Rio (franchise)


Rio is a series of animated films produced by 20th Century Animation, with the first two films being produced by Blue Sky Studios. It currently consists of two feature films and two licensed video games, with a third film in early development without Blue Sky's involvement. The films feature the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, George Lopez, will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, and Tracy Morgan among others.
Created by Carlos Saldanha, the series focuses on Blu, a domesticated Spix's macaw who is the last of his species and is transported from his home of Moose Lake, Minnesota to Rio de Janeiro to mate with Jewel, the last known female of his species.

Films

''Rio'' (2011)

A domesticated Spix's macaw named Blu, the last known male of his species, and his owner Linda are invited to travel to Rio de Janeiro by an Ornithologist named Túlio in an effort to save the species from extinction by introducing Blu to the last known female, Jewel. In Rio de Janeiro the birds are captured by a gang of smugglers with the help of a cockatoo named Nigel, and spend the majority of the film attempting to escape.

''Rio 2'' (2014)

Blu, Jewel, their three chicks and their friends travel to the Amazon rainforest where Linda and Túlio discover there may be more wild Spix’s macaws. There, Jewel is reunited with her long lost father and Blu struggles to impress him and adapt to the wild. Meanwhile, Nigel seeks revenge on Blu after what he did to him from the first film.

Future

In a media kit released by Disney on the production of the 2022 film The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, it is mentioned that the film's co-writer Ray DeLaurentis is working on "the next installment in the Rio franchise".

Short films

''Rio: The 4-D Experience'' (2013)

Rio: The 4-D Experience is a 12-minute 4D film first released on September 27, 2013. It was shown at various cinemas across the United States and at the Roxy Theatre in Australia.
The film is composed of the major scenes from the first Rio film with added immersive effects.

Video games

''Angry Birds Rio'' (2011)

Angry Birds Rio was a 2011 puzzle video game developed and published by Rovio Entertainment. Serving as the third installment in the [Angry Birds|Angry Birds (video game)|Angry Birds series], it was released on March 22, 2011, and promoted as a marketing tie-in with Rio. While utilizing the same basic gameplay as Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio introduced several new elements to the series, most notably boss levels. Angry Birds Rio was discontinued on February 3, 2020, along with Angry Birds Star Wars, Angry Birds Space and Angry Birds Star Wars II. It is no longer available to download from any official source.

''Rio'' (2011)

Rio is a video game released on April 12, 2011, for the Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360. It was developed by Eurocom and published by THQ. The gameplay consists of various multiplayer minigames following the events of the Rio film.

Soundtracks

''Rio: Music from the Motion Picture''

Rio: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 2011 film Rio. It was produced by Sergio Mendes and John Powell and was first released by Interscope Records on April 5, 2011.

''Rio 2: Music from the Motion Picture''

Rio 2: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 2014 film Rio 2. Like the first film's soundtrack, it was produced by Sergio Mendes and John Powell. It was released by Atlantic Records and Fox Music on March 25, 2014.