The Angry Birds Movie


 * This article is about the 2016 film. For the game, see Angry Birds. For other uses, see Angry Birds (disambiguation).

 

The Angry Birds Movie The Angry Birds Movie is a 2016 American 3D CGI-animated action-adventure fantasy comedy movie adaptation on the Angry Birds series of video games and was released in theaters in 3D & REAL D 3D on May 20, 2016. The film is presented by Columbia Pictures and Rovio Animation, CGI-animated at Sony Pictures Imageworks, and financed by Rovio Entertainment. In Finland (where Angry Birds was originally created), it was distributed by Sony Pictures. It was released on Digital HD July 29, 2016 and Blu-Ray/DVD August 16, 2016.

A sequel, titled The Angry Birds Movie 2, is scheduled to be released on August 16, 2019.

Synopsis
The movie takes place on Bird Island, an untouched paradise inhabited by birds who are naive and innocent, who know nothing of the outside world. They treasure eggs above everything else, and are all carefree and easygoing, except for Red, Chuck and Bomb. Red is a societal outcast who has had anger issues from the very beginning. Eventually, his outbursts become too much and he is sentenced to anger management courses at the Infinity Acceptance Center, where he meets other misfit birds with similar problems.

The birds are suddenly visited by green pigs, who are dumb but funny. The birds and pigs quickly befriend each other, but Red does not trust the pigs at all. Ultimately, the pigs reveal their true colors, and due to this, anger was sent into the hearts of the birds; as well as plotting revenge.

Plot
Note: The plot has been divided into numerous sections for easier reading.

Chapter I: Happy Hatchday
"Red: Happy hatch day to you. Happy hatch day, dear""Red: Timothy wheat allergy, doesn't like clowns.""Red: Oh, boy.""Timothy sniffles.""Red: Happy hatch day to you!""Timothy screams."-Red and Timothy

In Bird Island, an island inhabited by flightless birds, birds live in peace. The film starts with a cardinal named Red (Jason Sudeikis) running through the forest frantically with an egg. Red runs into trees and gets hurt in before making it to the home of a bird-family, which consists of Eva, Edward, and Timothy. He puts on a clown costume and starts singing to Timothy the song "Happy Hatchday to You", an obvious pun on the song "Happy Birthday to You", but Timothy is scared of clowns. Edward (Hannibal Buress) chastises Red for showing up late to his hatchday party, as well as for damaging the cake (which he carried in the wooden egg). He refuses to pay for the cake, causing Red to throw a temper tantrum by shoving the cake into Edward's face (as well as putting his clown wig and hat on him). As he tries to leave, Red accidentally cracks the family's new egg, making his face the first thing the hatchling (Vincent) sees. Due to this, the hatchling calls Red "Daddy".

Chapter II: Bird Court
"Your Honor, our family has always practiced natural child-hatch; the risks of having a scrambled infant are too great. There was going to be music, the nest was going to be full with beautiful, fresh-cut flowers, and the first two faces he was going to see were the loving faces of his mother and his father. We can never get that moment back."-Eva

Red lives on Bird Island in a house by the beach, away from the rest of the other flightless birds who live in the Bird Village. As a child, he was mocked and bullied for his huge eyebrows by being called "Eyebrows", and to this day, he still has no friends. He is put on trial by Edward and his family for his anger. Being sent to the Bird Court, Judge Peckinpah (Keegan-Michael Key) calls Red out for his anger issues, to which Red responds to by pulling off his robe and showing he is actually a small bird standing on top of another bird named Cyrus (Tony Hale). Furious, Peckinpah then sentences Red to anger management classes, at the Infinity Acceptance Center.

Chapter III: Anger Management
"Early Bird: Hey Red, how are ya?""Red: Oh, I'm horrible!"-The Early Bird and Red

Red begrudgingly goes to the class, walking down Main Street. Passing numerous stalls like Early Bird Worms He sees the welcome dummy, the mascot of the dojo; which is named Billy out front and is annoyed by the chuckle it makes. He chooses to ignore it until the sign knocks him in the head, and then he tackles it and hurls it against the dojo. Red goes inside the dojo and meets the teacher, Matilda (Maya Rudolph). She introduces him to the other attendants - Chuck, a canary (voice of Josh Gad), a really fast bird who got in trouble for causing mischief with his speed; Bomb, a Greater Antillean Bullfinch (Danny McBride), a bird who literally explodes under stress; and Terence, also a cardinal like Red (Sean Penn), a huge bird that only grunts and has apparently done unspeakable things. The birds then attempt yoga exercises to stay calm, but Bomb ends up exploding. After the class, Chuck and Bomb invite Red to hang out with them, but he turns them down. He goes home alone.

Chapter IV: The Pigs Arrive
"Something's coming!                                                          "-Stella

During the next class, the birds are told to write poems. Chuck recites his over his dismay regarding Billy's destruction, and everyone knows the culprit, Red. Accusing Terence, Terence punches him into the wall. Suddenly, all the birds on the island get curious when Stella (Kate McKinnon) announces something is coming, and they see a largeship (The Porkchop Express) pulling onto the shore and dropping her anchor on Red's house, which took him five years to build. From the ship emerges a bearded pig named Leonard Mudbeard (Bill Hader) and his assistant Ross, who you may also know, is the main protagonist of Bad Piggies. (Tony Hale, same voice as Cyrus and the Mime). Declaring themselves to be coming from Piggy Island, Leonard says that they are the only two pigs on the ship, and he wants to befriend the birds, and give them peace and hospitality. Red is suspicious, but everyone dismisses it as his anger for getting his house demolished.

Chapter V: Celebration
"You know you wanna search their boat."-Chuck

That night, the birds throw a celebration for the pigs' arrival. Leonard introduces them to trampolines and also gives them one of the most famous items of the Angry Birds series, the slingshot. Leonard picks Red from the audience after numerous suspicions about them, and Red is launched into the beach. He is quickly joined by Chuck and Bomb as they decide to sneak onto The Porkchop Express. After finding other trampolines and various other items, such as a book called Fifty Shades of Green, they discover dozens of other pigs stowed away on the ship. Red brings them all back to the village and accuses Leonard of lying. Leonard says they're his cousins and that he wanted to put on a cowboy show for them. The lead cowboy, Earl (Blake Shelton), gets his show going, while Peckinpah finds it more awful that Red decided to sneak onto the pigs' boat.

Chapter VI: Hatching a Plan
"Tell you this, if anyone knows what these pigs are up to, it's Mighty Eagle."-Red

The pigs start to get comfortable on Bird Island, with all the other birds (except Red) taking pleasure in their stay. Red then gets suspicious when he sees Leonard eyeballing an egg. He gets Chuck and Bomb to help him spy on the pigs. They then decide to search for Mighty Eagle (Peter Dinklage), a legendary bird said to only be a myth, but also the protector of the island. Chuck and Bomb then fantasize how Mighty Eagle may look like. Chuck imagines him as a rock-star who is holding a concert on Bird Island, while Bomb imagines him as an incredibly strong bodybuilder who could crack open a coconut using his brachialis.

Chapter VII: Finding Mighty Eagle
"HEY-YOO-HOO! HEY-YOO-HOO! HEY-YOO-HOO!"-Bomb

The three birds climb a mountain to reach Mighty Eagle, leaving Red to listen to Chuck and Bomb making noises that they think would be Mighty Eagle's battle cry. They then realize they climbed the wrong mountain, after seeing the mountain from below. forcing them to take another long journey up the correct one. They find the Lake of Wisdom, so Chuck and Bomb start swimming and drinking from it, even spitting and gargling in the mountain. Mighty Eagle then appears and starts peeing in the lake, to their horror and disgust, with Bomb crying. Unlike the heroic and muscular image they had of him, Mighty Eagle is actually old, fat, and lazy. Still, Red was excited to meet his longtime idol. However, instead of helping the birds, Mighty Eagle just indulged in his prized possessions, like trophies, and singing a song about himself.

Chapter VIII: The Raid on the Eggs
Red finds Mighty Eagle looking through his binoculars to spy on an old lady bird in a hot tub. When Red looks through it, he spots the pigs placing TNT and dynamite around the village. Red, Chuck, and Bomb rush back to the village and come across the pigs stealing the eggs while the other birds are attending a party the pigs threw for them, hosted by the Daft Piggies - mimicking the group Daft Punk. Chuck rushes into the party to warn everyone while Red and Bomb run to The Porkchop Express. They grab onto the net holding all the eggs. Bomb climbs up the chain to try and blow it up, but Leonard and his gang spray him with a hose, knocking him and Red into the water, knocking them incapacitated.

Chapter IX: Remorse
""Mr. Red...what do we do now?" "Hold on, you're asking me?" "You tried to tell us. But we didn't listen. I didn't listen.""

- Judge Peckinpah and Red

The next morning, all the birds in the village see the ruin of their homes and the loss of their eggs. Judge Peckinpah approaches Red and expresses remorse for not listening to him when he suspected the pigs. When asked for a plan, Red says they must make a raft and navigate their way to Piggy Island, and that they would be going to take back what was taken from them.

Chapter X: The Battle Begins
To read more on this, read the article Battle of Pig City.

The birds build their boat and attach their slingshot to it, while accidentally tying up Hal (Anthony Padilla) in the process. They arrive at Piggy Island outside the fortified city of Pig City. Leonard, who had just been crowned King Mudbeard, presented the eggs to the other pigs as they prepared to feast on them for dinner, much to their rejoice. The birds then set up the slingshot to launch themselves into the city. Matilda goes first, with her ability being able to shoot Egg Bombs out of her buttocks. Hal goes next, while he is about to do damage, he flies back to the birds, hitting a tree, with Red requesting Chuck for medical assistance. Bubbles (Ian Hecox) follows, and he inflates into an incredibly huge size, saying "Don't mess with the ball!". Stella follows, but she can't reach the castle. Red gets launched toward the castle as he bounces off a boulder. Chuck and Bomb go soon after him. Terence tries to launch himself, but he ends up breaking the slingshot.

Chapter XI: Mighty Eagle's Entry
Red, Chuck, and Bomb infiltrate the castle and find the room where the eggs are being stored. Using his super-speed, Chuck causes the guard pigs to turn on each other, leaving them free to run in and get the eggs. Unfortunately, they are being brought into the dining hall where they are ready to get boiled. Red is holding on to the top of the net and then tackles the pig lowering them into the pot so he can pull them up. Mighty Eagle then swoops down to join in the fight. Red helps him get the net of eggs away and out of the castle. As the birds try to escape, Leonard holds onto Red. The pull causes one blue egg to slip out of the net. Red stays behind to save it. Mighty Eagle flies away with the eggs, but the pigs are headed toward them on their planes. Bomb drops down and makes a huge explosion to stop them from flying off the ramp.

Chapter XII: A Big Explosion
Red and Leonard fight for the egg, resulting in a huge boulder dropping them down to the bottom of the castle where the pigs keep their stash of explosives. Leonard has the egg and starts taunting Red, until Red calmly distracts him and pulls a box of TNT that makes Leonard slip and fall toward him. Red grabs the egg and waits for the giant pot to fall down so he can hide in it for protection, leaving Leonard to get blown up as the explosives go off, causing the whole city to be destroyed. The rest of the birds see the explosion as Mighty Eagle brings the eggs down. All the birds take their eggs back, except the parents of the blue egg. The birds then get sad as they think Red died, but he emerges from the rubble and much to everyone's delight, a group of blue triplets emerge from the egg - named Jay, Jake, and Jim. He brings them back to their parents, Olive Blue and Greg Blue.

Chapter XIII: Gratitude
Mighty Eagle gets all the credit for the egg rescue, his statue restored, but the birds are still thankful to Red for his heroics by rebuilding his home, this time in the village with everyone else. The hatchlings then sing a song dedicated to him, which is actually the Mighty Eagle song but modified to mention his heroics, which really moved him. Terence also joins in at the very end, much to everybody's shock. Chuck and Bomb then invite Red to hang out, but he decides to stay home alone. The two are about to leave disappointed, but Red says he was joking and he invites them inside as roommates.

Epilogue: Closing Credits
The closing credits show the birds dancing. The survivors are also dancing. Leonard then says he is hatching up a new scheme, then he joins the other pigs in dancing. Finally, the Blues sneak off to the slingshot and launch themselves together over the ocean before separating just like in the games.

Cast

 * Jason Sudeikis as Red (the main protagonist)
 * Aidan McGraw and Kallan Holley as Young Red (a younger version of the main protagonist)
 * Josh Gad as Chuck (the deuteragonist)
 * Danny McBride as Bomb (the tritagonist)
 * Maya Rudolph as Matilda (the secondary tritagonist)
 * Bill Hader as King Leonard Mudbeard (the main antagonist)
 * Peter Dinklage as Mighty Eagle (a major character)
 * Tony Hale as Ross (the tertiary antagonist), Mime and Cyrus (two of the supporting characters)
 * Kate McKinnon as Stella and Eva (two of the supporting characters)
 * Sean Penn as Terence (a major character)
 * Keegan Michael-Key as Judge Peckinpah (a supporting character)
 * Blake Shelton as Earl (a supporting antagonist)
 * Anthony Padilla as Hal (a supporting character)
 * Ian Hecox as Bubbles (a supporting character)
 * Noah Schnapp as Jay (a supporting character)
 * Owen Wilder Vaccaro as Jake (a supporting character)
 * Pierce Gagnon as Jim (a supporting character)
 * Charli XCX (Charlotte Emma Aitchison) as Willow (a supporting character)
 * Tituss Burgess as Photog (a supporting character)
 * Billy Eichner as Chef Pig and Phillip (two of the supporting characters)
 * Hannibal Buress as Edward (a supporting character)
 * Ike Barinholtz as Tiny (a supporting character)
 * Catherine Winder as Billy (the mascot of the Infinity Acceptance Center) - also movie producer
 * Max Charles as Bobby (a supporting character)
 * Jillian Bell as Helene (a supporting character)
 * Cristela Alonzo as Shirley (a supporting character)
 * Danielle Brooks as Monica and Olive Blue (a supporting character)
 * Romeo Santos as Early Bird (a supporting character)
 * Geoffrey Arend as Daycare Teacher (a supporting character)
 * Ava Acres as Timothy (a supporting character)
 * Alex Borstein as Sophie and Peggy (supporting characters)
 * Josh Robert Thompson as Brad and Dane (supporting characters)
 * Fred Tatasciore as Monty (a supporting character)
 * John Cohen as Johnny (a supporting character) - also producer and story writer
 * Clay Kaytis as Clayton (a supporting character) - also movie director
 * Fergal Reilly as Foreman Pig (a supporting character) - also movie director
 * Chris Miller as Construction Pig (a supporting character)
 * Jade Pettyjohn as Hatchling (a supporting character)
 * Grant Palmer as Hatchling (a supporting character)
 * Brianna Gentilella as Hatchling (a supporting character)
 * Samuel Faraci as Hatchling (a supporting character)
 * Adam Brown as the Hug Trader (a supporting character)
 * Kallan Holley as Hatchlings (supporting characters)
 * Unknown as Corporal Pig (2 cameos)

For the cast in the other countries, see The Angry Birds Movie Cast in other countries.

Production
On May 15, 2013, it was announced that the film will be released on July 1, 2016, and will be distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. John Cohen will be the producer while David Maisel will be the executive producer.

The film was scheduled to be released on July 1, 2016, but in December 2014, it was moved down to May 20, 2016.

On May 20, 2015, it was announced that Jon Vitti will write the screenplay for the film, while Catherine Winder is also joining as a producer.

On October 9, 2015, it was announced that Clay Kaytis & Fergal Reilly will be the directors.

Unlock the Flock
By every bird flung during the Sneak Peek Weekend and every share, Rovio would drop a bird on the www.unlocktheflock.net website, which counts as a "fling". For 1 Billion flings, they would release an exclusive surprise. It was a poster for The Angry Birds Movie.

Trailers
The official teaser trailer for this feature is first debuted on September 23rd, 2015 on YouTube, and it is attached to theatrical releases of Sony Pictures' Goosebumps, later prints of Sony Pictures' Hotel Transylvania 2, and it made the last appearance on Lionsgate/Splash Entertainment's Norm of the North. Although Goosebumps is presented in Widescreen Scope, the preview has black bars surround them on the left and right sides of the screen. It was also seen on Sony Pictures Home Entertainment DVD releases of both volumes of Angry Birds Toons: Season Two, the Complete First and Second Seasons of Angry Birds Stella, and the Complete First and Second Seasons of Piggy Tales, and on the Blu-Ray/DVD releases of Hotel Transylvania 2, Goosebumps, and the DTV feature, Open Season: Scared Silly.

The official theatrical trailer is first debuted on January 26th, 2016 on Facebook, and it is attached to the theatrical releases of DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda 3 and Disney's Zootopia. Both films are presented in Widescreen Scope, so the preview is presented in the same way as the theatrical release of Goosebumps.

The third and final trailer has debuted on April 12th, 2016 on the article on Entertainment Weekly then on YouTube, and it is attached to the theatrical releases of Gramercy Pictures' Ratchet & Clank, and Marvel Studios' Captain America: Civil War. Just like Goosebumps, Kung Fu Panda 3, and Zootopia, it was in Widescreen Scope, and the preview is presented the same as those films.

When this movie released on home media on August 16th, 2016, the final trailer got updated to represent that release. So far, it shows up on the SPHE DVD release of Angry Birds Toons: Season 3, Volume 1.

Critical response
The Angry Birds Movie received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 44%, based on 144 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Angry Birds Movie is substantially more entertaining than any film adapted from an app has any right to be -- which may or may not be much of an endorsement." On Metacritic the film has a score of 43 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". On IGN, it has the score of 7.6 out of 10, including the big Pro: The Big Finale. On Flicks And The City, it got the 3 out of 5 flicks. On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale

Box office
As of September 5th, 2016, The Angry Birds Movie has grossed $107,483,144 domestically and $347,071,474 in total.

Internationally, it opened with $43,000,000 and counting.

In the United States and Canada, The Angry Birds Movie opened on May 20, 2016, alongside Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and The Nice Guys and was projected to gross $40–45 million during its opening weekend.

Domestically, The Angry Birds Movie grossed $38,155,177 on it's opening weekend.

Soundtrack
For the official soundtrack, see The Angry Birds Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). The original score has been composed by Heitor Pereira (Minions) and will feature new songs from Blake Shelton, Demi Lovato, Charli XCX, Steve Aoki, and more.

Sequel
Following the strong performance and profitable growth, Rovio Entertainment announced they are planning the sequel to The Angry Birds Movie.

A sequel is scheduled to be released on August 16, 2019.

On April 20, 2018, it was announced that Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, and Peter Dinklage will reprise their roles, while Leslie Jones, Rachel Bloom, Sterling K. Brown, Eugenio Derbez, Zach Woods, Awkwafina, Lil Rel Howery, Dove Cameron, Beck Bennett, and Brooklynn Prince have joined the cast for the sequel. Leslie Jones will voice the film's villain.

Books

 * Meet the Angry Birds
 * Too Many Pigs

Speedsters

 * Red
 * Chuck
 * Bomb
 * Terence
 * Leonard

PEZ

 * Red
 * Chuck
 * Bomb

Collectible Figures

 * Red
 * Chuck
 * Bomb
 * Matilda
 * Stella
 * Mighty Eagle
 * Leonard
 * Ross

Gallery
For this film's image gallery, see The Angry Birds Movie/Gallery.

Trivia
For another collection of trivia (unfinished): see The Angry Birds Movie/Trivia.
 * Although it has a rotten rating, The Angry Birds Movie is the second highest rated video game movie on Rotten Tomatoes, the first being Tomb Raider.
 * For the first time in franchise history, the Angry Birds characters are depicted to be fully limbed. The new character designs were intentionally never used anywhere else prior the film to make it special.
 * Several references or cameos from other Angry Birds media can be seen in the movie.
 * In the scene where the chandelier with Leonard and Red is falling down in Leonard's castle, the Piggy Tales episode Dr. Pork, M.D can be seen briefly on a TV in a room. When the pot falls through the castle, another Piggy Tales episode, The Catch, can be seen briefly on the TV in the room.
 * There are many in-game sounds in the movie. In the opening credits, Red kicks away, which makes Matilda's battle cry, and when Red, Chuck, and Bomb find the pigs in the boat, the pigs make a noise when a player fails a level in the games.
 * At one point at the beginning of the film, Red asks Edward and Eva, "On a scale of 1 to 3 stars, what would you say about my performance?", referencing the star-scoring system in the games.
 * Chuck says "It's Chuck Time!", possibly referring to the Angry Birds Toons episode "Chuck Time."
 * When the birds are launched from the slingshot, they tuck their legs under their wings, which gives their appearances a spot-on match to their game counterparts.
 * There are also several easter eggs and references to other media.
 * The novel and movie, Fifty Shades of Grey, is parodied in one scene in which a book is titled Fifty Shades of Green.
 * In the scene where Chuck opens all of the doors in Leonard's castle, Red opens a door and sees two pigs wearing blue, frilly dresses, having black rings around their eyes, and holding each other's hooves. Two seconds later, these pigs say "Redrum..." in unison, which when reversed spells "murder". Then, a reflection of the Grady Pigs is shown in Red's eyes while Red says, "Uh..nevermind!", and closes the door. These pigs are clearly a parody of the Grady Twins from the famous horror movie, The Shining.
 * Petunia roars like the Tyrannosaurus Rex from the famous Universal movie, Jurassic Park.
 * A pig holds a sign that says "Green Ham and Eggs!," which is a parody of the Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham.
 * The painting that Terence paints during Matilda's anger management course is a parody of the painting The Creation of Adam
 * Chuck is shown to be left-handed in this film. This is proven from when he paints with it, raises it, and does other things with his left hand.
 * In 2011, before the official announcement of the movie, a YouTube channel named "Rooster Teeth" made a fake trailer for an Angry Birds film. For that film, instead of being an animated film that took place on Bird Island and Piggy Island, it was a live-action film that took place in the real world. The birds were created from genetics and could not talk, it featured humans, it was targeted at older audiences, and it was an action movie instead of a comedy movie.
 * In the games, Hal was rescued from the pigs by the birds with the Blues, but in the movie, Hal was already teamed with the birds before the Blues hatched.
 * In the movie, most the flock sport eye color.
 * Red has Gold eyes,
 * Chuck has Lime eyes,
 * Bomb has Lightblue eyes,
 * Matilda has Teal eyes,
 * Hal has Aqua eyes,
 * Bubbles has Yellowgreen eyes,
 * The Mighty Eagle has Navy eyes,
 * Jay has Lightblue eyes,
 * Jake has Teal eyes, and
 * Jim has Sienna eyes.

Errors

 * For some reason, hatchlings only have two toes on their feet, but grown birds (Except for Matilda and Judge Peckinpah who also have two toes) have three toes on their feet.
 * In the Bird Court scene, the woodpecker carved a picture of Red and Timothy's family in their game forms, but, for some reason, in the scene where the pigs arrive, the woodpecker carved a picture of himself and (accidentally) Bomb in their movie forms.
 * As Red and Bomb dangled from the net of eggs stolen by the Pigs, who were making their escape via boat, Leonard incorrectly told his minions to "Get him off of there!" instead of the correct plural term "Get them off of there!"
 * When the Pigs first arrive, Leonard calls his home island "Piggy Island." But when the birds invade, he calls it "Pig Island."