‘Angry Birds’ Gets Input From Former Marvel Studios Chairman
By Russ Fischer/July 5, 2011 11:00 am EST
A movie has been in the very early stages of development since April of 2010, and the project is finally moving forward with the addition of former Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel, who is now working with the game’s publisher, Rovio, to launch the cartoonish birds right at the sensitive eggs of audiences everywhere.
Variety reports that Rovio wants to emulate what David Maisel was instrumental in building at Marvel Studios — a self-contained studio that can control its own brand and creative projects. There might be a small difference between a company that has a stable of characters with decades of history and global recognition, and a relatively new company with one popular property, but why let that dampen the enthusiasm?
David Maisel told Variety,
There has been so much chatter about an ‘Angry Birds’ movie, but it’s now real. The process is starting now.
