Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for The Angry Birds Movie 3, and this is sure to remind people that, yes, the movie series is still going.
The third movie follows Red (Jason Sudeikis) as faces his “greatest challenge yet,” which is being a dad … and also saving the world. Releasing December 23, The Angry Birds Movie 3 features a big cast of celebrities in addition to Sudeikis, including Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Tim Robinson, Sam Richardson, Keke Palmer, Nikki Glaser, Lily James, and even Mr. Beast.
The trailer has a number of standout scenes, including a memorable sequence where the baby bird continuously pees through a colander, prompting Bomb (McBride) to remark, “It’s like the Bellagio fountain!”
The original Angry Birds Movie came out in 2016, with the sequel arriving in 2019, so this is a film franchise that’s been running for a decade now. The original movie made $352 million worldwide, but the sequel made less than half ($148 million globally).
As for the Angry Birds game series, Sega acquired the Rovio franchise in 2023 for $776 million. It hasn’t been such a successful acquisition for Sega, at least not yet. Sega CEO Haruki Satomi said, “We have unfortunately not achieved the level of results that had been expected prior to the acquisition,” according to GI.biz.
Paramount is also behind the upcoming Call of Duty movie from Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg and the next Sonic the Hedgehog movie. The company is about to take ownership of numerous more popular franchises by way of its $111 billion buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery.
