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IMG Tapped By Rovio To Handle Angry Birds Franchise Licensing
Rovio Entertainment has appointed IMG as the exclusive worldwide consumer products licensing agent for the iconic Angry Birds franchise, the companies announced Wednesday.
Since launching its first mobile game in 2009, Angry Birds has grown into a multi-media brand with a presence in several areas of entertainment…
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Kew Inks Rights On ‘Perfect Skin’; Vodafone Eyes Liberty Assets – Global Briefs
KEW Media Group has acquired worldwide sales rights to Perfect Skin. A controversial dark thriller directed by Kevin Chicken, it stars Richard Brake (Game Of Thrones), Natalia Kostrzewa (The Cured) and Jo Woodcock (Dorian Grey). Perfect Skin dives deep into the culture of tattooing and body modification and follows a…
Sony Pictures Division Hit By Losses In Quarterly Earnings
Sony Pictures Division, the Japanese conglom’s unit comprising Sony Pictures’ studio and TV networks, posted a loss of $103 million for the April to June quarter despite a 7% increase in revenue. That is partly down to the strong Yen, which has meant less earnings for the company when converted into dollars. Across…
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Josh Gad Gives 10 Reasons Why Families Should See ‘Angry Birds’ & Thumbs Up To New ‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer
Josh Gad aka Olaf the snowman from Frozen and most recently Chuck the hyperactive yellow canary from Sony/Rovio’s The Angry Birds Movie took to Facebook today with various reasons why families should go out of their way to see his new animated film this weekend, especially when they’re bombarded with such choices as Ne…
‘Captain America’ To Step On ‘Angry Birds’, ‘Neighbors 2’ & ‘Nice Guys’ – Box Office Preview
From here on in, every weekend during the summer is going to be crowded, with an average of three movies opening per weekend. This Friday, there’s Sony/Rovio Entertainment’s Angry Birds, Universal’s Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and Warner Bros.’ 1970s Shane Black movie The Nice Guys. However, Disney/Marvel’s Captain Am…
‘Angry Birds’ Movie Sets Animation Vets As Co-Directors
EXCLUSIVE: The Angry Birds have just landed some very experienced handlers. Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly have signed on to co-direct the animated 3D pic based on the hugely popular game app from Rovio Entertainment. A 19-year Disney employee, Kaytis recently worked as the animation supervisor on the likes of Tangled…
‘King Of The Hill’ And ‘Simpsons’ Writer Jon Vitti To Pen ‘Angry Birds’ Script
Jon Vitti, a veteran writer of The Simpsons, King Of The Hill, The Office, and The Larry Sanders Show, will write the screenplay for Angry Birds, the new animated 3D film based on Rovio Entertainment’s game app. Veteran producer Catherine Winder is also joining as a producer alongside John Cohen and executive producer…
Sony Takes Worldwide Rights To Angry Birds Movie, Will Release It In 2016
Rovio announced feature-film plans for its money-printing game back in December, tapping Despicable Me producer John Cohen as producer. Former Marvel Studios boss David Maisel, who came aboard the gamemaker as a special adviser in June 2011, is now an exec producer on the movie, which Sony Pictures has now landed. The…
‘Angry Birds’ Creator Rovio Entertainment Doubled Revenues In 2012; Profits Up 64%
When Rovio debuted its Angry Birds Toons animated series across the globe, and across multiple platforms, in March, BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield commented that it “just disrupted the entire media ecosystem.” The Finnish company said today that it intends to continue innovating on its existing brands after “a stellar…
Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 28
Listen to (and share) episode 28 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman as our Executive Editor and host David Bloom look at changes at the top of the Federal Communications Commission and what it means for the business of cable TV, broadband and wireless; a new No. 2 in the global film business…
New ‘Angry Birds’ Toon “Just Disrupted Entire Media Ecosystem”: BTIG Analyst
“I have seen the future, and it works,” journalist Lincoln Steffens famously, if inaccurately, said in 1919 about his visit to the Soviet Union. But BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield may have better luck with a similar forecast he’s making this morning about the media business after watching a new online cartoon series…
‘Angry Birds Toons’ Series Starts Global Rollout Next Weekend: Video
Originally announced at MipTV last year, Rovio Entertainment‘s weekly Angry Birds Toons animated series is ready to hatch. The first of 52 episodes will debut next weekend across the globe, and across multiple platforms, including Rovio’s own distribution channel. Starting March 16, the first Angry Birds Toons episode…
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