Okay I have heard some pretty dumb movie ideas over the last couple of years (Ouija Board The Movie leaps to mind) and this isn’t the dumbest one I’ve heard, but now ‘Angry Birds’, you know, that addictive little iPhone/iPad game, wants to be made into a movie. ‘Angry Birds’ has sold over 6 and a half million copies on the iPhone, 200,000 copies on the iPad and the free ‘lite’ version has had about 11 million downloads, so it is safe to say that the game is a phenomenon. But a movie, really?!?!
Game developer Rovio hopes so, it is trying to shop the franchise rights around to get toys, comic books, TV shows and yes even movies made about the Angry Birds. For those who haven’t played the game, there is no real plot or character arc here, you sling shot various kinds of birds into structures that house little green pigs. The structures fall down and you kill the pigs. Kill all the pigs and you move onto the next level. It is strangely addictive and a lot of fun, but there is no movie here. I can see a plush toy line but that is about all.
Rovio chief Mikael Hed hopes the film will be kind of an Aardman style claymation feature.
This just sound like a great idea to me, but I will keep an open mind until a film eventually happens and judge the film for what it is. Below you will find a cinematic trailer for the game produced by Rovio, they are trying to create a story where there really isn’t one.
What are your thoughts on ‘Angry Birds The Movie’? Excited or bothered by this news? Comment below.
source: Variety
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I’d like to comment but the first 30 seconds of this trailer was so annoying I had to stop it, and now I’m too bewildered to say anything intelligent about it.
I love the game, I just cannot see a movie here. Or a TV series! Or a comic book!! What are they thinking???