{"id":16667,"date":"2019-05-19T21:18:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T15:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctgmovies.com\/?p=16667"},"modified":"2020-05-05T21:34:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T15:34:36","slug":"rio-2011-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abibanet.com\/?p=16667","title":{"rendered":"Rio (2011-2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rio<\/b><\/i> is a 2011 American 3D<\/a> computer-animated<\/a> adventure<\/a>–comedy<\/a> film produced by Blue Sky Studios<\/a> and directed by Carlos Saldanha<\/a>. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro<\/a>,[5]<\/a><\/sup> where the film is set. The film features the voices of Jesse Eisenberg<\/a>, Anne Hathaway<\/a>, Jemaine Clement<\/a>, Leslie Mann<\/a>, George Lopez<\/a>, and Jamie Foxx<\/a>. It tells the story of Blu (Eisenberg), a male Spix’s macaw<\/a> who is taken to Rio de Janeiro to mate with a free-spirited female Spix’s macaw, Jewel (Hathaway). The two eventually fall in love, and together they have to escape from being smuggled by Nigel (Clement), a cockatoo<\/a>. The theme song, “Telling the World,” was performed by Taio Cruz<\/a>. Saldanha developed his first story concept of Rio<\/i> in 1995, in which a penguin is washed up in Rio. Saldanha learned of the production of the films Happy Feet<\/a><\/i> (2006) and Surf’s Up<\/a><\/i> (2007), and changed the concept to involve macaws and their environments in Rio. He proposed his idea to Chris Wedge<\/a> in 2006, and the project was set up at Blue Sky<\/a>. The main voice actors were approached in 2009. During production, the crew visited Rio de Janeiro and also consulted with an expert on macaws at the Bronx Zoo<\/a> to study their movements.\u00a0Rio<\/i> premiered on March 22, 2011, in Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro<\/a>, and had its general release on April 15, 2011 in North America<\/a>, by 20th Century Fox<\/a>. The film received generally positive reviews from film critics. Observers praised the visuals, voice acting, and music. The film was also a box office success, grossing over $143 million in the United States and $484 million worldwide. The film was nominated for Academy Award<\/a> for Best Original Song<\/a> for the song “Real in Rio”, but lost to the other nominee, “Man or Muppet<\/a>” from The Muppets<\/a><\/i>.[6]<\/a><\/sup> A sequel, Rio 2<\/a><\/i>, was released on April 11, 2014.<\/p>\n

When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams.<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

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