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Rovio Animation

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Rovio Animation, Ltd.
IndustryAnimation
FoundedJanuary 20, 2012; 12 years ago (January 20, 2012)
FounderJarno Väkeväinen
Niklas Hed
Headquarters
Vancouver, Canada
Key people
Mika Ihamuotila
Revenue€190 million
Number of employees
430
ParentRovio Entertainment (2012–2017)
Kaiken Entertainment (2017–present)

Rovio Animation, Ltd. (also known as Rovio Animation Studios) is the Canadian animation division of Kaiken Entertainment after it was acquired from its original owner, Rovio Entertainment (now owned by Sega), in March 2017.[1] It is led by former Rovio CEO Mikael Hed.

As of 2023, Rovio's television works are currently distributed by Cake Entertainment.[2]

Filmography

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Television series

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# Title Genre Seasons Runtime Premiere date Last episode Status Network
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

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Title Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Distributor(s) Co-production with Budget Box office Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
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

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  1. ^ Kaiken Entertainment buys Rovio's TV animation unit Retrieved 4 May 2017
  2. ^ "CAKE to rep Rovio's trio of Angry Birds series". Kidscreen. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ^ Mobile, Rovio. "Angry Birds Slingshot Stories Ep. 1 - First Level Ever!". youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  4. ^ Mobile, Rovio. "Angry Birds Slingshot Stories S2 - Color Crazy Ep.1". youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  5. ^ "The Angry Birds Movie". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  6. ^ "The Angry Birds Movie". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  7. ^ "The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  8. ^ "The Angry Birds Movie 2 reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  9. ^ "x.com". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  10. ^ "Rovio, SEGA, and Prime Focus Studios Announce The Angry Birds Movie 3 Is In Production At DNEG Animation". Rovio. 2024-06-06. Retrieved 2024-06-06.