The Angry Birds The franchise returns to the big screen with The Angry Birds 3and now the audience knows when to expect its premiere.

Sony Pictures released the first Angry Birds The film was made in 2016 and successfully adapted the popular mobile game of the same name as an animated film.

The Angry Birds 2 This was followed in 2019 by a recent announcement from Deadline, confirming that a long-awaited sequel is officially on the way.

Release window for the movie “Angry Birds 3” announced

According to Dentsu Entertainment (via Freakopolis), The Angry Birds 3 The release is planned for 2026.

This follows SEGA’s announcement video on June 6th that production for The Angry Birds The third part had begun.

As described in the original report by Deadline, the third film will follow the further adventures of Red and Chuck with Ted LassoJason Sudeikis and Frozen‘s Josh Gad reprises their roles.

John Rice from the original film will direct, and Thurop Van Orman, the author of The Angry Birds 2, will return to write the script.

Can the Angry Birds take off in 2026?

By the time The Angry Birds 3 Premiering in 2026, there is a decade between the new film and the 2016 original, and almost seven years between the 2019 sequel.

Given this time, the question arises whether the audience will still be interested in more Angry Birds until 2026.

That remains to be seen, but it is worth noting that the first Angry Birds The film is to date the eighth most successful video game adaptation.

The concern, however, is that The Angry Birds 2 did not perform as well at the box office as the original, grossing only $41 million domestically (via Box Office Mojo), compared to $107.5 million in the U.S. in 2016.

Nevertheless, six of the seven video game movies that currently grossed more than the first Angry Birds (and as reported by The Numbers) were all released after the 2016 film.

This suggests that audience interest in video game movies seems to be increasing, as shown by the following: The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Sonic the HedgehogAnd Five Nights at Freddy’s.

Given this trend, More Birds might be worth a try, and it will be interesting to see if a third film can match the quality of the first.

The Angry Birds 3 will be released in cinemas in 2026.

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