Josh Gad Claims Angry Birds Movie Is “Unexpectedly Smart”
So with the video game industry still riding an incredible high, it’s not surprising that more and more companies are trying to make films based on these video games. One of the more curious announcements was that Angry Birds would be getting it’s own 3D animated movie. This was odd as the plot of Angry Birds is literally as simple as you can get. Pigs stole their eggs, they need to get them back. However, if one of the voices attached to the movie, Josh Gad, is any indication, this movie may be more than you’re expecting. He talked to IGN about how he actually got into the movie:
“It’s really a thing. And in fact, when I was approached about it, I actually said no, for many reasons, the most significant of which was I did Olaf [in Frozen] and I don’t want to play another animated character, especially right now. The producer was like ‘Just let me kind of pitch out this movie to you’ and did this reel for me of what he was thinking about, and it was this 30-minute visual pitch and it blew my socks off. It’s really irreverent, and like that LEGO Movie sensibility it’s subversive and funny and unexpectedly smart and really beautiful. Actually gorgeous. The little I’ve seen of it has really impressed me.”
The Angry Birds Movie will release on May 20th 2016.