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e e e e e e e e The Angry Birds movie 2 is a 2019 animated comedy film based on roio entertainment's Angry Birds video game series produced by Columbia Pictures Sony pictures animation and roio entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures releasing the sequel to The Angry Birds movie 2016 the film was directed by thurop Van Orman in his directorial debut and co-directed by John rice from a screenplay by Peter is podal and Jonathan E Stewart it is an international co-production between the Finland and the United States Jason sudakis Josh Gad Danny McBride Maya Rudolph Tony hail Anthony Padilla Bill haer and Peter Dinklage reprised their voice roles from the first film with newcomers lesie Jones Rachel Bloom Aquafina Sterling K Brown Pete Davidson Zack Woods Dove Cameron Lil real Howry Eugenio derbes Tiffany hadish JoJo SE and Brooklyn Prince joining The Ensemble voice cast in the film Birds red sudakis Chuck Gad bomb McBride and silver Bloom are forced to team up with pigs Leonard haer Courtney Aquafina and Gary Brown to foil Plans by Zeta Jones and the rest of the Eagles on Eagle Island when an ice ball from zeta's Advanced super weapon threatens both of their Islands production on a sequel to The Angry Birds movie began in August 2016 new ideas for the film were conceived with the premise being that the Birds and pigs work together to save themselves which very rarely happens in most Angry Birds games new characters for the film were announced in March 2019 along with new cast members the animators were tasked with attempting to create more realistic feather systems for the bird's plumage and designing visual effects for snow ice water and lava for the film Haider Perera returned to compose the film score with artists such as Kesha and Luke comes contributing tracks for the film it also featured Fe 18 classical pop songs from the 1960s to 2000's decades from famous artists and different genres from the soundtrack like the first film The Angry Birds movie 2 was theatrically released in Finland on August 7th 2019 and in the United States on August 14th in real 3D formats while it was not as financially successful as its predecessor grossing 1528 million on a $65 million budget it received generally positive reviews from from critics who considered it an improvement over its predecessor a sequel The Angry Birds movie 3 is in production with Prime Focus Studios and roio's new parent company Sega Samy group producing the film with animation being handled by D EG animation years after piggy Island's destruction a red protects Bird Island from the pigs led by King Leonard mudbeard who are in a prank war against the birds and have rebuilt piggy Island one day a giant ice ball from nearby Eagle Island Hits the Sea near piggy Island forcing the pigs to seek and agree to a permanent truce with the birds Zeta the leader of eagle island is angry with her Frozen surroundings and wants to occupy the two islands by shooting ice balls from a super weapon to force their inhabitants to evacuate Red's two best friends Chuck and bomb surprise and ask red to join them in a speed dating activity where red meets Chuck's sister silver an engineering student who deems red incompatible meanwhile Zoe the daughter of Red Red's classmate Terrence and teacher Matilda loses the eggs containing her unborn sisters while playing with her friends Vincent and Samantha so they try to recover the eggs Leonard visits and convinces red to form an alliance recruiting Chuck bomb silver Mighty Eagle and Leonard's new assistant Courtney a secret meeting in Mighty Eagle's cave gets disrupted when zeta's super weapon hits Eagle Mountain which alarms the other birds living on Bird Island as the team now joined by Pig gadgeteer Gary travels to Eagle Island by submarine red assures the other birds that they do not need to evacuate once there Mighty Eagle confesses that Zeta was once his fiance but he abandoned her due to cowardice before he flies away red insists on fighting alone but silver decides to follow him instead they intrude the base from the mouth of the weapon and get captured and frozen into inflatable water toys Zeta tells them her plan to fire ice balls filled with lava at both islands and demonstrates her newly upgraded C can red regretting not telling the birds to evacuate admits his wish to be liked by everyone to Silver who comforts him and frees them both meanwhile the other team members disguise themselves as an eagle and grab a key card to get into the base reunited with red and silver and establishes a plan to destroy the Cannon as it begins to load up ammunition in 10 minutes for the actual attack on both Islands red and silver put themselves inside an ice ball and roll it down the spiraling ammunition track of zeta's cannon with their allies distracting the Eagles and working to sever the track by reaching and pulling a switch so that the ball flies off and crushes the cannon the plan fails and Zeta and her guards confronted them giving her a chance to fire the weapon Mighty Eagle arrives and makes a desperate attempt to stop Zeta by apologizing to her for abandoning her Zeta brushes him off revealing his real name is Ethan and that her assistant Debbie is their daughter while Zeta is distracted Chuck ties up the weapon using silver new invention a very strong string called super string which catches and decelerates the lava balls after Zeta fires them as the string breaks the hatchlings who finally recovered their eggs along with some piglets who had joined them on their Quest back home pass by eagle island and help grasp the string the lava balls slide back into the cannon destroying it and the base everyone escapes and Mighty Eagle protects Debbie from being crushed by a metal plate redeeming himself to her and Zeta Mighty Eagle and Zeta get married on Bird Island with red as the chief witness and Debbie as the flower girl and the rest of the Birds pigs and Eagles celebrate afterwards red credits silver and the entire team for saving the islands and as a result finds himself even more beloved for his honesty and selflessness and starts a relationship meanwhile the hatchlings discover they have accidentally swapped Zoe's eggs by mistu her eggs so they give them back to their mother who has brought the newly born sisters however as soon as the older hatchlings take their eyes off them the sisters stow away onto the boa constrictor boat causing the cycle to repeat it's not a ringing defense of artistic quality to say that a movie about pigs and flightless birds that's based on a mobile app game and aimed at small children sometimes gets judged by a different set of Standards than other movies chiefly will they laugh the answer in the case of the original The Angry Birds film was a definite yes and it's even truer for this sequel even though the mix of Skittles colored characters video game looking Graphics obvious needle Drop Music cues and incessant low brow slapstick butt jokes groin injuries might get tiresome for anyone over the age of say 12 the conception of the original project was also odd though perhaps no odder than that of most of other big budget animated pictures aimed at families the main character red Jason sudakis was a belligerent often physically violent individual sentenced by a judge to undergo Anger Management training a plot line you'd expect to see in a liveaction comedy aimed at grown-ups like well anger management and a lot of the social satire while welcome surely didn't register on most little ones the entire thing felt ungainly and the required emotional catharsis at the end didn't quite feel earned this sequel is more Shenanigans based the plot eventually leads to a combination Heist movie band of Heroes on a military Mission storyline which is more conducive to kid oriented slapstick and lets the project feel less ungainly and lighter on its feet although there's still a fair amount of sexual humor that might be considered inappropriate were there a chance small children would get it the plot picks up from the end of the last one with red being hailed as a hero for rescuing Bird Island from the onslaught of the green pigs who live on an adjacent Island now that he's won the admiration of the other birds red isn't angry anymore but the movie fills that particular vacuum by introducing a lanky bird with a feathered man named Zeta lesle Jones the leader of an ice covered third island that begins attacking both the birds and the pigs Zeta is tired of living in a glorified freezer and Begins the inevitable catapult War by lobbing a gigantic ice ball the pigs and flightless birds have to set aside their differences to defeat a common enemy a classic plot for a sequel to a movie that was itself at least half of a war movie spoof there are a lot of the expected butt jokes and mops in sub who's on first Exchange and all of the references to Classic Hollywood movies that you'd expect in this sort of project especially the James Bond and Mission Impossible series The Life Aquatic and the Great Escape which appropriately start a character nicknamed the cooler King but things move along at such an agreeably fast clip particularly in the second half when the mission gets underway that it'll be a pleasurable experience for kids and adults alike there's a lot to be said for a movie that finds the heroes sneaking into a supposedly impregnable place dressed in a giant bird costume that suggests a mascot you'd see at an especially shabby minor league ballpark setting up a potentially bruising fist fight between them and a huge henchmen and resolving it with a breakdance battle the goofier and more random the movie is the better it is and it certainly gets goofier and more random as it goes I have to confess I was not a fan of 2016's the Angry Birds movie not that I expected to be since I clearly wasn't the audience and had no clue of the popularity of the original game that spawned The Craze in the first place the movie just seemed too disconnected and frenetic with little attention to anything resembling a coherent storyline what a difference 3 years make because I have to admit I almost had as good a time as all the kids sitting around me when I saw the sequel The Angry Birds movie to the plot development and storyline are just as chaotic and inconsequential as the first one but the individual gags and comic set pieces are at times inspired and for the most part never less than and amusing it is a wacky fast-paced Delight that reminded me of Chuck Jones and Looney Tunes maybe not at their best to be sure but for these times damn close enough to grab three stars from me it is the kind of movie where blink and you miss bits like one bird reading the bestseller crazy Rich avens you might recall the bird Island occupants of the first film LED by Red the voice of Jason sudakis Chuck Josh Gad and bomb Danny McBride were at odds to say the least with the green Piggies who invaded their space in this film red Chuck bomb Mighty Eagle Peter Dinklage and the addition of Chuck's brainy sister silver Rachel Bloom team with pigs Leonard Bill hater Courtney Aquafina and Tech Pig Sterling K Brown to fight an even bigger threat that brings them together in a mutual effort for survival and the legacy of bird and pig Islands now they are stuck in Frozen conditions far from the Breezy and sunny tropical climate to which they were accustomed this of course would make any bird Angry and instant frozen food setting off in pure kirawa fashion the team is put together to defeat the super weapon and machinations of Zeta Leslie Jones the purp necked Eagle villain of this piece who is looking to have her way on her icy Island where she is banished but not above looking for ultimate Creature Comforts there are a boatload of characters to keep straight including Glenn Eugenio durbz Debbie Tiffany Hades is there a movie she isn't in Jerry Pete Davidson and more requiring the vocal talents of the likes of Maya Rudolph Tony hail funny as mime Nicki Minaj and Lil real howy among others thrown into this amusing stew Sony animation proves itself highly capable of coming up with genuinely funny cartoon Antics that make for a breezy good time that even adults dragged along with their kids will get some laughs from theup Van Orman makes an effective leap to directing in his first feature after lots of success in TV the script has some winning lines and sight gags thanks to writers Peter Akerman is podal and Jonathan E Stewart Voice work across the board is exemplary the producer is John Cohen in a summer where the box office has been hit and miss when it comes to giving audiences what they wanted or expected The Angry Birds movie too is pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be while fans of the first film will likely be satisfied with the sequel and there's nothing fundamentally bad about the Angry Birds movie too it's unlikely that anyone who wasn't already planning to see it will change their minds and buy a ticket the good news is that if you're an adult taking a child to this it won't be an unpleasant experience you'll probably have sat through worse would you recommend someone go and see it without kids probably not another bonus is that at 96 Minutes long 1 minute shorter than the Angry Birds movie it doesn't overstay its welcome Director thurop Van Orman previously worked on Powerpuff Girls Adventure Time at home adventures with tip and no and he's brought some of his Flare from those projects and applied them here taking what the first film laid out and giving it his own touch but while there are few flourishes here for adults this is very much a kids movie what was interesting to see was how the kids in the screening I was at reacted to the movie the younger members of the audience lapped up the silliness and the mild Peril however the kids at the older end of the spectrum the ones who probably were more in the previous demographic when the first film came out seemed entertained but less reactive and enamored by what they were seeing the former sang along to songs on the soundtrack and repeated funny dialogue they just heard while the latter didn't a few of the older kids had their phones out and generally seemed more interested in what was going on outside the theater than what was unfolding inside upcoming new video game movies and TV shows 2024 release dates and Beyond click through for a breakdown of the most high-profile video game movie and TV series currently in the works note that release dates are subject to change while a planned movie adaptation of the original Halo never materialized the franchise is now a TV series at Paramount plus and its second season is currently in production in Iceland the latest trailer for the show's second season showed off the Fall Of Reach alongside Master Chief going up against Elites while Wilding the wonderful energy sword in the wake of a shocking event on a desolate Planet Jon cannot shake the feeling that his war is about to change and risks everything to prove what no one else will believe that the Covenant is preparing ing to attack Humanity's greatest stronghold the synopsis reads with the Galaxy on the brink Jon embarks on a journey to find the key to humankind's Salvation or its Extinction the Halo in our review of season 1 of Halo we said that it isn't a perfect adaptation of the games but It ultimately succeeds in expanding the series mythology and taking a more character-driven approach to Master Chief's Adventures Prime vide Fallout series is nearly here and ccxp 2020 23 treated fans to the first trailer for The much anticipated show we also learned a ton about the project from an interview we had with executive producer and director Jonathan Nolan executive producer and co- show owner Graham Wagner and series stars Ella Perell Aaron moton and Walton gogin as for what the series is about Prime Video has us covered brbr 200 years after the apocalypse the gentle denisons of luxury Fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex gleefully weird and highly violent Universe waiting for them the official description continues the Borderlands movie was announced back in 2016 to be produced by Avi and Ari Arad and written by Aaron Berg while news was slow for several years after that Lionsgate surprised fans in February 2020 by announcing hosle a Roth will direct the movie with tril's Craig Mazen Penning and new screenplay draft Kate Blanchet has been confirmed to Star as Lilith and Kevin Hart will also Star as Roland the cast also includes Ariana greenblat as Tiny Tina Florian montino as Craig Jam Lee Curtis as taman's and Jack Black as clap trap production has officially ended for the Borderlands movie and Cinemac in 2022 gave us our first look at the adaptation we still have yet to see a trailer for the film but it is set to arrive in theaters on August 9th 2024 the the popular animated series based on League of Legends will return as will Haley steinfeld's Roman 6 Ella pernell's Jinx and Katie L's Caitlyn kurman we were treated to the first trailer in January 2024 and it seems to confirm a major season 1 fan Theory Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will officially speed into theaters on December 20th 2024 and will follow the second film that became the highest grossing video game movie of all time in the US we don't know much about this third entry but the post-credit scene of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 confirms that a fan favorite will be joining the cast when it arrives in theaters the plot of The Angry Birds movie 2 is a bit deeper than that of the first movie although deeper is relative this time red Chuck and bomb once again voiced by Jason sudakis Josh Gad and Danny McBride respectively have to team up with Leonard voiced by Bill haer and the rest of the pigs when they find out someone with an advanced weapon is threatening to destroy both their Island homes as said deeper is relative as with the Angry Birds movie there is plenty of silliness and sight gags that will raise a chuckle but this one has more of a Looney Tunes feel to it there are several new characters added to the mix and a few of them do make their presence felt most notably silver voiced by Rachel Bloom Courtney voiced by Aquafina and Gary voiced by Sterling K Brown all of them as characters and voice actors bring something different and add value to the narrative and some meat to the bones of the movie but even with all these cast additions and changes the Angry Birds movie too still feels too derivative and like you've seen these tropes and beats before the villain of the piece Zeta is voiced by Leslie Jones she does a solid job but the material she's given to work with isn't quite as strong as some of the other characters that is not her fault she gives it everything she's got but I just kept thinking how much I'd rather hear her in a more unrestrained adult animated movie just letting rip she's at her best when she's let loose that said compare her character and performance to the average Nemesis in this kind of family movie and Zeta is one of the better ones there are a handful of subplots in the movie and there's a message or two including overcoming differences with people you might disagree with to try and find some kind of common ground and work together it's not preachy or laid on too thick so kudos to all involved for that the focus is firmly on the fun The Angry Birds movie 2 is a 2019 animated comedy film based on roio entertainment's Angry Birds video game series produced by Columbia Pictures Sony pictures animation and roio entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures releasing the sequel to The Angry Birds movie 2016 the film was directed by thop Van Orman in his directorial debut and co-directed by John rice from a screenplay by Peter acrian is podal and Jonathan E Stewart it is an international co-production between the Finland and the United States Jason sudeki Josh Gad Danny McBride Maya Rudolph Tony hail Anthony Padilla Bill hater and Peter Dinklage reprised their voice roles from the first film with newcomers lesie Jones Rachel Bloom Aquafina Sterling K Brown Pete Davidson Zack Woods Dove Cameron Lil R Howry Eugenio derbes Tiffany Hades Jojo siwa and Brooklyn Prince joining The Ensemble voice cast in the film Birds red sudakis Chuck Gad bomb McBride and silver Bloom are forced to team up with pigs Leonard haer Courtney Aquafina and Gary Brown to foil Plans by Zeta Jones and the rest of the Eagles on Eagle Island when an ice ball from zeta's Advanced super weapon threatens both of their Islands production on a sequel to The Angry Birds movie began in August 2016 new ideas for the film were conceived with the premise being that the Birds and pigs worked together to save themselves which very rarely happens in most Angry Birds games new characters for the film were announced in March 2019 along with new cast members the animators were tasked with attempting to create more realistic feather systems for the bird's plumage and designing visual effects for snow ice water and lava for the film Haider Perera returned to compose the film score with artists such as Kesha and Luke comes contributing tracks for the film it also features 18 classical pop songs from the 1960s to 2000s decades from famous artists and different genres from the soundtrack like the first first film The Angry Birds movie 2 was theatrically released in Finland on August 7th 2019 and in the United States on August 14th in real 3D formats while it was not as financially successful as its predecessor grossing 1528 million on a $65 million budget it received generally positive reviews from critics who considered it an improvement over its predecessor a sequel The Angry Birds movie 3 is in production with Prime Focus Studios and roio's new parent company Sega Samy group producing the film with animation being handled by Dean EG animation years after piggy Islands destruction a red protects Bird Island from the pigs led by King Leonard mudbeard who are in a prank war against the birds and have rebuilt piggy Island one day a giant ice ball from nearby Eagle Island Hits the Sea near piggy Island forcing the pigs to seek and agree to a permanent truce with the birds Zeta the leader of eagle Island is angry with her Frozen surroundings and wants to occupy the two islands by shooting ice balls from a super weapon to force their inhabitants to evacuate Red's two best friends Chuck and bomb surprise and ask red to join them in a speed dating activity where red meets Chuck's sister silver an engineering student who deems red incompatible meanwhile Zoe the daughter of Red's classmate Terrence and teacher Matilda loses the eggs containing her unborn sisters while playing with her friends Vincent and Samantha so so they try to recover the eggs Leonard visits and convinces red to form an alliance recruiting Chuck bomb silver Mighty Eagle and Leonard's new assistant Courtney a secret meeting in Mighty Eagle's cave gets disrupted when zeta's super weapon hits Eagle Mountain which alarms the other birds living on Bird Island as the team now joined by Pig gadgeteer Gary travels to Eagle Island by submarine red assures the other birds that they do not need to evacuate once there Mighty Eagle confesses that Zeda was once his fiance but he abandoned her due to cowardice before he flies away red insists on fighting alone but silver decides to follow him instead they intrude the base from the mouth of the weapon and get captured and frozen into inflatable water toys Zeta tells them her plan to fire ice balls filled with lava at both islands and demonstrates her newly upgraded Cannon red regretting not telling the birds to evacuate admits his wish to be liked by everyone to Silver who comforts him and Frees both meanwhile the other team members disguise themselves as an eagle and grab a key card to get into the base reunited with red and silver and establishes a plan to destroy the Cannon as it begins to load up ammunition in 10 minutes for the actual attack on both Islands red and silver put themselves inside an ice ball and roll it down the spiraling ammunition track of zeta's cannon with their allies distracting the Eagles and working to sever the track by reaching and pulling a switch so that the ball flies off and crushes the cannon the plan fails and Zeta and her guards confronted them giving her a chance to fire the weapon Mighty Eagle arrives and makes a desperate attempt to stop Zeta by apologizing to her for abandoning her Zeta brushes him off revealing his real name is Ethan and that her assistant Debbie is their daughter while Zeta is distracted Chuck ties up the weapon using Silver's new invention a very strong string called super string which catches and decelerates the lava balls after Zeta fires them as the string breaks the hatchlings who finally recovered their eggs along with some piglets who had joined them on their Quest back home passed by eagle island and help grasp the string the lava balls slide back into the cannon destroying it and the base everyone escapes and Mighty Eagle protects Debbie from being crushed by a metal plate redeeming himself to her and Zeta Mighty Eagle and Zeta get married on Bird Island with red as the chief witness and Debbie as the flower girl and the rest of the Birds pigs and Eagles celebrate afterwards red credits silver and the entire team for saving the islands and as a result finds himself even more beloved for his honesty and selflessness and starts a relationship meanwhile the hatchlings discover they have accidentally swapped zo's eggs by misu her eggs so they give them back to their mother who has brought the newly born sisters however as soon as the older hatchlings take their eyes off them the sisters stow away onto the boa constrictor boat causing the cycle to repeat it's not a ringing defense of artistic quality to say that a movie about pigs and flightless birds that's based on a mobile app game and aimed at small children sometimes gets judged by a different set of Standards than other movies chiefly will they laugh the answer in the case of the original The Angry Birds film was a definite yes and it's even truer for this sequel even though the mix of Skittles colored characters video game looking Graphics obvious needle Drop Music cues and incessant low brow slaps butt jokes groin injuries might get tiresome for anyone over the age of say 12 the conception of the original project was also odd though perhaps no odder than that of most of other big budget animated pictures aimed at families the main character red Jason sudakis was a belligerent often physically violent individual sentenced by a judge to undergo Anger Management training a plotline you'd expect to see in a liveaction comedy aimed at grown-ups like well anger management and a lot of the social satire while welcome surely didn't register on most little ones the entire thing felt ungainly and the required emotional catharsis at the end didn't quite feel earned this sequel is more Shenanigans based the plot eventually leads to a combination Heist movie band of Heroes on a military Mission storyline which is more conducive to kid oriented slapstick and lets the project feel less ungainly and lighter on its feet although there's still a fair amount of sexual humor that might be considered inappropriate were there a chance small children would get it the plot picks up from the end of the last one with red being hailed as a hero for rescuing Bird Island from the onslaught of the green pigs who live on an adjacent Island now that he's won the admiration of the other birds red isn't angry anymore but the movie fills that particular vacuum by introducing a lanky bird with a feathered man named Zeta lesie Jones the leader of an ice covered third island that begins attacking both the birds and the pigs Zeta is tired of living in a glorified freezer and Begins the inevitable catapult War by lobbing a gigantic ice ball the pigs and flightless birds have to set aside their differences to defeat a common enemy a classic plot for a sequel to a movie that was itself at least half of a war movie spoof there are a lot of the expected butt jokes and Mal props and sub who's on first exchanges and all of the references to Classic Hollywood movies that you'd expect in this sort of project especially the James Bond and Mission Impossible series The Life Aquatic and the Great Escape which appropriately start a character nicknamed the cooler King but things move along at such an agreeably fast clip particularly in the second half when the mission gets underway that it'll be a pleasurable experience for kids and adults alike there's a lot to be said for a movie that finds the heroes sneaking into a supposedly impregnable Place dressed in a giant bird costume that suggests a mascot you'd see at an especially shabby minor league ballpark setting up a potentially bruising fist fight between them and a huge henchman and resolving it with a breakdance battle the goofier and more random the movie is the better it is and it certainly gets goofier and more random as it goes I have to confess I was not a fan of 2016's the Angry Birds movie not that I expected to be since I clearly wasn't the audience and had no clue of the popularity of the original game that spawned The Craze in the first place the movie just seemed too disconnected and frenetic with little attention to anything resembling a cerent storyline what a difference 3 years make because I have to admit I almost had as good a time as all the kids sitting around me when I saw the sequel The Angry Birds movie 2 the plot development and storyline are just as chaotic and inconsequential as the first one but the individual gags and comic set pieces are at times inspired and for the most part never less than amusing it is a wacky fast-paced Delight that reminded me of Chuck Jones and Looney Tunes maybe not at their best to be sure but for these times damn close enough to grab three stars from me it is the kind of movie where blink and you miss bits like one bird reading the bestseller crazy Rich avens you might recall the bird Island occupants of the first film LED by Red the voice of Jason sudakis Chuck Josh Gad and bomb Danny McBride were at odds to say the least with the green Piggies who invaded their space in this film red Chuck bomb Mighty Eagle Peter Dinklage and the addition of Chuck's brainy sister silver Rachel Bloom team with pigs Leonard Bill haer Courtney Aquafina and Tech Pig Sterling K Brown to fight an even bigger threat that brings them together in a mutual effort for survival and the legacy of bird and pig Islands now they are stuck in Frozen conditions far from the Breezy and sunny tropical climate to which they were accustomed this of course would make any bird Angry and instant frozen food setting off in pure curasawa fashion the team is put together to defeat the super weapon and machinations of Zeta Leslie Jones the purp necked Eagle villain of this piece who is looking to have her way on her icy Island where she is banished but not above looking for ultimate Creature Comforts there are a boatload of characters to keep straight including Glenn Eugenio derbes Debbie Tiffany hadish is there a movie she isn't in Jerry Pete Davidson and more requiring the vocal talents of the likes of Maya Rudolph Tony hail very funny as mime Nicki Minaj and Lil real howy among others thrown into this amusing stew Sony animation proves itself High capable of coming up with genuinely funny cartoon Antics that make for a breezy good time that even adults dragged along with their kids will get some laughs from theup Van Orman makes an effective leap to directing in his first feature after lots of success in TV the script has some winning lines and sight gags thanks to writers Peter Akerman I podal and Jonathan E Stewart Voice work across the board is exemplary the producer is John Cohen in a summer where the box office has been hit and missed when it comes to giving audiences what they wanted or expected The Angry Birds movie too is pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be while fans of the first film will likely be satisfied with the sequel and there's nothing fundamentally bad about the Angry Birds movie too it's unlikely that anyone who wasn't already planning to see it will change their minds and buy a ticket the good news is that if you're an adult taking a child to this it won't be an unpleasant experience you'll probably have sat through worse would you recommend someone go and see it without kids probably not another bonus is that at 96 Minutes long 1 minute shorter than the Angry Birds movie it doesn't overstay its welcome Director thurop Van Orman previously worked on Powerpuff Girls Adventure Time and home adventures with tip and no and he's brought some of his Flare from those projects and applied them here taking what the first film laid out and giving it his own touch but while there are few flourishes here for adults this is very much a kids movie what was interesting to see was how the kids in the screening I was at reacted to the movie the younger members of the audience lapped up the silliness and the mild Peril however the kids at the older end of the spectrum the ones who probably were more in the previous demographic when the first film came out seemed entertained but less reactive and enamored by what they were seeing the former sang along to songs on the soundtrack and repeated funny dialogue they just heard while the latter didn't a few of the older kids had their phones out and generally seemed more interested in what was going on outside the theater than what was unfolding inside upcoming new video game movies and TV shows 2024 release dates and Beyond click through for a breakdown of the most high-profile video game movie and TV series currently in the works note that release dates are subject to change while a planned movie adaptation of the original Halo never materialized the franchise is now a TV series at Paramount plus and its second season is currently in production in Iceland the latest trailer for the show's second season showed off the Fall Of Reach alongside Master Chief going up against Elites while Wilding the wonderful energy sword in the wake of a shocking event on a desolate Planet Jon cannot shake the feeling that his war is about to change and risks everything to prove what no one else will believe that the Covenant is preparing to attack Humanity's greatest stronghold the synopsis reads with the Galaxy on the brink Jon embarks on a journey to find the key to humankind salvation or its Extinction the Halo in our review of season 1 of Halo we said that it isn't a perfect adaptation of the games but It ultimately succeeds in expanding the series mythology and taking a more character-driven approach to Master Chief's Adventures Prime vide Fallout series is nearly here and ccxp 2023 treated fans to the first trailer for The much anticipated show we also learned a ton about the project from an interview we had with executive producer and director Jonathan Nolan executive producer and co- show owner Graham Wagner and series stars Ella Perell Aaron Moon and Walton gogins as for what the series is about Prime Video has us covered brbr 200 years after the apocalypse the gentle denisons of luxury Fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex gleefully weird and highly violent Universe with waiting for them the official description continues the Borderlands movie was announced back in 2016 to be produced by Avi and Ari Arad and written by Aaron Berg while news was slow for several years after that lion gate surprised fans in February 2020 by announcing hosti aay Roth will direct the movie with trin's Craig Mazen Penning and new screenplay draft Kate Blanchet has been confirmed to Star as Lilith and Kevin Hart will also Star as Roland the cast also includes Ariana greenblat as Tiny Tina Florian montino as Craig Jam Lee Curtis as tamies and Jack Black as clap trap production has officially ended for the Borderlands movie and Cinemac in 2022 gave us our first look at the adaptation we still have yet to see a trailer for the film but it is set to arrive in theaters on August 9th 2024 the popular animated series based on League of Legends will return as will Haley steinfeld's Roman 6 Ella pernell's Jinx and Katie L Caitlyn kurman we were treated to the first trailer in January 2024 and it seems to confirm a major season 1 fan Theory Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will officially speed into theaters on December 20th 2024 and will follow the second film that became the highest grossing video game movie of all time in the US we don't know much about this third entry but the post-credit scene of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 confirms that a fan favorite will be joining the cast when it arrives in theaters the plot of the Angry Birds movie 2 is a bit deeper than that of the first movie although deeper is relative this time red Chuck and bomb once again voiced by Jason sudakis Josh Gad and Danny McBride respectively have to team up with Leonard voiced by Bill Herer and the rest of the pigs when they find out someone with an advanced weapon is threatening to destroy both their Island homes as I said deeper is relative as with the Angry Birds movie there is plenty of silliness and sight gags that will raise a chuckle but this one has more of a Looney Tunes feel to it there are several new characters added to the mix and a few of them do make their presence felt most notably silver voiced by Rachel Bloom Courtney voiced by Aquafina and Gary voiced by Sterling K Brown all of them as characters and voice actors bring something different and add value to the narrative and some meat to the bones of the movie but even with all these cast additions and changes the Angry Birds movie too still feels too derivative and like you've seen these TR ropes and beats before the villain of the piece Zeta is voiced by Leslie Jones she does a solid job but the material she's given to work with isn't quite as strong as some of the other characters that is not her fault she gives it everything she's got but I just kept thinking how much I'd rather hear her in a more unrestrained adult animated movie just letting rip she's at her best when she's let loose that said compare her character and performance to the average Nemesis in this kind of family movie and Zeta is one of the better ones there are a handful of subplots in the movie and there's a message or two including overcoming differences with people you might disagree with to try and find some kind of common ground and work together it's not preachy or laid on too thick so kudos to all involved for that the focus is firmly on the fun The Angry Birds movie 2 is a 2019 animated comedy film based on roio entertainment's Angry Birds video game series produced by Columbia Pictures Sony pictures animation and roio entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures releasing the sequel to The Angry Birds movie 2016 the film was directed by thurop Van Orman in his directorial debut and co-directed by John rice from a screenplay by Peter acrian Isle podal and Jonathan E Stewart it is an international co-production between the Finland and the United States Jason sudakis Josh Gad Danny McBride Maya Rudolph Tony hail Anthony Padilla Bill hater and Peter Dinklage reprised their voice roll from the first film with newcomers lesie Jones Rachel Bloom Aquafina Sterling K Brown Pete Davidson Zack Woods Dove Cameron Lil R Howry Eugenio derbes Tiffany hates Jojo siwa and Brooklyn Prince joining The Ensemble voice cast in the film Birds red sudakis Chuck Gad bomb McBride and silver Bloom are forced to team up with pigs Leonard hater Courtney Aquafina and Gary Brown to foil Plans by Zeta Jones and the rest of the Eagles on Eagle Island when an ice ball from zeta's Advanced super weapon threatens both of their Islands production on a sequel to The Angry Birds movie began in August 2016 new ideas for the film were conceived with the premise being that the Birds and pigs worked together to save themselves which very rarely happens in most Angry Birds games new characters for the film were announced in March 2019 along with new cast members the animators were tasked with attempting to create more realistic feather systems for the Bird's plumage and designing visual effects for snow ice water and lava for the film Haider Perera returned to compose the film score with artists such as Kesha and Luke comes contributing tracks for the film it also features 18 classical pop songs from the 1960s to 2000s decades from famous artists and different genres from the soundtrack like the first film The Angry Birds movie 2 was theatrically released in Finland on August 7th 2019 and in the United States on on August 14th in real 3D formats while it was not as financially successful as its predecessor grossing 1528 million on a $65 million budget it received generally positive reviews from critics who considered it an improvement over its predecessor a sequel The Angry Birds movie 3 is in production with Prime Focus Studios and roio's new parent company Sega Samy group producing the film with animation being handled by D EG animation years after piggy Islands destruction a red protects Bird Island from the pigs led by King Leonard mudbeard who are in a prank war against the birds and have rebuilt piggy Island one day a giant ice ball from nearby Eagle Island Hits the Sea near piggy Island forcing the pigs to seek and agree to a permanent truce with the birds Zeta the leader of eagle island is angry with her Frozen surroundings and wants to occupy the two islands by shooting ice balls from a super weapon to force their inhabitants to evacuate Red's two best friends Chuck and bomb surprise and ask red to join them in a speed dating activity where red meets Chuck's sister silver an engineering student who deems red incompatible meanwhile Zoe the daughter of Red's classmate Terrence and teacher Matilda loses the eggs containing her unborn sisters while playing with her friends Vincent and Samantha so they try to recover the eggs Leonard visits and convinces red to form an alliance recruiting Chuck bomb silver Mighty Eagle and Leonard's new assistant Courtney a secret meeting in Mighty Eagle's cave gets disrupted when zeta's super weapon hits Eagle Mountain which alarms the other birds living on Bird Island as the team now joined by Pig gadgeteer Gary travels to Eagle Island by submarine red assures the other birds that they do not need to evacuate once there Mighty Eagle confesses that Zeta was once his fiance but he abandoned her due to cowardice before he flies away red insists on fighting alone but silver decides to follow him instead they intrude the base from the mouth of the weapon and get captured and frozen into inflatable water toys Zeta tells them her plan to fire ice balls filled with lava at both islands and demonstrates her newly upgraded Cannon red regretting not telling the birds to evacuate admits his wish to be liked by everyone to Silver who comforts him and frees them both meanwhile the other team members disguise themselves as an eagle and grab a key card to get into the base reunited with red and silver and establishes a plan to destroy the Cannon as it begins to load up ammunition in 10 minutes for the actual attack on both Islands red and silver put themselves inside an ice ball and roll it down the spiraling ammunition track of zeta's cannon with their allies distracting the Eagles and working to sever the track by reaching and pulling a switch so that the ball flies off and crushes the cannon the plan fails and Zeta and her guards confronted them giving her a chance to fire the weapon Mighty Eagle arrives and makes a A desperate attempt to stop Zeta by apologizing to her for abandoning her Zeta brushes him off revealing his real name is Ethan and that her assistant Debbie is their daughter while Zeta is distracted Chuck ties up the weapon using Silver's new invention a very strong string called super string which catches and decelerates the lava balls after Zeta fires them as the string breaks the hatchlings who finally recovered their eggs along with some piglets who had joined them on their Quest back home passed by eagle Island and help grasp the string the lava balls slide back into the cannon destroying it and the base everyone escapes and Mighty Eagle protects Debbie from being crushed by a metal plate redeeming himself to her and Zeta Mighty Eagle and Zeta get married on Bird Island with red as the chief witness and Debbie as the flower girl and the rest of the Birds pigs and Eagles celebrate afterwards red credits silver and the entire team for saving the islands and as a result finds himself even more beloved for his honesty and selflessness and starts a relationship meanwhile the hatchlings discover they have accidentally swapped Zoe's eggs by mistu her eggs so they give them back to their mother who has brought the newly born sisters however as soon as the older hatchlings take their eyes off them the sisters stow away onto the boa constrictor boat causing the cycle to repeat it's not a ringing defense of artistic quality to say that a movie about pigs and flightless birds that's based on a mobile app game and aimed at small children sometimes gets judged by a different set of Standards than other movies chiefly will they laugh the answer in the case of the original The Angry Birds film was a definite yes and it's even truer for this sequel even though the mix of Skittles colored characters video game looking Graphics obvious needle Drop Music cues and incessant low brow slapstick butt jokes groin injuries might get tiresome for anyone over the age of say 12 the conception of the original project was is also odd though perhaps no odder than that of most of other big budget animated pictures aimed at families the main character red Jason sudakis was a belligerent often physically violent individual sentenced by a judge to undergo Anger Management training a plotline you'd expect to see in a liveaction comedy aimed at grown-ups like well anger management and a lot of the social satire while welcome surely didn't register on most little ones the entire thing felt ungainly and the required emotional catharsis at the end didn't quite feel earned this sequel is more Shenanigans based the plot eventually leads to a combination Heist movie band of Heroes on a military Mission storyline which is more conducive to kid oriented slapstick and lets the project feel less ungainly and lighter on its feet although there's still a fair amount of sexual humor that might be considered inappropriate were there a chance small children would get it the plot picks up from the end of the last one with red being hailed as a hero for rescuing bird Bird Island from the onslaught of the green pigs who live on an adjacent Island now that he's won the admiration of the other birds red isn't angry anymore but the movie fills that particular vacuum by introducing a lanky bird with a feathered man named Zeta lesle Jones the leader of an ice covered third island that begins attacking both the birds and the pigs Zeta is tired of living in a glorified freezer and Begins the inevitable catapult War by lobbing a gigantic ice ball the pigs and flightless birds have to to set aside their differences to defeat a common enemy a classic plot for a sequel to a movie that was itself at least half of a war movie spoof there are a lot of the expected butt jokes and Malo props and sub who's on first exchanges and all of the references to Classic Hollywood movies that you'd expect in this sort of project especially the James Bond and Mission Impossible series The Life Aquatic and the Great Escape which appropriately starred a character nicknamed the cooler King but things move along at such an agreeably fast clip particularly in the second half when the mission gets underway that it'll be a pleasurable experience for kids and adults alike there's a lot to be said for a movie that finds the heroes sneaking into a supposedly impregnable Place dressed in a giant bird costume that suggests a mascot you'd see at an especially shabby minor league ballpark setting up a potentially bruising fist fight between them and a huge henchman and resolving it with a breakdance battle the goofier and more random the movie is the better it is and it's certainly gets goofier and more random as it goes I have to confess I was not a fan of 2016's the Angry Birds movie not that I expected to be since I clearly wasn't the audience and had no clue of the popularity of the original game that spawned The Craze in the first place the movie just seemed too disconnected and frenetic with little attention to anything resembling a coherent storyline what a difference 3 years make because I have to admit I almost had as good a time as all the kids sitting around me when I saw this sequel The Angry Birds movie 2 the plot development and storyline are just as chaotic and inconsequential as the first one but the individual gags and comic set pieces are at times inspired and for the most part never less than amusing it is a wacky fastpaced Delight that reminded me of Chuck Jones and Looney Tunes maybe not at their best to be sure but for these times damn close enough to grab three stars from me it is the kind of movie where blink and you miss bits like one bird reading the bestseller crazy Rich avens you might recall the bird Island occupants of the first film LED by Red the voice of Jason sudakis Chuck Josh Gad and bomb Danny McBride were at odds to say the least with the green Piggies who invaded their space in this film red Chuck bomb Mighty Eagle Peter Dinklage and the addition of Chuck's brainy sister silver Rachel Bloom team with pigs Leonard Bill haer Courtney Aquafina and Tech Pig Sterling K Brown to fight an even bigger threat that brings them together in a mutual effort for survival and the legacy of bird and pig Islands now they are stuck in Frozen conditions far from the Breezy and sunny tropical climate to which they were accustomed this of course would make any bird Angry and instant frozen food setting off in pure kirawa fashion the team is put together to defeat the super weapon and minations of Zeta Leslie Jones the purple necked Eagle villain of this piece who is looking to have her way on her icy Island where she is banished but not above looking for ultimate creature coming forts there are a boatload of characters to keep straight including Glenn Eugenio derz Debbie Tiffany Hades is there a movie she isn't in Jerry Pete Davidson and more requiring the vocal talents of the likes of Maya Rudolph Tony hail very funny as mime Nicki Minaj and Lil real howy among others thrown into this amusing stew Sony animation proves itself highly capable of coming up with genuinely funny cartoon Antics that make for a breezy good time that even adults dragged along with their kids will get some laughs from thup Van Orman makes an effective leap to directing in his first feature after lots of success in TV the script has some winning lines and sight gags thanks to writers Peter Akerman is podal and Jonathan E Stewart Voice work across the board is exemplary the producer is John Cohen in a summer where the box office has been hit and miss when it comes to giving audiences what they wanted or expected The Angry Birds movie too is pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be while fans of the first film will likely be satisfied with the sequel and there's nothing fundamentally bad about the Angry Birds movie too it's unlikely that anyone who wasn't already planning to see it will change their minds and buy a ticket the good news is that if you're an adult taking a child to this it won't be an unpleasant experience you'll probably have sat through worse would you recommend someone go and see it without kids probably not another bonus is that at 96 Minutes long 1 minute shorter than the Angry Birds movie it doesn't overstay its welcome Director thurop Van Orman previously worked on Powerpuff Girls Adventure Time and home adventures with tip and no and he's brought some of his Flare from those projects and applied them here taking what the first film laid out and giving it his own touch but while there are few flourishes here for adults this is very much a kids movie what was interesting to see was how the kids in the screening I was at reacted to the movie the younger members of the audience lapped up the silliness and the mild Peril however the kids at the older end of the spectrum the ones who probably were more in the previous demographic when the first film came out seemed entertained but less reactive and enamored by what they were seeing the former sang along to songs on the soundtrack and repeated funny dialogue they just heard while the latter didn't a few of the older kids had their phones out and generally seemed more interested in what was going on outside the theater than what was unfolding inside upcoming new video game movie and TV shows 2024 release dates and Beyond click through for a breakdown of the most high-profile video game movie and TV series currently in the works note that release dates are subject to change while a planned movie adaptation of the original Halo never materialized the franchise is now a TV series at Paramount plus and its second season is currently in production in Iceland the latest trailer for the show's second season showed off the Fall Of Reach alongside Master Chief going up against Elites while Wilding the wonderful energy sword in the wake of a shocking event on a desolate Planet Jon cannot shake the feeling that his war is about to change and risks everything to prove what no one else will believe that the Covenant is preparing to attack Humanity's greatest stronghold the synopsis reads with the Galaxy on the brink Jon embarks on a journey to find the key to humankind's Salvation or its Extinction the Halo in our review of season 1 of Halo we said that it isn't a perfect adaptation of the games but It ultimately succeeds in expanding the series mythology and taking a more character-driven approach to master Chiefs Adventures Prime videos Fallout series is nearly here and ccxp 2023 treated fans to the first trailer for The much anticipated show we also learned a ton about the project from an interview we had with executive producer and director Jonathan Nolan executive producer and co- show owner Graham Wagner and series stars Ella Perell Aaron Moten and Walton gogins as for what the series is about Prime Video has us covered brbr 200 years after the apocalypse the gentle denisons of luxury Fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex gleefully weird and highly violent Universe waiting for them the official description continues the Borderlands movie was announced back in 2016 to be produced by Avi and Ari Arad and written by Aaron Berg while news was slow for several years after that Lionsgate surprised fans in February 2020 by announcing hostiles a Roth will direct the movie with trin's Craig Mazen Penning and new screenplay draft Kate Blanchett has been confirm to Star as Lilith and Kevin Hart will also Star as Roland the cast also includes Ariana greenblat as Tiny Tina Florian montino as Craig Jam Lee Curtis as Tan's and Jack Black as clap trap production has a officially ended for the Borderlands movie and Cinemac in 2022 gave us our first look at the adaptation we still have yet to see a trailer for the film but it is set to arrive in theaters on August 9th 2024 the popular animated series based on League of Legends will return as will Haley steinfeld's Roman 6 Ella pernell's Jinx and Katie L's Caitlyn Kerman we were treated to the first trailer in January 2024 and it seems to confirm a major season 1 fan Theory Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will officially speed into theaters on December 20th 2024 and will follow the second film that became the highest grossing video game movie of all time in the US we don't know much about this third entry but the post-credit scene of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 confirms that a fan favorite will be joining the cast when it arrives in theaters the plot of The Angry Birds movie 2 is a bit deeper than that of the first movie although deeper is relative this time red Chuck and bomb once again voiced by Jason sudakis Josh Gad and Danny McBride respectively have to team up with Leonard voiced by Bill ha and the rest of the pigs when they find out someone with an advanced weapon is threatening to destroy both their Island homes as I said deeper is relative as with the Angry Birds movie there is plenty of silliness and sight gags that will raise a chuckle but this one has more of a Looney Tunes feel to it there are several new characters added to the mix and a few of them do make their presence felt most not silver voiced by Rachel Bloom Courtney voiced by Aquafina and Gary voiced by Sterling K Brown all of them as characters and voice actors bring something different and add value to the narrative and some meat to the bones of the movie but even with all these cast additions and changes the Angry Birds movie too still feels too derivative and like you've seen these tropes and beats before the villain of The pce Zeta is voiced by Leslie Jones she does a solid job but the material she she's given to work with isn't quite as strong as some of the other characters that is not her fault she gives it everything she's got but I just kept thinking how much I'd rather hear her in a more unrestrained adult animated movie just letting rip she's at her best when she's let loose that said compare her character and performance to the average Nemesis in this kind of family movie and Zeta is one of the better ones there are a handful of subplots in the movie and there's a message or two including overcoming differences with people you might disagree with to try and find some kind of common ground and work together it's not preachy or laid on too thick so kudos to all involved for that the focus is firmly on the fun The Angry Birds movie 2 is a 2019 animated comedy film based on roio entertainment's Angry Birds video game series produced by Colombia pictures Sony pictures animation and roio entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures releasing the sequel to The Angry Birds movie 2016 the film was directed by thur van Orman in his directorial debut and co-directed by John rice from a screenplay by Peter acrian is podal and Jonathan E Stewart it is an international co-production between the Finland and the United States Jason sudakis Josh Gad Danny McBride Maya Rudolph Tony hail Anthony Padilla Bill haer and Peter Dinklage reprised their voice roles from the first film with newcomers Lesley Jones Rachel Bloom Aquafina Sterling K Brown Pete Davidson Zack wood Woods Dove Cameron Lil real Howry Eugenio derbes Tiffany Hades Jojo siwa and Brooklyn Prince joining The Ensemble voice cast in the film Birds red sudakis Chuck Gad bomb McBride and silver Bloom are forced to team up with pigs Leonard hater Courtney Aquafina and Gary Brown to foil Plans by Zeta Jones and the rest of the Eagles on Eagle Island when an ice ball from zeta's Advanced super weapon threatens both of their Islands production on a sequel to The Angry Bird Birds movie began in August 2016 new ideas for the film were conceived with the premise being that the Birds and pigs worked together to save themselves which very rarely happens in most Angry Birds games new characters for the film were announced in March 2019 along with new cast members the animators were tasked with attempting to create more realistic feather systems for the bird's plumage and designing visual effects for snow ice water and lava for the film Haider Perera returned to compose the film score with artists such as Kesha and Luke comes contributing tracks for the film it also features 18 classical pop songs from the 1960s to 2000s decades from famous artists and different genres from the soundtrack like the first film The Angry Birds movie 2 was theatrically released in Finland on August 7th 2019 and in the United States on August 14th in Reed 3D formats while it was not as financially successful as its predecessor grossing $8 million on a $65 million budget it received generally positive reviews from critics who considered it an improvement over its predecessor a sequel The Angry Birds movie 3 is in production with Prime Focus Studios and roio's new parent company Sega Samy group producing the film with animation being handled by Dean egg animation years after piggy Islands destruction a red protects Bird Island from the pigs led by King Leonard mudbeard who are in a prank war against the birds and have rebuilt piggy Island one day a giant ice ball from nearby Eagle Island Hits the Sea near piggy Island forcing the pigs to seek and agree to a permanent truce with the birds Zeta the leader of eagle island is angry with her Frozen surroundings and wants to occupy the two islands by shooting ice balls from a super weapon to force their inhabitants to evacuate Red's two best friends Chuck and bomb surprise and ask red to join them in a speed dating activity where red meets Chuck's sister silver an engineering student who deems red incompatible meanwhile Zoe the daughter of Red's classmate Terrence and teacher Matilda loses the eggs containing her unborn sisters while playing with her friends Vincent and Samantha so they try to recover the eggs lonard visits and convinces red to form an alliance recruiting Chuck bomb silver Mighty Eagle and Leonard's new assistant Courtney a secret meeting in Mighty Eagle cave gets disrupted when zeta's super weapon hits Eagle Mountain which alarm alarms the other birds living on Bird Island as the team now joined by Pig gadgeteer Gary travels to Eagle Island by submarine red assures the other birds that they do not need to evacuate once there Mighty Eagle confesses that Zeta was once his fiance but he abandoned her due to cowardice before he flies away red insists on fighting alone but silver decides to follow him instead they intrude the base from the mouth of the weapon and get captured and frozen into inflatable water toys Zeta tells them her plan to fire ice balls filled with lava at both islands and demonstrates her newly upgraded Cannon red regretting not telling the birds to evacuate admits his wish to be liked by everyone to Silver who comforts him and frees them both meanwhile the other team members disguise themselves as an eagle and grab a key card to get into the base reunited with red and silver and establishes a plan to destroy the Cannon as it begins to load up ammunition in 10 minutes for the actual attack on both Islands red and silver put themselves inside an ice ball and roll it down the spiraling ammunition track of zeta's cannon with their allies distracting the Eagles and working to sever the track by reaching and pulling a switch so that the ball flies off and crushes the cannon the plan fails and Zeta and her guards confronted them giving her a chance to fire the weapon Mighty Eagle arrives and makes a desperate attempt to stop Zeta by apologizing to her for abandoning her Zeta brushes him off revealing his real name is Ethan and that her assistant Debbie is their daughter while Zeta is distracted Chuck ties up the weapon using Silver's new invention a very strong string called super string which catches and decelerates the lava balls after Zeta fires them as the string breaks the hatchlings who finally recovered their eggs along with some piglets who had joined them on their Quest back home pass by eagle island and help grasp the string the lava balls slide back into the cannon destroying it and the base everyone escapes and mighty Eagle protects Debbie from being crushed by a metal plate redeeming himself to her and Zeta Mighty Eagle and Zeta get married on Bird Island with red as the chief witness and Debbie as the flower girl and the rest of the Birds pigs and Eagles celebrate afterwards red credits silver and the entire team for saving the islands and as a result finds himself even more beloved for his honesty and selflessness and starts a relationship meanwhile the hatchlings discover they have accidentally swapped Zoe's eggs by misu her eggs so they give them back to their mother who has brought the newly born sisters however as soon as the older hatchlings take their eyes off them the sisters stow away onto the boa constrictor boat causing the cycle to repeat it's not a ringing defense of artistic quality to say that a movie about pigs and flightless birds that's based on a mobile app game and aimed at small children sometimes gets judged by a different set of Standards than other movies chiefly will they laugh the answer in the case of of the original The Angry Birds film was a definite yes and it's even truer for this sequel even though the mix of Skittles colored characters video game looking Graphics obvious needle Drop Music cues and incessant low brow slapstick butt jokes groin injuries might get tiresome for anyone over the age of say 12 the conception of the original project was also odd though perhaps no odder than that of most of other big budget animated pictures aimed at families the main character red J and sudakis was a belligerent often physically violent individual sentenced by a judge to undergo Anger Management training a plot line you'd expect to see in a liveaction comedy aimed at grown-ups like well anger management and a lot of the social satire while welcome surely didn't register on most little ones the entire thing felt ungainly and the required emotional catharsis at the end didn't quite feel earned this sequel is more Shenanigans based the plot eventually leads to a combination Heist movie band of Heroes on a military Mission storyline which is more conducive to kid oriented slapstick and lets the project feel less ungainly and lighter on its feet although there's still a fair amount of sexual humor that might be considered inappropriate were there a chance small children would get it the plot picks up from the end of the last one with red being hailed as a hero for rescuing Bird Island from the onslaught of the green pigs who live on an adjacent Island now that he's won the admiration of the other birds red isn't angry and anymore but the movie fills that particular vacuum by introducing a lanky bird with a feathered man named Zeta lesle Jones the leader of an ice covered third island that begins attacking both the birds and the pigs Zeta is tired of living in a glorified freezer and Begins the inevitable catapult War by lobbing a gigantic ice ball the pigs and flightless birds have to set aside their differences to defeat a common enemy a classic plot for a sequel to a movie that was itself at least half of a war movie spoof there are a lot of the expected butt jokes and mops and sub who's on first exchanges and all of the references to Classic Hollywood movies that you'd expect in this sort of project especially the James Bond and Mission Impossible series The Life Aquatic and the Great Escape which appropriately starred a character nicknamed the cooler King but things move along at such an agreeably fast clip particularly in the second half when the mission gets underway that it'll be a pleasurable experience for kids and adults alike there's a lot to be said for a movie that finds the heroes sneaking into a supposedly impregnable Place dressed in a giant bird costume that suggests a mascot you'd see at an especially shabby minor league ballpark setting up a potentially bruising fist fight between them and a huge henchmen and resolving it with a breakdance battle the goofier and more random the movie is the better it is and it certainly gets goofier and more random as it goes I have to confess I was not a fan of 2016's the Angry Birds movie not that I expected to be since I clearly wasn't the audience and had no clue of the popularity of the original game that spawned The Craze in the first place the movie just seemed too disconnected and frenetic with little attention to anything resembling a coherent storyline what a difference three years make because I have to admit I almost had as good a time as all the kids sitting around me when I saw the sequel The Angry Birds movie 2 the plot development and storyline are just as chaotic and inconsequential as the first one but the IND visual gags and comic set pieces are at times inspired and for the most part never less than amusing it is a wacky fastpaced Delight that reminded me of Chuck Jones and Looney Tunes maybe not at their best to be sure but for these times damn close enough to grab three stars from me it is the kind of movie where blink and you miss bits like one bird reading the bestseller crazy Rich avens you might recall the bird Island occupants of the first film LED by Red the voice of Jason sudakis Chuck Josh Gad and bomb Danny McBride were at odds to say the least with the green Piggies who invaded their space in this film red Chuck bomb Mighty Eagle Peter Dinklage and the addition of Chuck's brainy sister silver Rachel Bloom team with pigs Leonard Bill haer Courtney Aquafina and Tech Pig Sterling K Brown to fight an even bigger threat that brings them together in a mutual effort for survival and the legacy of bird and pig Islands now they are stuck in Frozen conditions far from the Breezy and sunny tropical clim climate to which they were accustomed this of course would make any bird Angry and instant frozen food setting off in pure ciraa fashion the team is put together to defeat the super weapon and machinations of Zeta Leslie Jones the purple necked Eagle villain of this piece who is looking to have her way on her icy Island where she is banished but not above looking for ultimate Creature Comforts there are a boatload of characters to keep straight including Glenn Eugenio derbes Debbie Tiffany hadish is there a movie she isn't in Jerry Pete Davidson and more requiring the vocal talents of the likes of Maya Rudolph Tony hail very funny as mime Nicki Minaj and Lil re howy among others thrown into this amusing stew Sony animation proves itself highly capable of coming up with genuinely funny cartoon Antics that make for a breezy good time that even adults dragged along with their kids will get some laughs from thup Van Orman makes an effective leap to directing in his first feature after lots of success in TV the script has some winning lines and sight gags thanks to writers Peter Akerman is podle and Jonathan E Stewart Voice work across the board is exemplary the producer is John Cohen in a summer where the box office has been hit and miss when it comes to giving audiences what they wanted or expected The Angry Birds movie too is pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be while fans of the first film will likely be satisfied with the sequel and there's nothing fundamentally bad about the Angry Birds movie too it's unlikely that anyone who wasn't already planning to see it will change their minds and buy a ticket the good news is that if you're an adult taking a child to this it won't be an unpleasant experience you'll probably have sat through worse would you recommend someone go and see it without kids probably not another bonus is that at 96 Minutes long 1 minute shorter than the Angry Birds movie it doesn't overstay its welcome Director thurop Van Orman previously worked on Powerpuff Girls Adventure Time and home adventures with tip and no and he's brought some of his Flare from those projects and applied them here taking what the first film laid out and giving it his own touch but while there are few flourishes here for adults this is very much a kids movie what was interesting to see was how the kids in the screening I was at reacted to the movie the younger members of the audience lapped up the silliness and the mild Peril however the kids at the older end of the spectrum the ones who probably were more in the previous demographic when the first film came came out seemed entertained but less reactive and enamored by what they were seeing the former sang along to songs on the soundtrack and repeated funny dialogue they just heard while the latter didn't a few of the older kids had their phones out and generally seemed more interested in what was going on outside the theater than what was unfolding inside upcoming new video game movies and TV shows 2024 release dates and Beyond click through for a breakdown of the most high-profile video game movie and and TV series currently in the works note that release dates are subject to change while a planned movie adaptation of the original Halo never materialized the franchise is now a TV series at Paramount plus and its second season is currently in production in Iceland the latest trailer for the show's second season showed off the Fall Of Reach alongside Master Chief going up against Elites while Wilding the wonderful energy sword in the wake of a shocking event on a desolate Planet Jon cannot shake the feeling that his war is about to change and risks everything to prove what no one else will believe that the Covenant is preparing to attack Humanity's greatest stronghold the synopsis reads with the Galaxy on the brink JN embarks on a journey to find the key to humankind's Salvation or its Extinction the Halo in our review of season 1 of Halo we said that it isn't a perfect adaptation of the games but It ultimately succeeds in expanding the series mythology and taking a more character-driven approach to Master Chief Adventures Prime videos Fallout series is nearly here and ccxp 2023 treated fans to the first trailer for The much anticipated show we also learned a ton about the project from an interview we had with executive producer and director Jonathan Nolan executive producer and co- show owner Graham Wagner and series stars Ella Pernell Aaron moton and Walton gogins as for what the series is about Prime Video has us covered brbr 200 years after after the apocalypse the gentle denisons of luxury Fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex gleefully weird and highly violent Universe waiting for them the official description continues the Borderlands movie was announced back in 2016 to be produced by Avi and Ari Arad and written by Aaron Berg while news was slow for several years after that lion gate surprised fans in February 2020 by anouncing hostiles a Roth will direct the movie with trin's Craig Mazen Penning a new screenplay draft Kate Blanchet has been confirmed to Star as Lilith and Kevin Hart will also Star as Roland the cast also includes Ariana greenblat as Tiny Tina Florian montino as Craig Jam Lee Curtis as tamies and Jack Black as clap trap production has officially ended for the Borderlands movie and Cinemac in 2022 gave us our first look at the adaptation we still have yet to see a trailer for the film but it is set to arrive in theaters on August 9th 2024 the popular animated series based on League of Legends will return as will Haley steinfeld's Roman 6 Ella pernell's Jinx and Katie L's Caitlyn Kerman we were treated to the first trailer in January 2024 and it seems to confirm a major season 1 fan Theory Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will officially speed into theaters on December 20th 2024 and will follow the second film that became the highest grossing video game movie of all time in the US we don't know much about this third entry but the post-credit scene of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 confirms that a fan favorite will be joining the cast when it arrives in theaters the plot of The Angry Birds movie 2 is a bit deeper than that of the first movie although deeper is relative this time red Chuck and bomb once again voiced by Jason sudakis Josh Gad and Danny McBride respectively have to team up with Leonard voiced by Bill hater and the rest of the pigs when they find out someone with an advanced weapon is threatening to destroy both their Island homes as I said deeper is relative as with the Angry Birds movie there is plenty of silliness and sight gags that will raise a chuckle but this one has more of a Looney Tunes feel to it there are several new characters added to the mix and a few of them do make their presence felt most notably silver voiced by Rachel Bloom Courtney voiced by Aquafina and Gary voiced by Sterling K Brown all of them as car s and voice actors bring something different and add value to the narrative and some meat to the bones of the movie but even with all these cast additions and changes the Angry Birds movie too still feels too derivative and like you've seen these tropes and beats before the villain of the piece Zeta is voiced by Leslie Jones she does a solid job but the material she's given to work with isn't quite as strong as some of the other characters that is not her fault she gives it everything she's got but I just kept thinking how much I'd rather hear her in a more unrestrained adult animated movie just letting rip she's at her best when she's let loose that said compare her character and performance to the average Nemesis in this kind of family movie and Zeta is one of the better ones there are a handful of subplots in the movie and there's a message or two including overcoming differences with people you might disagree with to try and find some kind of common ground and work together it's not preachy or laid on too thick so kudos to all involved for that the focus is firmly on the fun The Angry Birds movie 2 is a 2019 animated comedy film based on roio entertainment's Angry Birds video game series produced by Colombia pictures Sony pictures animation and roio entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures releasing the sequel to The Angry Birds movie 2016 the film was directed by thurop Van Orman in his directorial debut and co-directed by John rice from a screenplay by Peter acman Isle podal and Jonathan e Stuart it is an international co-production between the Finland and the United States Jason sudakis Josh Gad Danny McBride mayia Rudolph Tony hail Anthony Padilla Bill haer and Peter Dinklage reprised their voice roles from the first film with newcomers Lesley Jones Rachel Bloom Aquafina Sterling K Brown Pete Davidson Zack Woods Dove Cameron Lil R Howry Eugenio derbes Tiffany Hades Jojo siwa and Brooklyn Prince joining The Ensemble voice voice cast in the film Birds red sudakis Chuck Gad bomb McBride and silver Bloom are forced to team up with pigs lonard haer Courtney Aquafina and Gary Brown to foil Plans by Zeta Jones and the rest of the Eagles on Eagle Island when an ice ball from zeta's Advanced supera weapon threatens both of their Islands production on a sequel to The Angry Birds movie began in August 2016 new ideas for the film were conceived with the premise being that the Birds and pigs worked together to save themselves which very rarely happens in most Angry Birds games new characters for the film were announced in March 2019 along with new cast members the animators were tasked with attempting to create more realistic feather systems for the bird's plumage and designing visual effects for snow ice water and lava for the film Haider Perera returned to compose the film score with artists such as Kesha and Luke Colmes contributing tracks for the film it also features 18 classical pop songs from the 19 60s to 2000s decades from famous artists and different genres from the soundtrack like the first film The Angry Birds movie 2 was theatrically released in Finland on August 7th 2019 and in the United States on August 14th in real 3D formats while it was not as financially successful as its predecessor grossing $12.8 million on a 65 million budget it received generally positive reviews from critics who considered it an improvement over its predecessor a sequel The Angry Birds movie 3 is in production with Prime Focus Studios and roio's new parent company Sega Samy group producing the film with animation being handled by Dean egg animation years after piggy Islands destruction a red protects Bird Island from the pigs led by King Leonard mudbeard who are in a prank war against the birds and have rebuilt piggy Island one day a giant ice ball from nearby Eagle Island Hits the Sea near piggy Island forcing the pigs to seek and agree to a permanent truce with the birds Zeta the leader of eagle island is angry with her Frozen surroundings and wants to occupy the two islands by shooting ice balls from a super weapon to force their inhabitants to evacuate Red's two best friends Chuck and bomb surprise and ask red to join them in a speed dating activity where red meets Chuck's sister silver an engineering student who deems red incompatible meanwhile Zoe the daughter of Red's classmate Terrence and teacher Matilda loses the eggs containing her unborn sisters while playing with her friends Vincent and Samantha so they try to recover the eggs Leonard visits and convinces red to form an alliance recruiting Chuck bomb silver Mighty Eagle and Leonard's new assistant Courtney a secret meeting in Mighty Eagle's cave gets disrupted when zeta's super weapon hits Eagle Mountain which alarms the other birds living on Bird Island as the team now joined by Pig gadgeteer Gary travels to Eagle Island by submarine red assures the other birds that they do not need to evacuate once there Mighty Eagle confesses that Zeta was once his fiance but he abandoned her due to cowardice before he flies away red insists on fighting alone but silver decides to follow him instead they intrude the base from the mouth of the weapon and get captured and frozen into inflatable water toys Zeta tells them her plan to fire ice balls filled with lava at both islands and demonstrates her newly upgraded Cannon red regretting not telling the bird to evacuate admits his wish to be liked by everyone to Silver who comforts him and frees them both meanwhile the other team members disguise themselves as an eagle and grab a key card to get into the base reunited with red and silver and establishes a plan to destroy the Cannon as it begins to load up ammunition in 10 minutes for the actual attack on both Islands red and silver put themselves inside an ice ball and roll it down the spiraling ammunition track of zeta's cannon with their allies distracting the Eagles and working to sever the track by reaching and pulling a switch so that the ball flies off and crushes the cannon the plan fails and Zeta and her guards confronted them giving her a chance to fire the weapon Mighty Eagle arrives and makes a desperate attempt to stop Zeta by apologizing to her for abandoning her Zeta brushes him off revealing his real name is Ethan and that her assistant Debbie is their daughter while Zeta is distracted Chuck ties up the weapon using Silver's new invention a very strong string called called super string which catches and decelerates the lava balls after Zeta fires them as the string breaks the hatchlings who finally recovered their eggs along with some piglets who had joined them on their Quest back home pass by eagle island and help grasp the string the lava balls slide back into the cannon destroying it and the base everyone escapes and Mighty Eagle protects Debbie from being crushed by a metal plate redeeming himself to her and Zeta Mighty Eagle and Zeta get married on bird island with red as the chief witness and Debbie as the flower girl and the rest of the Birds pigs and Eagles celebrate afterwards red credits silver and the entire team for saving the islands and as a result finds himself even more beloved for his honesty and selflessness and starts a relationship meanwhile the hatchlings discover they have accidentally swapped Zoe's eggs by misu her eggs so they give them back to their mother who has brought the newly born sisters however as soon as the older hatchlings take take their eyes off them the sisters stow away onto the boa constrictor boat causing the cycle to repeat it's not a ringing defense of artistic quality to say that a movie about pigs and flightless birds that's based on a mobile app game and aimed at small children sometimes gets judged by a different set of Standards than other movies chiefly will they laugh the answer in the case of the original The Angry Birds film was a definite yes and it's even truer for this sequel even though the mix of Skittles colored characters video game looking Graphics obvious needle Drop Music cues and incessant low brow slapstick butt jokes groin injuries might get tiresome for anyone over the age of say 12 the conception of the original project was also odd though perhaps no odder than that of most of other big budget animated pictures aimed at families the main character red Jason sudakis was a belligerent often physically violent individual sentenced by a judge to undergo Anger Management training a plot line you'd expect to see in a liveaction comedy aimed at grown-ups like well anger management and a lot of the social satire while welcome surely didn't register on most little ones the entire thing felt ungainly and the required emotional catharsis at the end didn't quite feel earned this sequel is more Shenanigans based the plot eventually leads to a combination Heist movie band of Heroes on a military Mission storyline which is more conducive to kid oriented slapstick and lets the project feel less ungainly and lighter on its feet although there's still a fair amount of sexual humor that might be considered inappropriate were there a chance small children would get it the plot picks up from the end of the last one with red being hailed as a hero for rescuing Bird Island from the onslaught of the green pigs who live on an adjacent Island now that he's won the admiration of the other birds red isn't angry anymore but the movie fills that particular vacuum by introducing a lanky bird with a feathered man named Zeta lesie Jones the leader of an ice covered third island that begins attacking both the birds and the pigs Zeta is tired of living in a glorified freezer and Begins the inevitable catapult War by lobbing a gigantic ice ball the pigs and flightless birds have to set aside their differences to defeat a common enemy a classic plot for a sequel to a movie that was itself at least half of a war movie spoof there are a lot of the expected butt jokes and Malo props and sub who's on first exchanges and all of the references to Classic Hollywood movies that you'd expect in this sort of project especially the James Bond and Mission Impossible series The Life Aquatic and the Great Escape which appropriately starred a character nicknamed the cooler King but things move along at such an agreeably fast clip particularly in the second half when the mission gets underway that it'll be a pleasurable experience for kids and adults alike there's a lot to be said for a movie that finds the heroes sneaking into a supposedly impregnable Place dressed in a giant bird costume that suggests a mascot you'd see at an especially shabby minor league ballpark setting up a potentially bruising fist fight between them and a huge henchman and resolving it with a breakdance battle the goofier and more random the movie is the better it is and it certainly gets goofier and more random as it goes I have to confess I was not a fan of 2016's the Angry Birds movie not that I expected to be since I clearly wasn't the audience and had no clue of the popularity of the original game that spawned The Craze in the first place the movie just seemed too disconnected and frenetic with little attention to anything resembling a coherent storyline what a difference 3 years make because I have to admit I almost had as good a time as all the kids sitting around me when I saw the sequel The Angry Birds movie 2 the plot development and storyline are just as chaotic and inconsequential as the first one but the individual gags and comic set pieces are at times inspired and for the most part never less than amusing it is a wacky fast-paced Delight that reminded me of Chuck Jones and Looney Tunes maybe not at their best to be sure but for these times damn close enough to grab three stars from me it is the kind of movie where blink and you miss bits like one bird reading the bestseller crazy Rich avens you might recall the bird Island occupants of the first film LED by Red the voice of Jason sudakis Chuck Josh Gad and bomb Danny McBride were at odds to say the least with the green Piggies who invaded their space in this film red Chuck bomb Mighty Eagle Peter Dinklage and the addition of Chuck's brainy sister silver Rachel Bloom team with pigs Leonard Bill haer Courtney Aquafina and Tech Pig Sterling K Brown to fight an even bigger threat that brings them together in a mutual effort for survival and the legacy of bird and pig Islands now they are stuck in Frozen conditions far from the Breezy and sunny tropical climate to which they were accustomed this of course would make any bird Angry and instant frozen food setting off in pure cira fashion the team is put together to defeat the super weapon and minations of Zeta Leslie Jones the purple necked Eagle villain of this piece who is looking to have her way on her icy Island where she is banished but not above looking for ultimate Creature Comforts there are a boatload of characters to keep straight including Glenn Eugenio derbes Debbie Tiffany hadish is there a movie she isn't in Jerry Pete Davidson and more requiring the vocal talents of the likes of Maya Rudolph Tony hail very funny as mime Nicki Minaj and Lil howy among others thrown into this amusing stew Sony animation proves itself highly capable of coming up with genuinely funny cartoon Antics that make for a breezy good time that even adults dragged along with their kids will get some laughs from thup Van Orman makes an effective leap to directing in his first feature after lots of success in TV the script has some winning lines and sight gags thanks to writers Peter Akerman I podle and Jonathan E Stewart Voice work across the board is exemplary the producer is John Cohen in a summer where the box office has been hit and miss when it comes to giving audiences what they wanted or expected The Angry Birds movie too is pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be while fans of the first film will likely be satisfied with the sequel and there's nothing fundamentally bad about the Angry Birds movie too it's unlikely that anyone who wasn't already planning to see it will change their minds and buy a ticket the good news is that if you're an adult taking a child to this it won't be an unpleasant experience you'll probably have sat through worse would you recommend someone go and see it without kids probably not another bonus is that at 96 Minutes long 1 minute shorter than the Angry Birds movie it doesn't overstay its welcome Director thurop Van Orman previously worked on Powerpuff Girls Adventure Time and home adventures with tip and O and he's brought some of his Flare from those projects and applied them here taking what the first film laid out and giving it his own touch but while there are few flourishes here for adults this is very much a kids movie what was interesting to see was how the kids in the screening I was at reacted to the movie the younger members of the audience lapped up the silliness and the mild Peril however the kids at the older end of the spectrum the ones who probably were more in the previous demographic when the first film came out seemed entertained but less reactive and enamored by what they were seeing the former sang along to songs on the soundtrack and repeated funny dialogue they just heard while the latter didn't a few of the older kids had their phones out and generally seemed more interested in what was going on outside the theater than what was unfolding inside upcoming new video game movies and TV shows 2024 release dates and Beyond click through for a breakdown of the most high-profile video game movie and TV series currently in the works note that release dates are subject to change while a planned movie adaptation of the original Hal never materialized the franchise is now a TV series at Paramount plus and its second season is currently in production in Iceland the latest trailer for the show's second season showed off the Fall Of Reach alongside Master Chief going up against Elites while Wilding the wonderful energy sword in the wake of a shocking event on a desolate Planet Jon cannot shake the feeling that his war is about to change and risks everything to prove what no one else will believe that the Covenant is preparing to attack Humanity's greatest stronghold the synopsis reads with the Galaxy on the brink Jon embarks on a journey to find the key to humankind's Salvation or its Extinction the Halo in our review of season 1 of Halo we said that it isn't a perfect adaptation of the games but It ultimately succeeds in expanding the series mythology and taking a more character-driven approach to Master Chief's Adventures Prime videos Fallout series is nearly here and ccxp 2023 treated fans to the first trailer for The much anticipated show we also learned a ton about the project from an interview we had with executive producer and director Jonathan Nolan executive producer and co- show owner Graham Wagner and series stars Ella Pernell Aaron Moten and Walton gogins as for what the series is about Prime Video has us covered brbr 200 years after the apocalypse the gentle denisons of luxury Fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex gleefully weird and highly violent Universe waiting for them the official description continues the Borderlands movie was announced back in 2016 to be produced by Avi and Ari Arad and written by Aaron Berg while news was slow for several years after that Lionsgate surprised fans in February 2020 by announcing hosle a Roth will direct the movie with trin's Craig Mazen Penning a new screenplay draft Kate Blanchet has been confirmed to to Star as Lilith and Kevin Hart will also Star as Roland the cast also includes Ariana greenblat as Tiny Tina Florian montino as Craig Jam Lee Curtis as tamies and Jack Black as clap trap production has officially ended for the Borderlands movie and Cinemac in 2022 gave us our first look at the adaptation we still have yet to see a trailer for the film but it is set to arrive in theaters on August 9th 2024 the popular animated series based on League of Legend will return as will Haley steinfeld's Roman 6 Ella pernell's Jinx and Katie L's Caitlyn kurman we were treated to the first trailer in January 2024 and it seems to confirm a major season 1 fan Theory Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will officially speed into theaters on December 20th 2024 and will follow the second film that became the highest grossing video game movie of all time in the US we don't know much about this third entry but the post-credit scene of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 confirms that a fan favorite will be joining the cast when it arrives in theaters the plot of The Angry Birds movie 2 is a bit deeper than that of the first movie although deeper is relative this time red Chuck and bomb once again voiced by Jason sudakis Josh Gad and Danny McBride respectively have to team up with Leonard voiced by Bill haer and the rest of the pigs when they find out someone with an advanced weapon is threatening to destroy both their Island homes as I said deeper is relative as with the Angry Birds movie there is plenty of silliness and sight gags that will raise a chuckle but this one has more of a Looney Tunes feel to it there are several new characters added to the mix and a few of them do make their presence felt most notably silver voiced by Rachel Bloom Courtney voiced by Aquafina and Gary voiced by Sterling K Brown all of them as characters and voice actors bring something different and add value to the narrative and some meat to the bones of the movie but even with all these cast and changes the Angry Birds movie too still feels too derivative and like you've seen these tropes and beats before the villain of the piece Zeta is voiced by Leslie Jones she does a solid job but the material she's given to work with isn't quite as strong as some of the other characters that is not her fault she gives it everything she's got but I just kept thinking how much I'd rather hear her in a more unrestrained adult animated movie just letting rip she's at her best when she's let loose that said compar compare her character and performance to the average Nemesis in this kind of family movie and Zeta is one of the better ones there are a handful of subplots in the movie and there's a message or two including overcoming differences with people you might disagree with to try and find some kind of common ground and work together it's not preachy or laid on too thick so kudos to all involved for that the focus is firmly on the fun The Angry Birds movie 2 is a 2019 animated comedy film based on roio entertainment's Angry Birds video game series produced by Columbia Pictures Sony pictures animation and roio entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures releasing the sequel to The Angry Birds movie 2016 the film was directed by thurop Van Orman in his directorial debut and co-directed by John rice from a screenplay by Peter acrian Isle podal and Jonathan E Stewart it is an international co-production between the Finland and the United States Jason sudakis Josh Gad Danny McBride Myer Rudolph Tony hail Anthony Padilla Bill hater and Peter Dinklage reprised their voice roles from the first film with newcomers lesli Jones Rachel Bloom Aquafina Sterling K Brown Pete Davidson Zack Woods Dove Cameron Lil R howy Eugenio derbes Tiffany Hades Jojo siwa and Brooklyn Prince joining The Ensemble voice cast in the film Birds red sudakis Chuck Gad bomb McBride and silver Bloom are forced to team up with pigs Leonard hater Courtney Aquafina and Gary Brown to foil Plans by Zeta Jones and the rest of the Eagles on Eagle Island when an ice ball from zeta's Advanced super weapon threatens both of their Islands production on a sequel to The Angry Birds movie began in August 2016 new ideas for the film were conceived with the premise being that the Birds and pigs worked together to save themselves which very rarely happens in most Angry Birds games new characters for the film were announced in March 2019 along with new cast members the animators were tasked with attempting to create more realistic feather systems for the bird's plumage and designing visual effects for snow ice water and lava for the film Haider Perera returned to compose the film score with artists such as Kesha and Luke com's contributing tracks for the film it also features 18 classical pop songs from the 1960s to 2000's decades from famous artists and different genres from the soundtrack like the first film The Angry Birds movie 2 was theatrically released in Finland on August 7th 2019 and in the United States on August 14th in real 3D formats while it was not as financially successful as its predecessor grossing $152.8 million on a $65 million budget it received generally positive reviews from critics who considered it an improvement over its predecessor a sequel The Angry Birds movie 3 is in production with Prime Focus Studios and roio's new parent company Sega Samy group producing the film with animation being handled by Dean egg animation years after piggy Island's destruction a red protects Bird Island from the pigs led by King Leonard mudbeard who are in a prank war against the birds and have rebuilt piggy Island one day a giant ice ball from nearby Eagle Island Hits the Sea near piggy Island forcing the pigs to seek and agree to a permanent truce with the birds Zeta the leader of eagle island is angry with her Frozen surroundings and wants to occupy the two islands by shooting ice balls from a super weapon to force their inhabitants to evacuate Red's two best friends Chuck and bomb surprise and ask red to join them in a speed dating activity where red meets Chuck's sister silver an engineering student who deems red incompatible meanwhile Zoe the daughter of Red's classmate Terrence and teacher Matilda loses the eggs containing her unborn sisters while playing with her friends Vincent and Samantha so they try to recover the eggs Leonard visits and convinces red to form an alliance recruiting Chuck bomb silver Mighty Eagle and Leonard's new assistant Courtney a secret meeting in Mighty Eagle's cave gets disrupted when zeta's super weapon hits Eagle Mountain which alarms the other birds living on Bird Island as the team now joined by Pig gadgeteer Gary travels to Eagle Island by submarine red assures the other birds that they do not need to evacuate once there Mighty Eagle confesses that Zeta was once his fiance but he abandoned her due to cowardice before he flies away red insists on fighting alone but silver decides to follow him instead they intrude the base from the mouth of the weapon and get captured and frozen into inflatable water toys Zeta tells them her plan to fire ice balls filled with lava at both islands and demonstrates her newly upgraded Cannon red regretting not telling the birds to evacuate admits his wish to be liked by everyone to Silver who comforts him and frees them both meanwhile the other team memb disguise themselves as an eagle and grab a key card to get into the base reunited with red and silver and establishes a plan to destroy the Cannon as it begins to load up ammunition in 10 minutes for the actual attack on both Islands red and silver put themselves inside an ice ball and roll it down the spiraling ammunition track of zeta's cannon with their allies distracting the Eagles and working to sever the track by reaching and pulling a switch so that the ball flies off and crushes the cannon the plan fails and Zeta and her guards confronted them giving her a chance to fire the weapon Mighty Eagle arrives and makes a desperate attempt to stop Zeta by apologizing to her for abandoning her Zeta brushes him off revealing his real name is Ethan and that her assistant Debbie is their daughter while Zeta is distracted Chuck ties up the weapon using Silver's new invention a very strong string called super string which catches and decelerates the lava balls after Zeta fires them as the string breaks the hatchlings who finally recover CED their eggs along with some piglets who had joined them on their Quest back home pass by eagle island and help grasp the string the lava balls slide back into the cannon destroying it and the base everyone escapes and Mighty Eagle protects Debbie from being crushed by a metal plate redeeming himself to her and Zeta Mighty Eagle and Zeta get married on Bird Island with red as the chief witness and Debbie as the flower girl and the rest of the Birds pigs and Eagles celebrate afterwards red credits silver and the entire team for saving the islands and as a result finds himself even more beloved for his honesty and selflessness and starts a relationship meanwhile the hatchlings discover they have accidentally swapped Zoe's eggs by misu her eggs so they give them back to their mother who has brought the newly born sisters however as soon as the older hatchlings take their eyes off them the sisters stow away onto the boa constrictor boat causing the cycle to repeat it's not a ringing defense of artistic quality to say that a movie about pigs and flightless birds that's based on a mobile app game and aimed at small children sometimes gets judged by a different set of Standards than other movies chiefly will they laugh the answer in the case of the original The Angry Birds film was a definite yes and it's even truer for this sequel even though the mix of Skittles colored characters video game looking Graphics obvious needle Drop Music cues and incessant low brow slapstick butt jokes groin injuries might get tired Pome for anyone over the age of say 12 the conception of the original project was also odd though perhaps no odder than that of most of other big budget animated pictures aimed at families the main character red Jason sudakis was a belligerent often physically violent individual sentenced by a judge to undergo Anger Management training a plot line you'd expect to see in a liveaction comedy aimed at grown-ups like well anger management and a lot of the social satire while welcome surely didn't register on most little ones the entire thing felt ungainly and the required emotional catharsis at the end didn't quite feel earned this sequel is more Shenanigans based the plot eventually leads to a combination Heist movie band of Heroes on a military Mission storyline which is more conducive to kid oriented slapstick and lets the project feel less ungainly and lighter on its feet although there's still a fair amount of sexual humor that might be considered inappropriate were there a chance small children would get it the plot picks up from the end of the last one with red being hailed as a hero for rescuing Bird Island from the onslaught of the green pigs who live on an adjacent Island now that he's won the admiration of the other birds red isn't angry anymore but the movie fills that particular vacuum by introducing a lanky bird with a feathered man named Zeta lesle Jones the leader of an ice covered third island that begins attacking both the birds and the pigs Zeta is tired of living in a glorified freezer and Begins the inevitable catapult War by lobbing a gigantic ice ball the pigs and flightless birds have to set aside their differences to defeat a common enemy a classic plot for a sequel to a movie that was itself at least half of a war movie spoof there are a lot of the expected butt jokes and Malo props and sub who's on first exchanges and all of the references to Classic Hollywood movies that you'd expect in this sort of project especially the James Bond and Mission Impossible series The Life Aquatic and the greatest Escape which appropriately starred a character nicknamed the cooler King but things move along at such an agreeably fast clip particularly in the second half when the mission gets underway that it'll be a pleasurable experience for kids and adults alike there's a lot to be said for a movie that finds the heroes sneaking into a supposedly impregnable Place dressed in a giant bird costume that suggests a mascot you'd see at an especially shabby minor league ballpark setting up a potentially bruising fist fight between them and a huge henchman and olving it with a breakdance battle the goofier and more random the movie is the better it is and it certainly gets goofier and more random as it goes I have to confess I was not a fan of 2016's the Angry Birds movie not that I expected to be since I clearly wasn't the audience and had no clue of the popularity of the original game that spawned The Craze in the first place the movie just seemed too disconnected and frenetic with little attention to anything resembling a coherent storyline what a difference 3 years make because I have to admit I almost had as good a time as all the kids sitting around me when I saw the sequel The Angry Birds movie to the plot development and storyline are just as chaotic and inconsequential as the first one but the individual gags and comic set pieces are at times inspired and for the most part never less than amusing it is a wacky fast-paced Delight that reminded me of Chuck Jones and Looney Tunes maybe not at their best to be sure but for these times damn close enough to grab three stars from me it is the kind of movie where blink and you miss bits like one bird reading the bestseller crazy Rich avens you might recall the bird Island occupants of the first film LED by Red the voice of Jason sudakis Chuck Josh Gad and bomb Danny McBride were at odds to say the least with the green Piggies who invaded their space in this film red Chuck bomb Mighty Eagle Peter Dinklage and the addition of Chuck's brainy sister silver Rachel Bloom team with pigs Leonard Bill hater Courtney Aquafina and Pig Sterling K Brown to fight an even bigger threat that brings them together in a mutual effort for survival and the legacy of bird and pig Islands now they are stuck in Frozen conditions far from the Breezy and sunny tropical climate to which they were accustomed this of course would make any bird Angry and instant frozen food setting off in pure kirawa fashion the team is put together to defeat the super weapon and machinations of Zeta Leslie Jones the purple necked Eagle villain of this piece who is looking to have her way on her icy Island where she is banished but not above looking for ultimate Creature Comforts there are a boatload of characters to keep straight including Glenn Eugenio derz Debbie Tiffany Hades is there a movie she isn't in Jerry Pete Davidson and more requiring the vocal talents of the likes of Maya Rudolph Tony hail very funny as mime Nicki Minaj and Lil real howy among others thrown into this amusing stew Sony animation proves itself highly capable of coming up with genuinely funny Caron Antics that make for a breezy good time that even adults dragged along with their kids will get some laughs from thup Van Orman makes an effective leap to directing in his first feature after lots of success in TV the script has some winning lines and sight gags thanks to writers Peter Akerman is podle and Jonathan E Stewart Voice work across the board is exemplary the producer is John Cohen in a summer where the box office has been hit and miss when it comes to giving audiences what they wanted or expected The Angry Birds movie too is pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be while fans of the first film will likely be satisfied with a sequel and there's nothing fundamentally bad about the Angry Birds movie too it's unlikely that anyone who wasn't already planning to see it will change their minds and buy a ticket the good news is that if you're an adult taking a child to this it won't be an unpleasant experience you'll probably have sat through worse would you recommend someone go and see it without kids probably not another bonus is that at 96 Minutes long 1 minute shorter than the Angry Birds movie it doesn't overstay its welcome Director thurop Van Orman previously worked on Powerpuff Girls Adventure Time and home adventures with tip and no and he's brought some of his Flare from those projects and applied them here taking what the first film laid out and giving it his own touch but while there are few flourishes here for adults this is very much a kids movie what was interesting to see was how the kid in the screening I was at reacted to the movie the younger members of the audience lapped up the silliness and the mild Peril however the kids at the older end of the spectrum the ones who probably were more in the previous demographic when the first film came out seemed entertained but less reactive and enamored by what they were seeing the forers sang along to songs on the soundtrack and repeated funny dialogue they just heard while the latter didn't a few of the older kids had their phones out and generally seemed more interested in what was going on outside the theater than what was unfolding inside upcoming new video game movies and TV shows 2024 release dates and Beyond click through for a breakdown of