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The Angry Birds Movie 2 will be produced with Columbia
Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures, Rovio said.
The first Angry Birds movie, released last year, earned about
$350 million at the box office and gave a boost to Rovio's game
sales, helping the company to swing to an annual profit after
years of falling earnings, job cuts and divestments.
Rovio said the new movie will be directed by Thurop Van Orman,
the creator of animated TV series "The Marvelous Misadventures
of Flapjack".
The original Angry Birds game -- in which smartphone players use
a slingshot to attack pigs who steal the birds' eggs -- became a
phenomenon in 2009, but the franchise faltered in the following
years amid tough competition.
Alongside the movie plan, Rovio is looking to reduce its
dependence on Angry Birds -- earlier this month it launched
"Battle Bay", the firm's first multiplayer game which does not
carry the Angry Birds name.
(Reporting by Jussi Rosendahl; Editing by David Goodman/Keith
Weir)
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