Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader, And More Join ‘Angry Birds’ Movie

Way to go, internet. You’ve tempted fate by devoting hundreds of thousands of hours to a single smartphone game, and now we are all going to pay the price.

Angry Birds, known throughout most of the digital world as arguably the most popular app franchise of all time, has revealed a number of a major stars who will be lending their voices to the feathered creatures’ first feature film. Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph will lead the cast, with additional parts being filled by Peter Dinklage (Game Of Thrones, Knights Of Badassdom), Josh Gad, Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down), current SNL cast member Kate McKinnon, Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), Jillian Bell (Workaholics), Tony Hale (Arrested Development, Veep), and Latin musician Romeo Santos, as well as stand-up comedians Hannibal Buress and Cristela Alonzo. More names may be added, but that list alone is enough to guarantee a few million dollars in revenue.

Not every role is known at this point, but we can confirm that Sudeikis will get top billing as the voice of Red. Additionally, Gad will be ‘Chuck,’ McBride will be the explosive Bomb, Hader will be a pig, Rudolph will be ‘Matilda,’ and Dinklage will voice ‘the Mighty Eagle.’

Regular Angry Birds players may have already heard this news, as every big announcement for the feature has broken first through the app. “With two and a half billion gamers around the world, Angry Birds is one of those brands that can drive massive fan engagement,” said Dwight Caines, Sony Pictures’ president of theatrical marketing, in a statement. “That’s why we wanted to bring this unlock to the fans first.” The cast was announced once the game reached “1 billion sling shots.”

Angry Birds is set for release July 1, 2016. Expect more headlines in the months to come.

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