Sign in / up

back to article Angry Birds to catapult onto TV

A few years ago, if you turned the telly on to a programme called Angry Birds, you'd probably be watching a Five Shameless rip-off about single mums on a council estate. Soon though, it's going top be a show based on the massively successful mobile game. Game developer Rovio says an animated series is on its way. Production …

COMMENTS

House rules Send corrections
This topic is closed for new posts.
  1. Russ Tarbox
    Thumb Up

    Amazing

    I'm constantly amazed that such a basic physics-type game, the type of which has been available online in various guises since the dawn of Shockwave/Flash, has become so popular. I bet the creators wake up every morning and think exactly the same thing. Fair play to them though :)

    7 1
    1. Anonymous Coward
      Reply Icon
      Anonymous Coward

      I am more amazed...

      I am more amazed that a game which is basically built around the concept of suicide bombing is so popular.

      1 0
  2. Clive Galway
    WTF?

    Pathetic

    That a game with no plot and no dialogue whatsoever can be licensed as a TV series.

    WTF?!?!

    0 1
    1. LinkOfHyrule
      Reply Icon
      Happy

      I know

      I know, its like its the 80's again or something!

      3 0
    2. Sampler
      Reply Icon

      Reminds me of the slinky movie

      "it has a built in audience..."

      http://ramascreen.com/check-out-the-pitch-for-slinky-movie/

      0 0
    3. The Fuzzy Wotnot
      Reply Icon
      Happy

      They can get in the queue with the other TV conversions!

      Pacman, Super Mario Brothers, Hello Kitty, Zoids, Transformers, etc...

      1 0
      1. J. Cook Silver badge
        Reply Icon
        FAIL

        Transformers has already been done...

        ... and done to death several times over.

        Gotta sell the toys some way...

        0 0
    4. Michael C
      Reply Icon

      Well

      Pac Man ran for several seasons. In fact, numerous simple video games made it to TV, and lets not forget Pokemon...

      Face it, cute characters, a tiny bit of back story, and a 50m user base to cater to. Goldmine! yea, it'll die in a few seasons, but it will make a ton of money in the short term, and equally turn into merchandising millions too. A franchise this powerful comes alone once every decade if they're lucky.

      0 0
  3. Lottie
    Go

    Cool!

    Good luck to 'em! It's a fun little game and TBH, the story clips between the levels coud easilly be extended into short episodes.

    1 1
  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Sadly ...

    ... I'll expect it will turn out to be derivative US animated dross. Somehow I can see the "Sean the Sheep" team at Aardman doing something pretty interesting out of it (though thinking about it, the premise of a lot of Sean the Sheep is pretty close to Angry Birds!)

    As for the plush toys ... want! want! want!

    0 0
    1. Toastan Buttar
      Reply Icon

      Pedant

      It's "Shaun".

      0 0
    2. Anonymous Coward
      Reply Icon
      Thumb Up

      There is allready a really good

      Shaun the sheep game flash game on the CBBC web site.

      0 0
  5. fatchap
    Joke

    Shameless rip off????

    Sounds more like a channel 5 rip-off of loose women to me!

    4 0
  6. Gianni Straniero

    Bindun

    ... by the Israeli TV show 'Eretz Nehederet'

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMltvlqEM54

    Don't shoot the messenger. I'm not promoting either side of the conflict.

    2 0
  7. John 62
    Go

    Cheat Commandos

    Hopefully it'll be as good as A. Chiminendez's classic animated show: Cheat Commandos. (http://www.homestarrunner.com/ccdo7.html) Buy all our playsets and toys!

    Maybe they even got the Brothers Chaps to produce it, which might explain the lack of new Homestar Runner cartoons for the past while

    0 0
This topic is closed for new posts.

Other stories you might like