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The Guardian - UK
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Angry Birds: will this idea take off?

Angry Birds
Angry Birds ... a bird-brained idea?

You've played the game. You've played the game. And you've, er ... played the game yet again. Now fans of Angry Birds – the most addictive waste of time ever – can watch the show, after makers Rovio confirmed plans to turn the game into a cartoon. "We have been looking at that for quite a while, and that is definitely one of my personal big focus areas right now – to work on broadcast content for Angry Birds," Mikael Hed, chief executive of the Finland-based company, told C21media.net. No word on whether it will be for TV or the web, or what the plot will be, although you might reasonably expect it to involve a bunch of feathered friends trying to get their eggs back from a load of green pigs. The smartphone phenomenon is also being developed for games consoles. Wonder what sort of mood the birds will be in?

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