The following films will land debut directors: Angry Birds - The animated feature based on the hit Rovio app will be helmed by debut directors Fergal Reilly (Hotel Transylvania) and Clay Kaytis (Wreck-It Ralph); Sony will distribute starting July 1, 2016. Shantaram - Warner Bros. is in early negotiations with Garth Davis (Top of the Lake) to direct the adaptation of Gregory David Roberts' novel starring Joel Edgerton. Hit the jump for more on both pictures. Deadline reports that Davis might make his narrative feature directing debut on Shantaram, scripted by Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). The story follows an "Australian heroin addict who escapes a maximum-security prison, reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of India and eventually uses gun-running and counterfeiting skills to fight against the invading Russian troops in Afghanistan." Check out all the details on the Angry Birds production via this press release: ROVIO ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES DIRECTORS FOR "ANGRY BIRDS" MOVIE Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis will helm the July 1, 2016 3D CG-animated feature Espoo, Finland, October 9, 2013 – Rovio Entertainment announced today that Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis will direct Angry Birds, the upcoming 3D CG-animated film based on Rovio's bestselling app. The film is being produced by John Cohen and Catherine Winder and executive produced by David Maisel; the screenplay is by Jon Vitti. The movie is slated for a July 1, 2016 release and will be distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures. Reilly and Kaytis are both animation veterans, making their directorial debuts with AngryBirds. Kaytis began his career as an animator at Walt Disney Animation ...
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