By A third film in the “Angry Birds” franchise has been set up at Paramount Pictures who will release the video game adaptation on January 29th 2027.
Paramount replaces Sony Pictures who distributed the first two films in 2016 and 2019 respectively. The first film earned $352 million globally, but the second bombed with just $147.8 million, though has reportedly performed well on streaming.
Game creator Rovio Entertainment and owner Sega are producing the threequel, which will see Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Rachel Bloom and Danny McBride reprising their respective lead roles og Red, Chuck, Silver and Bomb.
Joining them will be Emma Myers, Keke Palmer, Tim Robinson, Lily James, Marcello Hernandez, Walker Scobell, Sam Richardson, Anna Cathcart, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Nikki Glaser, James Austin Johnson and Psalm West.
Paramount president of worldwide marketing & distribution Marc Weinstock says: “Angry Birds transcends mediums and has been embraced and celebrated the world over. We couldn’t be happier to be partnering with Sega/Rovio and these other great partners to bring this latest installment, featuring an incredible voice cast, to big screens everywhere.”
John Rice, who helmed the first movie, is returning to direct while the first sequel’s director Thurop Van Orman has penned the script. John Cohen, Dan Chuba and Carla Connor produce while Heitor Pereira returns to do the score.
The news comes in the wake of the massive opening of “A Minecraft Movie” from Warner Bros. Pictures this past weekend.
Source: Paramount Pictures
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