‘Angry Birds’ Movie Adds ‘Simpsons’ Screenwriter
By Angie Han/May 20, 2013 3:00 pm EST
“I’m thrilled to have Jon and Catherine joining the project,” Cohen said of the new hires. “Jon is one of the funniest writers I know, and we’re looking forward to working with him to bring the birds and pigs to life on the big screen. Catherine is a fantastic producer, with over 20 years of film and television experience, and I’m very excited to have her as a part of our filmmaking team.”
Angry Birds is one of those projects that makes perfect sense from a marketing perspective, but not much from a creative one. The game has been downloaded over a billion times in total, and has remained popular enough to move sales of Angry Birds-branded candy, toys, apparel.
But the plot of the game is paper-thin — good enough as a setup for a mobile game, sure, but nowhere near rich enough to sustain a full-length feature. Fortunately for Vitti, he’s still got a good amount of time to figure out how to pad it out. Sony has the film set for release on July 1, 2016.
