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Photo: First Look - Poster Art Revealed for Big Screen Adaptation of ANGRY BIRDS

By: Jun. 10, 2015
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Photo: First Look - Poster Art Revealed for Big Screen Adaptation of ANGRY BIRDS  ImageCollider has shared a first look at poster art for the upcoming animated comedy ANGRY BIRDS, hitting theaters in May of 2016. Get a first look at left!

Jason Sudeikis (Horrible Bosses, last year's comedy hit We're the Millers) will lead the cast as Red, a bird with a temper problem. Josh Gad, (Broadway's Book of Mormon) in his first animated role since the global smash hit Frozen, plays speedy Chuck, and Danny McBride (This is the End, Eastbound & Down) portrays the volatile Bomb. Bill Hader (SaturdayNight Live, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) has joined the pork side, Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids, The Maya Rudolph Show) will play Matilda, and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, X-Men: Days of Future Past) will play the legendary Mighty Eagle.

In the supporting roles, Keegan-Michael Key (Comedy Central's Key & Peele), Kate McKinnon (Emmy nominee for SaturdayNight Live), Tony Hale (Emmy winner for Veep, Arrested Development), Ike Barinholtz (Neighbors, The Mindy Project), Hannibal Buress (Broad City, Neighbors), Cristela Alonzo (ABC's upcoming Cristela), Jillian Bell (22 Jump Street), Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black), Grammy nominee and Latin music sensation Romeo Santos, and YouTube stars Smosh (Ian Andrew Hecox and Anthony Padilla), who have over 30 million YouTube subscribers, will bring an extra kick to this angry flock.

Set to debut in the US on July 1, 2016, Angry Birds is directed by Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis, produced by John Cohen and Catherine Winder, and executive produced by Mikael Hed and David Maisel. The film is written by Jon Vitti. The film, which will be distributed globally by Sony Pictures, is produced by Rovio, and the Academy Award-winning visual effects and animation company Sony Pictures Imageworks, headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., is the animation facility for the production.



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