Angry Birds Movie 3 Is Happening With Jason Sudeikis & Josh Gad Returning

Set up your catapults as a third installment in the Angry Birds movie saga is in the works. Based on the immensely popular mobile game series, the first Angry Birds movie was released in 2016. The film features a strong comedic cast, including Jason Sudeikis, Peter Dinklage, Bill Hader, Josh Gad, Maya Rudolph, and Danny McBride. Despite underwhelming reviews, the film was a box office success, prompting a sequel, which was released two years later. The follow-up in the franchise received much better reviews, and left audiences wondering if we’d see the flightless birds return to our screens again.

Deadline has confirmed that The Angry Birds Movie 3 is in the works. Rovio Entertainment Corporation and Prime Focus Studios are currently developing the project, in partnership with DNEG Animation studio. The report also confirms that Jason Sudeikis will be returning as Red, the iconic bird from the video games, and Josh Gad will be back as Chuck, the fast yellow bird.

Angry Birds 2

Release Date

August 2, 2019

Director

Thurop Van Orman

Runtime

99

John Rice, who co-directed The Angry Birds Movie 2, is returning to direct the third installment. The script is being penned by Thurop Van Orman, who also wrote and co-directed the previous installment. Van Orman is also executive producing the project, alongside Sonic the Hedgehog‘s Toru Nakahara. In a press release (via IGN), Sega President and COO, Shuji Utsumi, said:

“We are thrilled to announce that the brand-new film of the globally beloved and successful Angry Birds franchise is to be in production. Sega has been focusing on its Transmedia strategy to advance the value of its intellectual properties (IP) across games and diverse media landscapes. We believe that the upcoming The Angry Birds Movie 3 perfectly aligns with our strategy and presents a great opportunity for us to bring the charm of the Angry Birds brand to fans across the globe.”

Angry Birds Movie Is One of Many New Video Game Adaptations

While the 2010s saw the superhero boom, the 2020s are firmly the age of video game adaptations. Following the successful adaptations of Castlevania, Arcane (League of Legends),The Last of Us, and, most recently, Fallout, many are declaring the decades-long video game curse to be over. As a result, studios are greenlighting new video game adaptations left and right. Depending on how closely The Angry Birds Movie can be classed as a proper video game adaptation (considering the games have no real plot), the third installment marks one of many new adaptations soon to hit theaters.

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The next slated video game movie is Borderlands, based on the beloved first-person shooter, and starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jack Black. Other major adaptations are also in the works, including a Ghost of Tsushima movie (from John Wick co-creator and director Chad Stahelski), a Gears of War film (starring Dave Bautista), a recently announced Just Cause movie (directed by Blue Beetle‘s Angel Mannuel), and the hotly anticipated Legend of Zelda movie (by Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball).