While Red’s big-loser-turned-beloved story may feel at times simple and formulaic, it takes older, complicated ideas about heroism and boils them down for kids. Now, Red must team up with his former pig enemies to stop an all-out attack by the purple-feathered Zeta (played by Leslie Jones) on both of their island homes. In the first movie he led a successful slingshot attack on Piggy Island to recover three stolen bird eggs.

The movie sequel builds on those fun game-playing elements to create a new story after Red (played by Jason Sudeikis) becomes a celebrated hero. But Mexico’s top comedic actor, producer and director Eugenio Derbez - who plays a nervous Eagle Island scientist named Glenn in The Angry Birds Movie 2 (opening Wednesday) - says that the computer-animated sequel will deliver some of that bird-brained fun for fans as it redefines who can be a hero for kids.Īngry Birds is an addictive video game franchise where players use slingshots to launch small round birds that cannot fly at snickering green pigs in wonky fortresses.

Video games can be hard to adapt into movies because they sometimes prioritize game playing and graphics over storytelling.

Friends in the angry birds movie