Rise of the Guardians

Rise of the Guardians
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Ramsey
Produced by	Christina Steinberg Nancy Bernstein
Screenplay by	David Lindsay-Abaire
Based on	The Guardians of Childhood by William Joyce
Starring	Chris Pine Alec Baldwin Hugh Jackman Isla Fisher Jude Law
Music by	Alexandre Desplat
Edited by	Joyce Arrastia
Production company	DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 10, 2012 (2012-10-10) (Mill Valley Film Festival) November 21, 2012 (2012-11-21) (United States)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$145 million
Box office	$306.9 million

Rise of the Guardians is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated fantasy film based on William Joyce's The Guardians of Childhood book series and The Man in the Moon short film by Joyce and Reel FX Creative Studios. Peter Ramsey directed the film, while Joyce and Guillermo del Toro were executive producers with voice acting by Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, and Jude Law. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it was released on November 21, 2012 and received positive reviews, but under-performed at the box office, contributing to a studio writedown of $83 million for the quarter and the layoffs of 350 employees.

Set about 300 years after the book series, the film tells a story about Guardians Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Sandman, who enlist Jack Frost to stop Pitch Black from engulfing the world in darkness. The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. This was the last film by DreamWorks Animation to be distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Jack Frost awakens from a frozen pond with amnesia. Upon realizing no one can see or hear him, he disappears. Three hundred years later Jack, as the spirit of Winter, enjoys delivering snow days to school kids, but resents that they don't believe in him. At the North Pole, the Man in the Moon warns Nicholas St. North that Pitch Black is threatening the children of the world with his nightmares. He calls E. Aster Bunnymund, Sandy, and Tooth, to arms. They are then told that Jack Frost has been chosen to be a new Guardian. Jack is unimpressed by this position, as he still resents not being believed in, but North convinces him to aid them.