Birdz (2018 film)

Birdz is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by GoStudios. The film will star the voices of Dave Franco, Anna Faris, J.K Simmions, Bryan Cranston, Kate McKinnon, Maya Rudolph and Steve Buscemi. The film is scheduled to be released on May 25, 2018 in RealD 3D by 20th Century Fox.

Premise
When the farmer's away, all the animals play ... and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Bobby, a carefree bird.

Voice cast

 * Dave Franco as Bobby the Bird, the main protagonist.
 * Anna Faris as Katie the Bird, Bobby's love interest.
 * J.K Simmons as Ben the Bird, Bobby's father.
 * Maya Rudolph as Linda the Hen
 * Steve Buscemi as Danny the Wolf, the main antagonist.
 * Bryan Cranston as Tom the Mule
 * Kate McKinnon as Heather the Bird
 * Bill Hader as Matt the Bird, Bobby's friend.
 * Josh Gad as Peck the Chicken
 * Danny McBride as Bob the Pig
 * Andy Samburg as Jim the Ferret
 * Ed Helms as Chuck the Dog
 * Seth Rogen as TBA
 * Jenny Slate as TBA
 * Harland Williams as TBA
 * Ava Acres as TBA
 * Keegan-Michael Key as TBA
 * Thomas Middleditch as TBA
 * Katie Crown as TBA

Production
In April 2014, 20th Century Fox and GoStudios announced the film, as appropriately joked as the Untitled Bird Project. A release date was not set at that time. In June 2015, Fox and GoStudios announced that it would be titled Birdz, with Nicholas Stoller and Walt Dohrn directing from the screenplay by Jonathan Aibel, Karey Kirkpatrick and Glenn Berger. In May 2016, it was announced that Nicholas Stoller had stepped down as director, leaving Walt Dohrn as the film's sole director but Nicholas Stoller still remained as a writer. Eric Newman explained that, Nicholas Stoller could not commit to directing the film. By August 2016, Mark Dindal was announced as co-director.

Casting
Coming soon!

Design
Coming soon!

Animation
The film will be animated at Sony Pictures Imageworks, simliar to Toon Party.

Sound
Coming soon!

Music
On October 17, 2017, it was announced that John Debney would compose the music for the film.

Release
In June 2015, 20th Century Fox scheduled the film for a December 15, 2017 release. In August 2016, the release date had been pushed back from its original release date of December 15, 2017 to April 27, 2018. But in May 2017, It was pushed back to May 25, 2018.

The first official teaser for the film was released on September 14, 2017, and was later attached to ''The Lego Ninjago Movie. It was also shown before My Little Pony: The Movie, Puppet Pals: Collsion Course and Thor: Ragnarok''. the first official trailer was released on December 13, 2017. A second and final trailer was released online on February 28, 2018 and was shown during screenings of Kate & Chris: FusionMania.

Reception
Coming soon!