Posted on: March 5th, 2010 [Trailer] LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS
Yahoo has debuted a pretty gorgeous trailer for Zack Snyder’s next film, the computer animated feature Legend of the Guardians. The film is based on the popular children’s book series Guardians of Ga’Hoole. I’ve never read any of the FIFTEEN BOOKS, but apparently it’s an animal-epic about warrior owls. That was enough to sell me on the movie.
Take a look at the trailer.
Owls with warrior helmets. Okay, so here’s the synopsis, according to imdb.
Soren, 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.
Again, owls with helmets.
The film, which is directed by Zack Snyder (really? I couldn’t tell…) features voices from Emilie de Ravin, Abbie Cornish, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Helen Mirren, Jim Sturgess, Sam Neil and David Wenham.
While the words “from the heathens that brought you Happy Feet” give me the pee-shakes, I really dig this trailer. The animation looks pretty awesome, and I’m curious to see what Zack Snyder can do with the medium. I’m calling it already though, the film will suffer from some pretty watered down dialogue. Ever the pessimist.
Legend of the Guardians hits theaters this September 24.
Feast your eyes on some stills of the flick below:
