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The Angry Birds Movie was released last weekend. The characters first caught the world's attention as a gaming app for smartphones and tablets. Users fire cartoon birds as far as they can using a sling shot to knock down buildings and defeat their rivals the pigs. Even the British prime minister David Cameron admitted he was in on the craze. And so was the 80-year-old mother of film producer David Maisel. Watching his mum engrossed in the game convinced him there was a film to be made. But rather than get a big studio to take on the movie, he took a gamble and persuaded the games creators, Finnish firm Rovio, to turn film makers. The 麻豆约拍's Susannah Streeter has been speaking to David Maisel.

(Picture: 'The Angry Birds Movie' photocall at the Cannes film festival. Picture credit: Getty Images.)