The first trailer has landed for The Angry Birds Movie 3, and Red’s biggest battle this time isn’t against the pigs, it’s parenthood.
Jason Sudeikis returns as the once hot-headed Red, now navigating life as a full-time dad to three kids: teenage daughter June, adventurous son Glider, and chaotic hatchling Olly. “I’m a professional, full-time parent,” Red declares in the trailer. “It’s my new job.”
Paramount Pictures will release the animated sequel in theaters Dec. 23, marking the franchise’s first outing with the studio after the first two films were distributed by Sony. Josh Gad, Danny McBride, and Rachel Bloom reprise their roles as Chuck, Bomb, and Silver, respectively, with Bomb and Chuck pulling double duty as Red’s unreliable babysitting backup.
The trailer follows Red as he baby-proofs the family home, fumbles through diaper changes, manages sugar-fueled meltdowns, and tries, and largely fails, to impress his unimpressed teenagers, all while still being roped into saving Bird Island once again.
The expanded voice cast includes Emma Myers and Walker Scobell as Red and Silver’s teenage children June and Glider, and Psalm West, son of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, making his voice acting debut as youngest child Olly. James Austin Johnson voices the family pet, Fuzzy. Rounding out the cast are Keke Palmer, Sam Richardson, Anna Cathcart, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Nikki Glaser, MrBeast, Marcello Hernández, Tim Robinson, Lily James, and Salish Matter.
The film is directed by John Rice, who co-directed The Angry Birds Movie 2 and has also worked on Rick and Morty and King of the Hill, from a screenplay by Thurop Van Orman, known for Adventure Time and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. Rovio and Sega produce alongside Prime Focus Studios in partnership with Flywheel Media, One Cool Group, and Dentsu.
The original The Angry Birds Movie grossed roughly $352 million worldwide in 2016 on a $73 million budget, while 2019’s The Angry Birds Movie 2 earned about $147 million worldwide. The third installment arrives seven years later and shifts the franchise into the holiday release window, opening in U.S. theaters Dec. 23 and in Australia on Dec. 26.