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“Angry Birds” Movie Cast Announced

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051613 AngryBirds?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1412210659911Rovio(NEW YORK) — The cast of the Angry Birds movie was announced on Wednesday, with a little bit of a Saturday Night Live feel, as former stars Jason Sudeikis, Maya Rudolph and Bill Hader will be in the film, alongside Frozen‘s Josh Gad and Game of Thrones fan-favorite Peter Dinklage.

The animated 3-D film is scheduled for release in July 2016. The cast also includes comic actors like Danny McBride, Saturday Night Live‘s Kate McKinnon, Keegan-Michael Key of Key and Peele, and Arrested Development‘s Tony Hale.

The film’s producer John Cohen called the cast “some of the funniest people out there today.”

The cast announcement — and a sneak peek look at the characters — was made available to users of the mobile app who fired off one million birds by Wednesday.

Pointing to the millions of users who continue to play the mobile game that the film will be based on, Dwight Caines, president of Theatrical Marketing for Sony Pictures, discussed the way the announcement was made: “We wanted to bring this unlock to the fans first…we know these fans can’t wait to see how they’re going to bring the Angry Birds‘ story to life on the big screen of movie theaters.”


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