‘Despicable Me’ Producer Developing ‘Angry Birds’ Movie for 2016

It’s been over two years since we heard any news about Rovio Entertainment bringing their best-selling mobile game Angry Birds to the big screen, but if you thought that meant that project was dead, think again. A press release from Rovio has just announced that Despicable Me producer John Cohen will produce the adaptation of the game which sees a group of birds with various skills fighting an evil army of green pigs who have stolen their eggs. In addition, David Maisel, who was once the Chairman of Marvel Studios and producer of Iron Man, will executive produce this wholly unnecessary video game adaptation. Don’t get me wrong, Angry Birds was a fun game, and even the most recent Star Wars iteration is pretty entertaining. But when Angry Birds shirts, toys and more started showing up in Wal-Mart and all over the world, that’s when I knew things had gotten out …