Rovio Animation, Ltd.(also known asRovio Animation Studios) is the Canadian animation division of Kaiken Entertainment after it was acquired from its original owner,Rovio Entertainment(now owned bySega), in March 2017.[1]It is led by former Rovio CEO Mikael Hed.
Industry | Animation |
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Founded | January 20, 2012 |
Founder | Jarno Väkeväinen Niklas Hed |
Headquarters | Vancouver,Canada |
Key people | Mika Ihamuotila |
Revenue | €190 million |
Number of employees | 430 |
Parent | Rovio Entertainment(2012–2017) Kaiken Entertainment (2017–present) |
As of 2023, Rovio's television works are currently distributed byCake Entertainment.[2]
Filmography
editTelevision series
edit# | Title | Genre | Seasons | Runtime | Premiere date | Last episode | Status | Network |
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1 | Angry Birds Toons | Adventure,comedy,slapstick | 3 seasons, 104 episodes | 2 min.45 sec. | March 17, 2013 | May 13, 2016 | Ended | Toons.TV |
2 | Piggy Tales | Comedy | 4 seasons, 121 episodes | 1 min. | April 11, 2014 | May 30, 2019 | ||
3 | Angry Birds Stella | Adventure,comedy drama | 2 seasons, 26 episodes | 6 min. | November 1, 2014 | March 11, 2016 | ||
4 | Angry Birds Blues | Adventure, comedy | 1 season, 30 episodes | 2 min. | March 10, 2017 | December 14, 2017 | ||
5 | Angry Birds BirLd Cup | 1 season, 10 episodes | 3 min. | June 9, 2018 | 2018 | YouTube | ||
6 | Angry Birds Zero Gravity | 1 season, 3 episodes | 45 sec. | October 3, 2018 | 2018 | |||
7 | Angry Birds on the Run | Comedy | 2 seasons, 39 episodes | 2 min. | November 17, 2018 | November 14, 2020 | ||
8 | Angry Birds MakerSpace | 2 seasons, 35 episodes | 1 min. | June 1, 2019 | 2024 | Ongoing | ||
9 | Angry Birds Slingshot Stories | 3 seasons, 40 episodes (1st season only, continued by Maya Digital Studios)[3][4] |
1 min. | January 18, 2020 | 2024 | |||
10 | Angry Birds Bubble Trouble | 2 seasons, 44 episodes | 1 min. | August 31, 2020 | August 2023 | Ended | ||
11 | Angry Birds: Summer Madness | Adventure, comedy, slapstick | 3 seasons, 36 episodes | 13-24 min. | January 28, 2022 | August 25, 2022 | Netflix | |
12 | Angry Birds Mystery Island | Adventure, comedy,mystery | 1 season, 24 episodes | 23-30 min. | May 21, 2024 | 2024 | Ongoing | Amazon Prime Video Amazon Kids+ |
Feature films
editTitle | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Distributor(s) | Co-production with | Budget | Box office | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
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The Angry Birds Movie | May 20, 2016 | Clay Kaytis Fergal Reilly |
Story by:Mikael Hed Mikko Pöllä John Cohen Screenplay by:Jon Vitti |
John Cohen Catherine Winder |
Sony Pictures Releasing | Columbia Pictures | $73 million | $352.3 million | 43%[5] | 44[6] |
The Angry Birds Movie 2 | August 14, 2019 | Thurop Van Orman John Rice(co-director) |
Peter Ackerman Eyal Podell Jonathan E. Stewart |
John Cohen | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation |
$65 million | $154.7 million | 73%[7] | 60[8] | |
The Angry Birds Movie 3[9][10] | TBA | John Rice | Thurop Van Orman | John Cohen Dan Chuba Carla Connor |
TBA | Prime Focus Studios Sega Sammy Group Dentsu One Cool Group Flywheel Media |
TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
References
edit- ^Kaiken Entertainment buys Rovio's TV animation unitRetrieved 4 May 2017
- ^"CAKE to rep Rovio's trio of Angry Birds series".Kidscreen.24 June 2015.Retrieved21 December2023.
- ^Mobile, Rovio."Angry Birds Slingshot Stories Ep. 1 - First Level Ever!".youtube.Retrieved2021-10-17.
- ^Mobile, Rovio."Angry Birds Slingshot Stories S2 - Color Crazy Ep.1".youtube.Retrieved2021-10-17.
- ^"The Angry Birds Movie".Rotten Tomatoes.Retrieved2019-05-02.
- ^"The Angry Birds Movie".Metacritic.Retrieved2019-05-02.
- ^"The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)".Rotten Tomatoes.RetrievedAugust 5,2019.
- ^"The Angry Birds Movie 2 reviews".Metacritic.RetrievedAugust 2,2019.
- ^"x".X (formerly Twitter).Retrieved2024-06-06.
- ^"Rovio, SEGA, and Prime Focus Studios Announce The Angry Birds Movie 3 Is In Production At DNEG Animation".Rovio.2024-06-06.Retrieved2024-06-06.