Starring: Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham,
Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Emilie de Ravin, Ryan Kwanten, Jay Laga'aia,
Miriam Margolyes, Helen Mirren, Jim Sturgess Director: Zack Snyder
U.S. Opening Date: September 24th, 2010
THEY SAY
An animated feature film by director Zack Snyder (Watchmen,
Dawn of the Dead remake) based on the series of children's books by
Kathryn Lasky.
Most of the main characters are owls, and the series is
a cross between animal fiction such as Watership Down and epic
fantasy. In the October / November months of 2008, the main series ended
with fifteen books, the most recent book in the series being The War of
the Ember. (However, the series will continue with more accompanying
books, including the already-released Guide Book to the Great Tree
and the upcoming book Lost Tales of the Great Tree - a sneak peek
was provided at the end of book fifteen. Kathryn Huang Knight writes the
accompanying series.)
The film is set in the Forest of Tyto, where Barn Owls
live in peace until their kingdom is threatened by an evil that could
destroy their home.
Owls of St. Aggie’s, ostensibly an orphanage, where
owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers, kidnap Soren, a young barn
owl. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist
its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers
of St. Aggie's.
The film will be based on the first three books in the
series.
An animated movie based on a series of children’s books
about owls? An interesting choice for the director of the ultraviolent
Watchmen and
Dawn of the Dead remake!
Legend of the Guardians
(2010)