Sneak Peek: First Two Minutes of ‘Rio’
Rio is an upcoming animated feature from the Creators of Ice Age. It’s directed by Carlos Saldanha and feauturing the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris, Rodrigo Santoro, George Lopez and Jake T. Austin.
The story revolves around Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), a rare species of blue macaw who is the last of his kind. When scientists learn that another macaw was spotted in South America, and that the macaw, Jewel (Anne Hathaway), is female, they take him out of Minnesota and send him to Rio de Janeiro to meet her. While there, he learns to confront his fear of flying in order to win her heart. Along the way, they get kidnapped by poachers to sell them to get a fortune. After they escape, they try to avoid the thieves with help from Rafael, a wise Toucan (George Lopez), Luiz, a chainsaw “professional” bulldog (Tracy Morgan), Linda, Blu’s owner (Leslie Mann), Hoagie, a silly marmoset (Wanda Sykes), Marco, a redhead bird (will.i.am) and Bobby, a small yellow canary (Jamie Foxx), and also avoid the theives’ pet cockatoo, Nigel (Jemaine Clement).
Watch the video here: