The Funday Times - A Rio Special Edition

LONDON, April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- This weekend The Sunday Times is bringing back the Funday Times after five years for a one off special edition to celebrate the release of Rio, the spectacular new animated movie from the makers of Ice Age.

The much loved Funday Times is back by popular demand and is packed full of puzzles, games and activities to see who's who in the Rio movie, as well as cartoon strips and competitions for all the family to enjoy.

The Sunday Times is exclusively inviting you and your family to see Rio at the cinema. Get two free tickets in this weekend's Sunday Times to get involved. There's also a chance to get two more tickets by collecting tokens in The Times all next week.

And that's not all. Subscribers to The Sunday Times ( http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/) will also be able to watch, in full, the fantastic family adventure of Ice Age at thesundaytimes.co.uk/iceage (http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/culture/article591956.ece?CMP=KNGvccp1-FundayTimes). So at 5pm this Sunday grab your popcorn, pull up a chair and enjoy one of the greatest animated films of all time.

Notes to Editors:

Rio is the latest animated movie sensation in 3D (also available in 2D) which is released in cinemas from 8th April (4th April in Scotland). Rio is the story of a rare macaw named Blu who's happy living at home in America. But the winged wonder has never tasted freedom so when he heads down to Rio to meet a female macaw from the rainforest named Jewel, the adventure starts to go wild.