A Vancouver animation studio will produce an Angry Birds movie, Rovio Entertainment and Sony Pictures Imageworks announced February 14.
The movie, featuring characters from Rovio Entertainment's popular Angry Birds mobile game, will be released July 1, 2016, and distributed by Sony Pictures.
Sony Pictures Imageworks' Yaletown studio will hire more employees to work on the movie.
"The Angry Birds movie will allow Sony Pictures Imageworks to employ more artists in Vancouver on a single film than we've had on any of our previous CG features," said Randy Lake, executive vice president and general manager at Sony Pictures Imageworks. "British Columbia is rich with animation and effects talent, and we look forward to further enhancing the production staff in our Vancouver facility."
The British Columbia government said it had "actively facilitated" Rovio's partnership with Sony Pictures Imageworks in Canada and helped this project find a competitive advantage.
