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BY CELIA MURRAY

ANCHOR LAUREN GORES



From the little screen — to the big screen. Angry Birds is set to launch a series of animated episodes — and later — a movie. CNet has the scoop.

“The wildly popular game is being turned into an animated series expected to debut this fall...Rovio's head of animation...  also confirmed that an Angry Birds movie is the works, but it won't be released for a couple of years.”

A writer for The Register previews the format of the animated episodes.

“The series will be between two-and-a-half and three minutes each in order to lend itself to distribution across as many connected devices as possible...”

The Daily Mail reports — looking at the game’s success, moving the birds to the big screen makes sense.

“Angry Birds has been downloaded 700 million times, and parent company Rovio is now estimated to be worth £5.6 billion, just two years after the game first launched.... Rovio animation head Nick Dorra said at a conference in Cannes: 'Angry Birds will, in the future, be less and less about the slingshot.'”

A columnist for The Telegraph quotes Dorra as saying — as the company expands beyond games, it’s looking to Disney as a role model.

“Rovio recently announced plans to bring the Angry Birds characters into the real world too, with a range of childrens' activity parks. The first park...will open in Finland at the end of this month...”


In order to distribute the series to as many platforms as possible —  The Guardian reports Rovio is teaming up with another tech powerhouse to build a video app.

“...A deal with Samsung announced in January this year that involves an app for the company's range of Smart TV internet-connected televisions...”


The animated series is due this Fall.