Themes and plot devices in Hitchcock films other iconic stairwell shot comes from the movie "Suspicion" as Cary Grant slowly walks up the stairs to deliver what would have been the poisonous warmed milk to his wife. Hitchcock, the studios and Grant decided his character could not end up as a murderer and that scene becomes a red herring with a new ending added. In "The Birds", the camera follows Tippi Hedren up the stairs to the attic where (suspensefully) the birds wait silently to attack her. Staircases also appear prominently in the 'ball-gown scene' in "Rebecca" and in the 'guard-dog scene' in "Strangers on a Train".
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