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The Angry Birds Movie Is Officially A Thing

Rovio has announced that an Angry Birds movie is officially on the way.

It's being produced by John Cohen, the producer behind Despicable Me, with former Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel signed on as executive producer. The film should be in theatres the summer of 2016, which should be the perfect amount of time for the Angry Birds fad to fade away... right?

[via Rovio]

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  • Am I the only one who weeps for humanity?
  • Oh my... If they can make an Angry Birds movie you would think they could make a Halo movie...
  • You've got to be kidding me.
  • I NEVER asked for this...
  • Why?...
  • This is an April Fools joke, right? Wait, you mean to tell me it's December?

    ... Crap.

  • The running time is 2 minutes and 30 seconds, ending abruptly when you find yourself in the front of the line at Chipotle.
  • Honest to God, I don't mean to sound like a complete jerk but why would ANYONE give a minute to even care about this? The only reason Angry Birds is so popular is because its the easiest accessible casual game on the IOS market and a time sink. People don't play the game the way they would play say Persona or Street Fighter. Lots of people would probably invest time into Angry Birds while waiting to be called in to see the doctor or dropping a huge load off at the bathroom, then poof,..Angry Birds goes away. Same for this movie, more things to occupy ourselves with while taking a deuce.

  • Angry Birds movie? Why?

    Why not just release another version of your game(again)? If any fans are interested, they'll pick that up, instead of watching a movie based on them.
  • Well it certainly is... a thing? I really wonder what the actual premise and story behind the movie will be. But if the producer behind Despicable Me is in charge of this production, I can see it being made extremely well and making a ton of money.
  • Ha really? Of all the games... ha wow.

  • "Finally!" - No one
  • why oh why.
  • ffs.. i hope this is gonna tank like hell.. then the makers will learn not to do this again.

  • This is going to be worse than the Super Mario Bros movie.
  • Before I even clicked the article I said to myself it sounds like a Dreamworks or Pixar movie. looks like I was Wright.
  • Not going to lie, I will probably go see this. I love movies like despicable me and wreckit ralph/etc., and this is probably going to be made really well.
  • Seems necessary.
  • Yeah, cause, you can do a lot with a franchise that only lets you use slingshots and such at pigs Good idea..
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