Toons: "Where's My Crown?" episode coming soon

Like we have explained in our previous post, Rovio is preparing the launch of the next Angry Birds Toons episode, following a weekly schedule for each episode.

The next week (on March 24th) Rovio will launch "Where's My Crown?", the next episode of the series. It will be available on Angry Birds app on March 24th, 2013. The image shown above is the format in which are displayed the Angry Birds Toons episodes plus some specials from the Angry Birds series.

The new division of Angry Birds app

For those people that haven't updated the Angry Birds app already, the new upgrading splits the app in two different sections:

• Angry Birds Toons section: The part of the Angry Birds app dedicated to the Angry Birds specials, videos and the main Angry Birds Toons series. Includes some "Behind the Scenes" videos.

• Game Section: The main section of the Angry Birds game. Contains all the playable episodes and levels of Angry Birds.

Remember that here we will be posting all episodes from Angry Birds Toons.

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Angry Birds Toons: The first episode (Chuck Time) is here

Today Rovio has premiered Angry Birds Toons, a new series with the Angry Birds characters. The plot will explain why the birds are so angry and why the Bad Piggies want to steal their eggs. 

Episodes of Angry Birds Toons will be issued through the "Angry Birds Toon Channel", a channel created by Rovio which will be displayed through Angry Birds apps on different platforms (iOS, Android, PC). This channel will also be available in some demand services in the United States, Smart TV's and STB's.

Other chains broadcasting the series are: FOX8 in Australia, JEI TV in Korea, ANTV in Indonesia, Cartoon Network in India, Juniori MTV3 and MTV3 in Finland, the Children's Channel in Israel, 1 +1 in Ukraine, Gulli and Canal J in France, Super RTL in Germany, TV2 in Norway, Canal 13 in Chile and Gloob in Brazil.

Chuck Time (First Episode)

Chuck Time is the first episode to appear on Angry Birds Toons. Chuck (Yellow Bird) and Red (Red Bird) have appearance throughout the episode.

Angry Birds Toons episodes
Season 1	Chuck Time • Where's My Crown? • Full Metal Chuck • Another Birthday

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Angry Birds soda beats Coca-Cola in Finland

In Finland, the Angry Birds soda is preferred rather than Coca-Cola.

The Angry Birds phenomenon seems limitless, and out of anger for video games, dozens of merchandising products are sold worldwide with great success, giving Rovio more reasons to celebrate.

But in Finland, land of Rovio -the company that gave birth to the Angry Birds- drink cans of Angry Birds are everywhere, and in the words of Peter Vesterbacka at a conference, the gas is a favorite of Finns, managing to overtake Coca-Cola.

Peter Vesterbacka, Marketing Director in Rovio:
We want to make Angry Birds something so big that it becomes a pop culture icon.

The flavors are traditional, with names like Paradise Tropic or are presented as fruit, though not as sweet. None of this has made successful stops, and Angry Birds sodas shortly will come to Australia and New Zealand.

Rovio has expanded in different directions to Angry Birds, and besides having its first exclusive boutique in Helsinki, already has a theme park in China, with open probability in other world regions.

Credits: Angry Birds Nation/Rovio/News Agencies

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1st Trivia: Angry Birds and Halloween questions

Visitors today we start a new way to get you involved in Angry Birds Nation: the trivias. We want to have more fun and movement in the site and to make this experience more entertaining and fun for our visitors.

Today we 'll put our first trivia about Angry Birds things and Halloween facts. Follow us on Twitter (@AngryBirdsWiki) and like us on Facebook to get hints for the trivias.

• Which was the first Halloween-related episode of Angry Birds Seasons (in 2010)?

• How many Seasons are in Angry Birds Seasons and which are its names?

• Which bird was launched in AB Seasons episode "Back to School"?

• Which is the name of the first episode in "Bad Piggies" game?

• In which country started the Halloween celebration and the culture that started this tradition?

• Which is the original name of the painting behind the bird slingshot in this image?

• THE EASY QUESTION: Why the birds in Angry Birds are angry? (sooooo easy)

You have until November 8th to answer correctly all the questions. The first 3 people that answer correctly all the questions will appear (if they want) for a week in the "Winners Zone" in AB Nation.

Take your time and answer correctly all the questions. You have to be registered in comment zone to consider your answers.

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More about Amazing Alex

The game is the first Rovio launching after Angry Birds

Today, Rovio had launched his new game: Amazing Alex. This game is the first Rovio launching after Angry Birds saga and whose main character is Alex, a boy that has a big creativity and imagination to make great things.

Here is information from the game, courtesy of Amazing Alex Wiki:

Amazing Alex is a game announced by Rovio Entertainment, the developer of popular multiplatform strategy puzzle video game Angry Birds. Initially it was announced by Rovio's CEO Mikael Hed on Yle's breakfast television. The game is based on Casey's Contraptions, a game created by Noel Llopis (Snappy Touch) and Miguel Ángel Friginal (Mystery Coconut), whose rights were acquired by Rovio. The game will feature educational elements and revolves around Alex, described as a curious boy with interest in building things. The game was launched on July 12, 2012 as a paid game in iOS and Android.

Amazing Alex consists on little puzzles or challenges involving things like balls, books, ballons, and some other school supplies and toys. The player has to collect almost one start to pass the level and to move and add some objects in certain places to access the stars.

Check more about Amazing Alex at Amazing Alex Wiki: http://amazingalex.wikia.com/wiki/Amazing_Alex_Wiki

Image Gallery

Credits: Amazing Alex Wiki/Angry Birds Nation

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