Rio is a 2011 American
3D computer-animated musical adventure-
comedy film produced by
Blue Sky Studios and directed by
Carlos Saldanha. The title refers to the Brazilian city of
Rio de Janeiro, where the film is set. The film features the voices of
Jesse Eisenberg,
Anne Hathaway,
will.i.am,
Jamie Foxx,
George Lopez,
Tracy Morgan,
Jemaine Clement,
Leslie Mann,
Rodrigo Santoro, and
Jake T. Austin. It tells the story of Blu (Eisenberg), a male
Spix's macaw 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. The theme song, "Telling the World" was performed by
Taio Cruz.