Fox Home Entertainment has announced that the colorful animated film RIO, from director Carlos Saldanha and featuring the voice talents of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Leslie Mann, Wanda Sykes, Jane Lynch, Jemaine Clement, George Lopez and Jamie Foxx, will be released on Blu-ray in a BD/DVD/Digital Copy “Party Edition” on August 2, 2011. The film follows Blu, a domesticated macaw from a small-town in Minnesota who, when kidnapped, meets up with Jewel, an independent bird that takes him on an adventure of a lifetime.

RIO received very positive reviews and grossed over $136 million worldwide, which is pretty spectacular for an animated film not put out by Pixar. Supposedly a great kid and adult film, this will probably be a good one to add to your collection.

Special features for RIO include:

• Explore the World of Rio – Beach, Jungle, City, Stadium
• Blu Shows the Way – Introduction
• Boom-Boom Tish Tish: The Sounds of Rio featurette
• The Making of Hot Wings featurette
• Saving the Species: One Voice at a Time featurette
• The Real Rio featurette
• “Welcome to Rio” Music Video
• Deleted Scene: “Fruit Stand”
• Postcards from Rio featurette
• Carnival Dance O Rama – Intro, Blu, Jewel, Luiz, Monkeys, Nico and Pedro, Raphael, Samba Line
• Rio de JAM-eiro Jukebox
• Taio Cruz – “Telling the World” Music Video
• Angry Birds Rio – Trailer
• Angry Birds Rio – Nigel Mash Up
• Angry Birds Rio – Instructional Video
• Live Lookup Powered By IMDB

The animated film “Rio” topped the box office over the weekend, breaking a bit of a slump the film industry has faced in 2011.

The film, which features the voices of Anne Hathaway and “The Social Network” star Jesse Eisenberg, led the box office with an estimated $40 million, according to the Associated Press.

“Rio” tells the story of Blu, a domesticated macaw from Minnesota who meets the fiercely independent Jewel and together the birds go on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro.

“The movie is so wonderful,” Eisenberg told OnTheRedCarpet.com at the film’s premiere. “The thing, you know, I love about it the most, it discusses the preservation of the environment, the protection of endangered species but if you’re a child and don’t know what those words are — the animation is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen.”

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The teaser trailer for Anne’s animated movie Rio 3D has been released and you can view it below.  It looks cute!