Tag "Angry Birds"

Rovio’s ‘Angry Birds’ Clips Fly Forward

October 17, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Finland’s Rovio is letting its new Angry Birds clips take wings with 52 two-minute animated clips, designed for TV and mobile platforms. The shorts based on the videogame app which has registered over 400 million downloads are directed by Lauri Konttori and animated in-house at Rovio, Variety reports. To date, [...]

New ‘Rio’ and ‘Angry Birds’ Toys Hit the Market

August 3, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

The Rio and Angry Birds partnership continues this week as Fox Consumer Products and Rovio debut their new merchandise based on the Angry Birds Rio app, which has now been downloaded more than 60 million times since launching in March. Now available at Toys ‘R’ Us, the new plush line [...]

Welcome to Your ‘Phineas & Ferb’ Summer!

July 10, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

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To mark the fifth anniversary of the show, a new TV movie featuring the popular animated siblings premieres on Disney Channel and Disney XD in August. Fans of the hit animated series Phineas and Ferb are in for a mega treat this summer as Disney Channel premieres a special original [...]

‘Angry Birds” Rovio Acquires Animation House Kombo

June 1, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Rovio, the company behind the smash hit mobile game Angry Birds, has acquired the leading Finnish animation studio Kombo. The deal was made for an undisclosed sum of cash and stock, and Kombo will now work exclusively on Rovio properties. The move is part of Rovio’s efforts to increase its [...]

‘Panda 2,’ ‘Rio,’ ‘Rango’ Lead Crowd of Super Bowl Movie Ads

February 2, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Super Bowl Sunday is almost here, which means its time for football fans to root for the Pittsburgh Steelers or Green Bay Packers — also to check out all the great commercials. Among the movies that will be trying to make a splash are DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2. [...]

‘Angry Birds’ Head to ‘Rio’; First Look at Trailer

January 31, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

20th Century Fox gave a big push to its upcoming animated film Rio, showing off Friday the first clips to the press and announcing a collaboration with the makers of the hit mobile game Angry Birds. The studio and Finland-based game-maker Rovio announced Angry Birds Rio, a new version of [...]

Rovio Working on Animated ‘Angry Birds’ Content

January 21, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

If you can’t get enough of Rovio’s addictive mobile game Angry Birds, don’t worry — an animated version is on its way to help fill the void. According to the New York Post, Finland-based Rovio will produce an animated show based on the popular app for either TV or the [...]