Rovio’s immensely popular Angry Birdsvideo gamewill come to life on the big screen withThe Angry Birds Movie, which hits theaters on May 20. Way back in October 2014, Sony Pictures announced the voice cast, lead byJason Sudeikisas Red, but today,Entertainment Tonighthas revealed a new voice cast member, Oscar-winning actorSean Penn. The actor has been cast as a massive bird named Terence, who only speaks through grunts and other non-verbal forms of communication, which you can see in a new clip where Terence meets Red.
Terence is introduced to Red and other birds such asDanny McBride’s Bomb in an anger management class, run by Matilda (Maya Rudolph). We’re not sure how exactly Terence fits into the story, butSean Pennjoins avoice castthat also includesJosh Gad(Chuck),Bill Hader(Leonard),Peter Dinklage(Mighty Eagle) andKate McKinnon(Stella). The voice cast is rounded out byKeegan Michael Key,Tony Hale,Ike Barinholtz, Hannibal Buress, Cristela Alonzo,Jillian Bell, Danielle Brooks, Grammy nominee and Latin music sensation Romeo Santos, and YouTube stars Smosh (Ian Andrew HecoxandAnthony Padilla), in unspecified roles.
The Angry Birds Movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds. Or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad), and the volatile Bomb (Danny McBride) have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.
In this hilarious 3D adventure, we’ll finally find out why the birds are soangry. The Rovio video game has been downloaded a massive 3 billion times since it launched in 2009, where users shoot a variety of different birds from a huge slingshot, into various structures that house green pigs, known as the Oinks, who have stolen these birds' eggs. Unfortunately, the game is short on back story, and all we know from playing the game is that these birds want their eggs back, and will crash into anything to make that happen. Thisadaptationwill provide a long-awaitedorigin story, revealing how this rivalry between the birds and the pigs really started.
In addition to this new clip, we also have a photo ofSean Pennin the recording booth, where we can also see various images of Terence in the background. This movie marksSean Penn’s second voice over role, after voicing Mr. Satrapi in the critically-acclaimed animated featurePersepolis.Angry Birdshits theaters on June 24, 2025, going up against Universal’sNeighbors 2: Sorority Risingand Warner Bros.‘The Nice Guys. VisitET Onlineto take a look at this new clip fromThe Angry Birds Movie, as we get closer and closer to this highly-anticipated animated comedy.
