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‘Angry Birds’ movie to be produced by Vancouver animation company

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The Angry Birds feature film will nest at Sony Pictures Imageworks\'s Vancouver studio. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP,HO

VANCOUVER – The worldwide phenomenon “Angry Birds” will be bringing its furious fowl and evil green pigs to Vancouver as it makes its way to the big screen.

Finnish video-game developer Rovio Entertainment says in a news release that it has picked Vancouver-based Sony Pictures Imageworks to be the primary animation house for the upcoming “Angry Birds” movie.

Rovio CEO Mikael Hed says he searched the world for the best animation facility, and he felt Sony Pictures Imageworks fit the bill.

The game has become a worldwide hit with multiple versions, in which players use a slingshot to launch colourful but irate birds toward green pigs.

The “Angry Birds” movie is slated to be released in July 2016.

The film’s move to Vancouver was announced in a B.C. government news release, with the province taking credit for helping to bring the two companies together.

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