Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Zack Snyder
Produced by	Zareh Nalbandian
Screenplay by	John Orloff Emil Stern
Based on	Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky
Starring	Helen Mirren Geoffrey Rush Jim Sturgess Hugo Weaving Emily Barclay Abbie Cornish Ryan Kwanten Anthony LaPaglia Miriam Margoyles Sam Neill Richard Roxburgh David Wenham
Music by	David Hirschfelder and Adam Young (Owl City)
Edited by	David Burrows
Production company	Village Roadshow Pictures Animal Logic
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24) (North America) September 30, 2010 (2010-09-30) (Australia)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States Australia
Language	English
Budget	$80 million
Box office	$140.1 million

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole is a 2010 American-Australian 3D computer-animated fantasy-adventure film based on the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky. Zack Snyder directed the film as an animation debut, Zareh Nalbandian produced the film, John Orloff and Emil Stern wrote the film, with Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, Joel Edgerton, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Barclay, Helen Mirren, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, and David Wenham voicing the characters set in a post-human extinction-era Australia. The score was composed by David Hirschfelder and Adam Young from Owl City. The film was produced by Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Animal Logic. Production took place in Australia, and the film was released in RealD 3D and IMAX 3D on September 24, 2010. The film grossed $140.1 million on a $80 million budget.

Soren, a young barn owl, lives in the Tyto Forest with his family: his father, Noctus; his mother, Marella; his older brother, Kludd; his younger sister, Eglantine; and Mrs. P, the family's nest maid, a kindly blind snake. Soren enjoys listening to the 'Legends of Ga'Hoole,' which are mythical tales of warrior owls called the Guardians who fight against the Pure Ones. Kludd berates his brother's dreams, having grown tired of listening to the stories. When their father teaches them the first steps to flying, Kludd becomes jealous of Soren's natural branching ability. Later, when practicing branching while their parents are hunting, Kludd pushes Soren off a branch which forces them both to fall to the ground. They are attacked by a Tasmanian devil (who scars Kludd's face) but are saved, and then kidnapped, by two owls, Jatt and Jutt.