Nicki Minaj will be joining the cast of Angry Birds Movie 2 alongside Leslie Jones, Rachel Bloo, Awkwafina, Sterling K. Brown, Eugenio Derbez, Lil Rel Howery, Dove Cameron, and Zach Woods. Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, and Peter Dinklage are all expected to reprise their roles from the first movie.
Expected to hit the the theatres on 16 August 2019, Angry Birds Movie 2 is directed by Thurop Van Orman and co-directed by John Rice, with David Maisel and Catherine Winder serving as executive producers.
While the Angry Birds game is been downloaded by over four billion users, the movie had a decent opening of $350 million worldwide.
Minaj has earlier lent her voice for movies like Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Other Woman and Barbershop: The Next Cut. Sony Animation’s The Angry Birds Movie 2 is in the production stage and Minaj’s exact role is still unknown as reported by Variety.