First trailer out for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Director Zack Snyder goes CGI-animation on us with the new trailer for his latest film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. The story is based off the novels written by Kathryn Lasky and was penned for the big screen by John Collee and John Orloff. The voice cast includes the talents of Jim Sturgess, Emilie de Ravin, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Helen Mirren and Sam Neill.Soren (Sturgess), a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie’s, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. 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.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole flies into theaters everywhere on September 24th from Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Pictures. Watch the first official trailer below for the film presented by Yahoo! Movies.:
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I volunteered with a wildlife rehabber who specialized in birds of prey, including owls; when I saw the first trailer I was blown away: “They got the owls right!” Like Happy Feet, (though this seems to be several levels up from that) this looks like a wonderful combination of heightened realism and anthropomorphic animals with great character and expression.
The books, written by Kathryn Lasky, are also a great combination of the real biology of owls and the classic structures of faerie tale and The Hero Journey. Written for 8-12s, they’d appeal to older or younger kids as well, especially reluctant readers. The short, exciting “potato chip” chapters, diverse wonderful characters, action, and fantastic imagery make for a good read. Lasky deals with some deep, scary stuff here: attempted fratricide, evil cults, brainwashing, vampires (well, bats,)freedom, death, destruction, what heroism really is… because it is in a faerie tale format with talking owls, these big themes become manageable for an eight year old.
The point of faerie tale, of fantasy, is to take you out from under your own trees, so you can finally see the forest. To carry you from the mundane to the magical. The books do that, Happy Feet did that, the trailer did that… I’m hoping the film lives up to that bright promise.