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 The Angry Birds Movie 2 The Angry Birds Movie 2 (or simply Angry Birds 2) is an upcoming 3D computer-animated action comedy film produced by Rovio Animation. The sequel to the 2016 film "The Angry Birds Movie", it is scheduled for release on August 16, 2019 by Columbia Pictures. A sequel to "The Angry Birds Movie" was announced in August 2016. It will be directed by Thurop Van Orman, co-directed by John Rice, and written by Peter Ackerman. John Cohen will return from "The Angry Birds Movie" to serve as producer, with animation again handled by Sony Pictures Imageworks. Sony