While Blue Sky Studios has produced some great looking movies (the "Ice Age" films and "Horton Hears A Who"), only "Horton" impressed me with both its animation and story. However, since it was based on a Dr. Seuss book, that shouldn't surprise anyone. Anyway, Blue Sky Studios, Fox Animation and director Carlos Saldanha have announced their next animated project and it's called "Rio". According to THR, the film follows the adventures of a nerdy macaw who leaves his small-town Minnesota cage for Rio de Janeiro. While I'm sure there is a lot more to the story, that's the logline for now.

While the story sounds a little weak, they're trying to get Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris and Rodrigo Santoro to voice the film. Anything that has Neil Patrick Harris voicing a character gets a pass from me. Of course, with the three "Ice Age" movies, "Horton" and "Robots", Blue Sky and Fox have made $2.4 billion in worldwide grosses since 2002. Clearly my opinion doesn't really matter. Chris Jenkins ("Surf's Up") and Bruce Anderson ("Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!") are producing.