The Angry Birds Movie 2
The Angry Birds 2Movieflies into menage firing this week , in brief after becoming thehighest - rate video game filmon Rotten Tomatoes . It ’s positive reception comes in no little part from the study of its creative squad , as the continuation had newfangled writers and directors to help expand the franchise beyond the confines of the Rovio game .
But broaden Red ’s ( Jason Sudeikis ) horizons does n’t intend forgetting what he ’s gone through before . Producer John Cohen and storyboard creative person John Rice , who became co - director ofAngry Birds 2 , were both on script to assist shepherd the fluent transition . They were also present at the Los Angeles Zoo over the weekend to lionize the November 12th Blu - ray release of the movie , and they shared their insight about the storytelling amidst make for knowingness to avian preservation endeavor .
In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant , Cohen and Rice discussed how plot of ground point like the hatchlings ' search for unborn siblings came into being and where the thought for Zeta ’s ( Leslie Jones ) island originate . For more perceptiveness into the humanity ofAngry Birds , include a delightful short about Silver ’s ( Rachel Bloom ) first livestream , be sure to beak up a copy of the Blu - ray this hebdomad .
I know Johnny [ Rice ] relate most to Red . WhichAngry Birdscharacter do you relate to most , John [ Cohen ] ?
John Cohen : I pass to really , really have sex Silver . Silver ’s my favourite character from the movie . She ’s play by Rachel Bloom , one of the most gifted people I ’ve had the fortune of experience to work with . As an improvisational comic , as a author – as someone who can transmit so much personality , comedy , and emotion just by using her voice .
silver gray is Chuck ’s sis , and Chuck is the jump jape character . He moves tight ; he babble out fast ; everything about him is fast . We asked ourselves , “ If she shares DNA with Chuck , what is she like ? ” And so , Silver ’s great power is that she think tight . We really jazz her as a theatrical role .
As for Johnny , how did you relate to Red ’s journeying inThe Angry Birds Movie 2 ? Because he had a nice character arc about both self - acceptance and teamwork .
John Rice : Yes . I could relate to that , and to consent the fact that women are powerful forces to be see with .
There were many more female character reference in the sequel than in the first film . Was that a conscious choice to open it up more , or did it germinate from the story ?
John Cohen : We really want to make majuscule raw characters for the continuation , and the character that emerge in the development cognitive operation that we all just fall in love with and really came to life-time with such great comedic personalities and detail were Silver , Zeta – who is spiel by the great Leslie Jones , who is also so brilliantly funny and gifted .
This is the first clip Leslie ’s ever done a lead voice in an animate movie , and when we actualise that we could n’t think it because she ’s such a rude . And Courtney , who was played by Awkwafina in the flick , is a shoat who is Leonard ’s helper that really issue forth into her own in the story . And then we have another character that I absolutely have a go at it cite Debbie , played by Tiffany Haddish . I do n’t want to spoil how she fits into the story , but there ’s a circle of playfulness surprises .
Speaking of Zeta , where did the estimate of an eagle pin down on an icy island come from ? Was she bear there ?
John Rice : I think they were born there . I think back come across an clause early on on in this movie , and I set up out that there ’s a frozen island that has eagle on it . There ’s not a lot of food there , and so it ’s very competitive . I do n’t remember what it was call or where it is exactly , but it was surprising to me that it really live .
unsound luck to be conduct there , then .
John Rice : Well , I do n’t cerebrate most of the Eagles really care that much , because they have their pelt coat . But Zeta was n’t having it .
John Cohen : Especially with our story , where we want to tell the story of the birds and pigs being forced to work out together against a mutual foeman .
I grow up in Michigan , which is a very cold climate in the wintertime . Looking on TV and seeing these spot like California and Florida that had year round sun and warm conditions , I definitely had dreams of getting to exist in that eccentric of climate . And so , Zeta sees these two tropic islands aright out her back window , and here she is in this freezing cold mood . It makes a pile of sentience , and I think you realise why she ’d like a better life .
John Rice : Yeah , I think that ’s one of the great strengths that John [ Cohen ] brings to this movie and the first one , and obviously all the others he ’s worked on . It ’s this idea that everybody can relate to . Well , not everybody , but so many of us who grew up in cold climates can totally come to to wanting to be on a tropic island . Even in California sometimes , I ’m like , “ I just want to go live on a tropical island and be off from all this . ”
It ’s just the way he always has something that you’re able to relate to . It ’s so significant .
Another relatable matter is the teaming up against a greater enemy , or at least it ’s something people should be doing nowadays . What inspired you to make that the central point of the secondAngry Birdsfilm ?
John Cohen : You live , it ’s an important it ’s an important subject matter right now . I think it ’s always been an authoritative message , but you’re able to find a vulgar reason . There ’s always a direction to get hold something that you have in common with someone who may fall from a unlike place or may have a different worldview . But teamwork is a great thing , and it leads to neat issue .
John Rice : And to keen comedy . Putting all different character together .
You certainly had many unlike type in the movie . How did you amass such an amazing plaster cast ?
John Cohen : We love working with great improvisational comedians , because they bring so much advertizement libbing , improv , and fantastic spontaneous performance when they get along into a recording booth . But we really started off by talking about – and this is something Johnny and Thurop Van Orman , our other director , blab out about at the very beginning – who are our preferent people ? Who are the funniest people out there today ?
We were so lucky that every individual person we need to have in this movie match [ to be in it ] . We were so lucky to have such an unbelievable grouping of masses working on the movie , and I think they promote every single picture because of how brilliantly funny they were .
Johnny , you ’ve work a lot on TV vitality , as well . What ’s the biggest difference for you going from television receiver to film ?
John Rice : Schedule . In goggle box , we have very trivial time . You have to be exceedingly critical and fast , and there ’s very little rethink anything . It is what it is , and it function quickly . I love mold in moving-picture show , because we ’re able to make something , and it ’s funny , but we ’re not slaked with just funny . We want to make it funnier and laughable , and we have enough time to do that , which I adore .
We bring in on some really funny people , and artists that have keen melodic theme . We sit down in a elbow room , and sometimes I ’m pinching myself because I ’m like , “ This is my job . ” A bunch of funny people just making jokes and laughing , and some of it gets into the movie . Some of it does n’t , but it ’s just so much sport along the direction . Sometimes it does n’t feel like work at all .
You go from storyboard artist on the firstAngry Birdsfilm to co - director of the second . What were you most witting of during that passage ? What did you trust to keep from one and bring to the other ?
John Rice : I reckon bide dead on target to the reference from the first film . I think we need to keep them who they are , basically , which I think I helped bring along to the 2d one .
John Cohen : And Johnny is really , really funny . So hysterically funny , so gifted , such a great storyteller . He ’s endue at discover relatable and identifiable experiences that we go through as humans and make the bird world saying of that . Just because you ’re a Bronx cheer does n’t mean that you do n’t grapple with the frustrations and awkwardness of lifespan and the things that we all encounter . The amount of laughable contributions to both of these movies that came from Johnny , I could list them and we ’d be here for probably six hours .
John Rice : Go on !
I do n’t know whose contribution it was , but the hatchlings endeavor to rescue the unborn eggs throughout the movie was a perfect companion piece to the main storey . How did that plot hatch , if you will ?
John Rice : That was Sean Charmatz , our point of news report . He was given that as a project , like , what do you do with this ? I recollect John [ Cohen ] render him the theme of getting the ball back ; losing the ball and getting them back . Then Sean ran with it and did amazing hooey , like run low into space . I ’m like , “ What ! Really ? ”
There was even stuff he did beyond that , which did n’t make the motion-picture show . It was crazy , but that ’s kind of the stunner of the way this film happened . Everybody felt free to put their craziest estimate out there . And then , if it ’s too far , we pulled it back .
But that whole little story , I have to say – and I kind of hate to admit this – I did n’t like the melodic theme of let that write up blend . At the sentence , our account felt kind of complex and this was accept me out of the independent news report . And I was so improper . It works really well , and I love the fact that the two plot of land connect .
You showed us a fun short with the characters , which will be on theAngry Birds Movie 2Blu - ray , but were there any deleted scenes or ideas you loved that you had to overstretch back from ?
John Cohen : There are always so many ideas and so many things . And it ’s fun , because every single mind that you explore in some way does lead you to another approximation . There are n’t any that we ’ve let in on the Blu - ray as deleted scenes from the movie , because once we locked into the storey of the movie , it all worked together and we stay very much on that .
John Rice : That is truthful . And I think that ’s unusual . We screened early versions of the picture show as just storyboards , and the interview went sick right away . And the executives at Sony were like , “ Just keep doing this . ” footling billet here and there , but there were n’t any drastic changes or handsome piece that were thrown away or campaign to the side . It just kind of come out the way it started .
I have intercourse you guys suppose you ca n’t confirm or abnegate anyAngry Birds 3possibilities , but is there any other TV biz property you ’d need to impart to life ?
John Rice : I do n’t know . I do n’t really flirt video biz , but I cognize my son would plausibly like a Roblox movie about now .
John Cohen : I ’m still play Words with supporter on a daily basis , and I think the mass I playact are the only unity still this addicted . So , I think a Words with Friends movie is long delinquent .
Would the Word come to animation ?
John Cohen : perchance . It will be the movie that has the honorable lexicon .
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The Angry Birds Movie 2is now available on digital and Blu - ray .
