Legend of the Guardians Character - Elegantine

A female Barn Owl, Tyto alba, Soren's younger sister, well loved by Soren, best friends with Primrose. Eglantine is a member of the search-and rescue-chaw.

Legend of the Guardians Character - Digger

A very smart tracking Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunicularius, who is part of "the Band." Born in the Desert of Kuneer, he was separated from his parents when St. Aggie's attacked his family and ate his brother. He is now a Guardian of Ga'Hoole at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree in the tracking chaw. He is a very deep thinker, and can often come up with things that others can not. It is revealed in The Shattering that he has a crush on Sylvana.

Legend of the Guardians Character - Gylfie

A female Elf Owl, Micranthene whitneyi, who is Soren's best friend and part of "the Band." Gylfie was hatched in a cactus in the Desert of Kuneer and was snatched by patrols from St. Aggie's after trying to fly before her wings had completely fledged. She escaped with Soren, and after befriending Twilight and Digger, came to the Great Ga'hoole tree. She later becomes the navigation ryb. Gylfie is both articulate and intelligent, although this is emphasized less once Otulissa enters the series.

Legend of the Guardians Character - Barran

A female Snowy Owl,Bubo scandiacus. The Queen of Ga'Hoole before Coryn came to the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole; died of old age just as he was arriving. She was the ryb of the search-and-rescue chaw, and was the mate of Boron.

Legend of the Guardians Character - Nyra

Nyra is a Female Barn Owl - Kludd's evil mate; suspected of being a hagsfiend, made leader of the Pure Ones (who she later deserts) after Kludd's death, slayer of Strix Struma and Philip, and the Rouge Smith; mother of Nyroc (aka Coryn). She is killed by Soren in The War of the Ember.

Legend of the Guardians Character - Metalbeak

Metal Beak is the Destroyer.

Legend of the Guardians Character - Kludd

Kludd is a Male Barn Owl - Would-be assassin of Soren and Eglantine, also their older brother, leader of the pure ones; later killed in The Burning by Twilight; aka Metal Beak and High Tyto. Mate of Nyra.

Legend of the Guardians Character - Soren

A male Barn Owl, Tyto alba, part of "the Band." Soren was born in the Kingdom of Tyto, where he lived with his father, Noctus, his mother, Marella, his two siblings, Kludd and Eglantine, and the family's nestmaid, a blind snake named Mrs. Plithiver. He was snatched by patrols from St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls after Kludd pushed him from the nest. He later escaped with his friend Gylfie and together the two met Twilight and Digger before journeying to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. After many adventures, Soren becomes a Guardian of Ga'Hoole, a member of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree and the ryb of the weather interpretation and colliering chaw. He is the mate of Pellimore and the father of Bell, Blythe, and Bash. Soren has starsight, allowing him to view glimpses of the future through his dreams. He is also a gizzard resister, refusing to train the leaders of St. Aggie's during the events prior to The Burning. At the end of The War of the Ember he secedes Coryn as king of the Great Tree.

More Posters to be Released!

This fall, director Zack Snyder will have a chance to show us his softer side as the animated tale Legend of the Guardians is released in theaters on September 24th. To promote the new film, Warner Bros. has released eight character posters featuring the owls of Ga'Hoole!

Legend of the Guardians is the story of Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father's epic stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owl kind from the evil Pure Ones. While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd, scoffs at the notion, and yearns to hunt, fly and steal his father's favor from his younger sibling.

But Kludd's jealousy has terrible consequences--causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right into the talons of the Pure Ones. Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other brave young owls. Together they soar across the sea and through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the legendary Guardians of Ga'Hoole--Soren's only hope of defeating the Pure Ones and saving the owl kingdoms.

More Behind the Scenes of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Interview with Zack Snyder on Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. 

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Behind the Scenes of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Judging from the looks of the behind-the-scenes featurette, the animation Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole may stand on two faces of the coin --- either it would be really the awesome movie or the really sucky movie. Let's just hope that it becomes a really awesome one!

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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Photo Scoop -- Barran

Deborra-Lee Furness plays Barran, the queen of the great tree, a source of knowledge for the noble owls of Ga'Hoole. "She's powerful, but a diplomat as well," says Legend of the Guardians director Zack Snyder. Snyder says he chose Furness as much for her energy as her voice. "One of the things I looked for in casting voices was enthusiasm, and she had plenty of it."

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Official Trailer 2

Second Trailer to the movie, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.

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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Official Trailer

Official Trailer for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.
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New Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Poster

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. The film is based on the first three books in the series. 

According to CinemaBlend, The Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole has released a new poster. This is going to be exciting! 

 

Zack Snyder Interview on Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Legend of the Guardians Director Zack Snyder and Producer Deborah Snyder

Why the name change?

Zack Snyder: "I think that we just found that Guardians of Ga'Hoole was a little hard for people. When we started testing the movie, people were having a little bit of a hard time with it. We had gotten so used to it that it was no big deal."

Deborah Snyder: "They couldn't really pronounce it. They thought it was like 'a ghoul' or something. That wasn't really the connotation we wanted."

Zack Snyder: "And so legend is kind of what the movie's about. We talked about the movie's all about Soren's sort of journey to find whether the Guardians are real. And so that whole idea of this legend becoming real seemed to make sense for us. I kind of like the name."

What about the style of the animation?

Zack Snyder: "Yeah, the style, I really wanted to do something epic and something beautiful. I wasn't really interested in making a cartoon, you know? And so I guess that's where the style evolved from. And Animal Logic, who had done Happy Feet - who is the animation studio that I had worked with on 300 - really good friends of mine, when we talked about how we could kick it up a notch and sort of take it to the next level, they had been developing this software for the way that the feathers sort of intertwine. They'd really been able to make an amazing, amazing technology."

Deborah Snyder: "Even how they rendered the backgrounds – it's all based on Tasmania. We went out with a Red camera in a helicopter and took surveys of the landscape to incorporate it into what ended up being Ga'Hoole."

The massive voice cast of this - whose performance should we really look forward to? Who really stands out?

Zack Snyder: "They're all so good. Jim Sturgess, of course, is Soren. Helen Mirren, you can always look for."

Deborah Snyder: "She's an amazing villain."

Zack Snyder: "But to me Soren's mentor is played by Geoffrey Rush and he does an amazing job. Geoffrey is awesome. He really kills it."

Your next movie Sucker Punch is in 3D but you didn't film it in 3D. How is that going?

Zack Snyder: "I think it's going to be cool. We actually started talking about it, like what to do, and I was like, 'Well, if we're going to do a 3D version I really want to use the 3D to tell the story.' Because it's part of the…the movie is so emotional and so immersive that I wanted the 3D to actually help tell the story. So that's what we're working on now, trying to make the 3D part of the storytelling experience."

Deborah Snyder: "And we have time on our hands because we finished shooting in January. We don't come out until next March, so we have the time to spend to get it right and to work on the visual effects. We really planned for this for a while."

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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Synopsis

Acclaimed filmmaker, Zack Snyder, makes his animation debut with the fantasy family adventure “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” based on the beloved Guardians of Ga’Hoole books by Kathryn Lasky. The epic film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father’s epic stories of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones.

While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd, scoffs at the notion, and yearns to hunt, to fly and to steal his father’s favor from his younger sibling. But Kludd’s jealousy has terrible consequences --- causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right into the talons of the Pure Ones. Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other brave young owls. Together they soar across the sea and through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the Legendary Guardians --- Soren’s very hope of defeating the Pure Ones and saving the owl kingdoms.

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