Angry Birds (video game) was being played, the staff liked the characters, and the team elected to design a game around them. In early 2009, physics games, such as "Crush the Castle", were popular flash-based web games, so the Rovio team was inspired by these games. During the development of "Angry Birds", the staff realized the birds needed an enemy. At the time, the "swine flu" epidemic was in the news, so the staff made the birds' enemies pigs. Angry Birds was the studio's 52nd produced game and on its initial release, the game did not sell many copies. After Angry Birds was a
The Angry Birds Movie 2 Pictures Animation was originally going to co-produce the film, but has since dropped out of the project. In April 2018, the majority of the voice cast was announced. Sudeikis, Gad, McBride, Hader, and Dinklage will reprise their roles from the first film. Jones will voice a new female villain. The film is scheduled to be released on August 16, 2019, to mark the 10th anniversary of the release of the original "Angry Birds" game. The film's date was moved ahead three times, from September 20, 2019, to September 6, 2019, and then August 16, 2019. The Angry Birds Movie 2