The Angry Birds Movie (Rated PG) … STARRING: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage .. green pigs invade the island that is inhabited by the Angry Birds. The movie reveals why the birds are so angry.

• Since it was released in 2009, The Angry Birds video game has been downloaded more than 1 billion times.
• This is the first movie based on a smartphone game.
• Wikipedia claims Josh Gad declined to star in the movie at first because he felt his role was too similar to his role as Olaf in Frozen.
• HitFix claims Sean Penn has a small role in the new Angry Birds movie. His character does not talk, but rather grunts and groans

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (Rated R) … STARRING: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloe Grace Moretz, Selena Gomez, Lisa Kudrow … Mac (Rogen) and Kelly (Byrne) are expecting a second child. A wild sorority moves into their neighborhood as they are trying to sell their home and move to the suburbs. Mac and Kelly bring in Teddy (Efron) and his frat brothers to shut down the sorority.

• This movie is Seth Rogen’s first live-action sequel.
• Lena Dunham filmed a cameo as a Roman Catholic saint. The cameo was cut from the film’s final edit.
• IMDb claims if Seth Rogen hadn’t returned for the sequel, producers were going to replace him with Steve Buscemi, Chevy Chase, Danny DeVito, Tyler Perry or Robert Downey Jr.
• LL Cool J’s cameo was cut from the final edit

The Nice Guys (Rated R) … STARRING:Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling … set in the 1970s in Los Angeles, a private investigator (Gosling) and enforcer (Crowe) work together to solve the case of a missing girl.

• In the film, Ryan Gosling keeps his gun in a cookie jar. 70’s TV detective Jim Rockford did the same thing.
• This is the first movie Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger have starred in together since LA Confidential in 1997.
• The movie cost $50 million to produce.