'Angry Birds' to be made into a film

Alarm · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 14:44

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Development on an "Angry Birds" movie is taking flight now that Rovio has tapped former Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel as a special adviser to the company behind the blockbuster mobile game.

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"There has been so much chatter about an 'Angry Birds' movie, but it's now real," Maisel told Variety. "The process is starting now."

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"People are interacting with these characters six inches from them each time they play, and that creates an emotional connection," Maisel said. "This is not an American thing. It's not even a Finnish thing. It's a global thing that's something I've never seen before. It will be exciting to expand (this intellectual property) within Hollywood."

The games themselves would be used to market the film when ready for release, giving Rovio "the ability to speak directly to its fanbase," Maisel said.

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markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16626

They should try and make it into a game first.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 15:25

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 15:29

You wait until the cookbook comes out.

Alarm · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 15:49

MaliA wrote:

You wait until the cookbook comes out.

They are making an animated series based on that. Probably.

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 15:53

Haven't they already made one?

Zanderburyn · **Joined:** 5th Jul, 2011 **Posts:** 2

It's not hard how it could easily be made into a kids' film - bright colored animated birds, a slightly comedic bad guy, slapstick, happy ending... It writes itself!. Incredibly, Angry Birds is still one of the most downloaded apps in itunes. maybe because its so cheap, but its also addicting!.
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Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

In a world where they made "a film out of Facebook" that rocked my face, anything is possible.

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

I thought there already was one called Rio...or was that something completely different?

NervousPete · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2011 23:50

By God the corpses of Rod Taylor and Tippi Hepburn better be in this!

Alarm · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 0:34

I'm hoping it will be a live-action film. Perhaps Brian Blessed can be the black (racist) bird.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:33

NervousPete wrote:

By God the corpses of Rod Taylor and Tippi Hepburn better be in this!

Tippi Hepburn, hmmm? Is she Audrey's lesser known sister?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:20

LaceSensor wrote:

I thought there already was one called Rio...or was that something completely different?

Different. There's some rumblings about a court case involving that, and an environmentalist.

Alarm · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:26

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