Original 'Angry Birds' Updated for iPhone 5, Big-Screen Movie Coming in 2016

MacRumors · Dec 11, 2012, 04:52 PM

Rovio is celebrating Angry Birds' third anniversary by upgrading the game with iPhone 5 support and also disclosing that an Angry Birds movie is tentatively scheduled for release in 2016.

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On the third anniversary of the release of Angry Birds, Rovio Entertainment announced that Despicable Me producer John Cohen has signed on as producer of the upcoming Angry Birds movie. David Maisel, former Chairman of Marvel Studios and executive producer of Iron Man, will be executive producer of the feature film, coming to theaters in summer 2016. The film will be produced and financed by Rovio Entertainment.

Angry Birds is available for iPhone and iPad on the App Store. [Direct Link: iPhone, iPad]

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abz1981 · Dec 11, 2012, 04:54 PM

Why is this front page news?

gmanist1000 · Dec 11, 2012, 04:56 PM

Angry Birds movies? Wow. Too far... keep it to Apps... and toys.... and whatever they are selling now.

I wonder when the craze will die? It's lasted longer than I thought it would.

abz1981 · Dec 11, 2012, 04:57 PM

I wonder who will play angry bird. Adam Sandler maybe?

adztaylor · Dec 11, 2012, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by abz1981

Why is this front page news?

It isn't...

jayducharme · Dec 11, 2012, 05:01 PM

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Adam Sandler maybe?

Or Jim Carrey?

Three years is a long time in mobile app years. I wonder if the Angry Bird franchise will have lost its popularity by then?

troop231 · Dec 11, 2012, 05:02 PM

2016, wow, a bit premature lol

FooMan2011 · Dec 11, 2012, 05:02 PM

It's because they're a multimillion dollar company. I don't get it, but facts are facts.

abz1981 · Dec 11, 2012, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by adztaylor

It isn't...

It is in the mobile view of macrumors.

adztaylor · Dec 11, 2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by abz1981

It is in the mobile view of macrumors.

Okay fair enough. It isn't on the desktop site, listed in iOS blog.

abz1981 · Dec 11, 2012, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jayducharme

Or Jim Carrey?

Three years is a long time in mobile app years. I wonder if the Angry Bird franchise will have lost its popularity by then?

Yeah lol it may be jim too either one would get the part. Or maybe Eddie murphy.

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Originally Posted by adztaylor

Okay fair enough. It isn't on the desktop site, listed in iOS blog.

Oh okay lol oh well. It's iphone related anyway lol

This movie will go down as a storm in china. Don't they have like angry bird retail stores in china?

ChristianJapan · Dec 11, 2012, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by abz1981

I wonder who will play angry bird. Adam Sandler maybe?

Danny Devito ... His role as penguin in batman was just a trial for this new big role ...

Szarky · Dec 11, 2012, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by abz1981

It is in the mobile view of macrumors.

Because the mobile site clusters ALL stories together. So technically it isn't front page news.

XiXora · Dec 11, 2012, 05:19 PM

I wish someone would tell them how to use the iCloud API (even between the iPhone, iPad and Mac apps)

Akuratyde · Dec 11, 2012, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by gmanist1000

Angry Birds movies? Wow. Too far... keep it to Apps... and toys.... and whatever they are selling now.

Honestly, I feel like the toys and other merchandise are too much. It's an app, for a phone. Do we really need plush toys in the checkout line at Target?

palmerc2 · Dec 11, 2012, 05:29 PM

Well, they do make a lot of money on the toys. So I don't see why not.

abz1981 · Dec 11, 2012, 05:34 PM

Do they have angry bird bumper stickers yet?

APlotdevice · Dec 11, 2012, 05:36 PM

I find it quite unlikely that Angry Bird's current popularity will last into 2016.

rmwebs · Dec 11, 2012, 05:40 PM

Dear god let it die. It's not even that good a game!

Rovio are milking the crap out of it.

lunaoso · Dec 11, 2012, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by abz1981

I wonder who will play angry bird. Adam Sandler maybe?

Kevin Bacon. The guys in everything!

I just can't imagine a movie about Angry Birds though. I mean, they don't really talk, and there's no real plot other then get the eggs back from the pigs.

abz1981 · Dec 11, 2012, 05:52 PM

Hope they do it in 3d.

tevion5 · Dec 11, 2012, 05:56 PM

I think "Bad Piggies" is a far better game than Angry Birds.

blackpond · Dec 11, 2012, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by abz1981

I wonder who will play angry bird. Adam Sandler maybe?

I always thought Rush Limbaugh would be the perfect voice for the fat red one.

APlotdevice · Dec 11, 2012, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by lunaoso

Kevin Bacon. The guys in everything!

I just can't imagine a movie about Angry Birds though. I mean, they don't really talk, and there's no real plot other then get the eggs back from the pigs.

Games with equal or less plots have been made into movies. They were all complete crap, as most video game adaptations in general are, but still...

topgunn · Dec 11, 2012, 06:09 PM

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I think "Bad Piggies" is a far better game than Angry Birds.

I agree. I love me some Bad Piggies.

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