Rovio Animation

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Rovio Animation, Ltd.
IndustryAnimation
Founded20 January 2012;13 years ago (2012-01-20)
FounderJarno Väkeväinen
Niklas Hed
Headquarters
Vancouver, Canada
Key people
Mika Ihamuotila
Revenue€190 million
Number of employees
430
Parent Rovio Entertainment (2012–2017)
Ferly Corporation (2017–present)

Rovio Animation, Ltd. (also known as Rovio Animation Studios) is a Canadian animation studio. It is a division of Ferly Corporation (formerly known as Kaiken Entertainment) after it was acquired from its original owner, Rovio Entertainment in March 2017, while still working exclusively on the company's Angry Birds franchise. [1] It is led by former Rovio CEO Mikael Hed.

Contents

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

Filmography

Television series

#TitleGenreSeasonsRuntimePremiere dateLast episodeStatusNetwork
1 Angry Birds Toons Adventure, comedy, slapstick 3 seasons, 104 episodes2 min. 45 sec.March 17, 2013May 13, 2016Ended Toons.TV
2 Piggy Tales Comedy4 seasons, 121 episodes1 min.April 11, 2014May 30, 2019
3 Angry Birds Stella Adventure, comedy drama 2 seasons, 26 episodes6 min.November 1, 2014March 11, 2016
4 Angry Birds Blues Adventure, comedy1 season, 30 episodes2 min.March 10, 2017December 14, 2017
5 Angry Birds BirLd Cup 1 season, 10 episodes3 min.June 9, 20182018 YouTube
6Angry Birds Zero Gravity1 season, 3 episodes45 sec.October 3, 20182018
7Angry Birds on the RunComedy2 seasons, 39 episodes2 min.November 17, 2018November 14, 2020
8Angry Birds MakerSpace2 seasons, 35 episodes1 min.June 1, 20192024Ongoing
9Angry Birds Slingshot Stories3 seasons, 40 episodes
(1st season only, continued by Maya Digital Studios) [3] [4]
1 min.January 18, 20202024
10Angry Birds Bubble Trouble2 seasons, 44 episodes1 min.August 31, 2020August 2023Ended
11 Angry Birds: Summer Madness Adventure, comedy, slapstick3 seasons, 36 episodes13-24 min.January 28, 2022August 25, 2022 Netflix
12 Angry Birds Mystery Island Adventure, comedy, mystery 1 season, 24 episodes23-30 min.May 21, 2024December 3, 2024 Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Kids+

Feature films

TitleRelease dateDirector(s)Writer(s)Producer(s)Distributor(s)Co-production withBudgetBox 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 million43% [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 CohenColumbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Animation
$65 million$154.7 million73% [7] 60 [8]
The Angry Birds Movie 3 [9] 2026 [10] John RiceThurop Van OrmanJohn Cohen
Dan Chuba
Carla Connor
TBA Prime Focus Studios
Sega Sammy Group
Dentsu
One Cool Group
Flywheel Media
TBATBATBATBA

References

  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 (18 January 2020). "Angry Birds Slingshot Stories Ep. 1 - First Level Ever!". youtube.com. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. Mobile, Rovio (19 June 2021). "Angry Birds Slingshot Stories S2 - Color Crazy Ep.1". youtube.com. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  5. "The Angry Birds Movie". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. "The Angry Birds Movie". Metacritic . Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  7. "The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  8. "The Angry Birds Movie 2 reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  9. "Rovio, SEGA, and Prime Focus Studios Announce The Angry Birds Movie 3 Is In Production At DNEG Animation". Rovio. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.[ better source needed ]
  10. Sanders, Savannah (7 August 2024). "Angry Birds 3 Movie Gets Exciting Release Update (Official)". The Direct. Retrieved 27 February 2025.