Rio (franchise)

Rio
Created byCarlos Saldanha
Original workRio (2011)
Owner20th Century Studios
Years2011–present
Films and television
Film(s)
Short film(s)Rio: The 4-D Experience (2013)
Games
Video game(s)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)

Rio is a series of animated films produced by Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox Animation. It consists of two feature films, and two licensed video games, with a third film in early development. The films features 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.