2009
12.04

‘The Guardians of Ga’Hoole’ Swoop Into Australian Theaters on Dec. 9 (NOT!)

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Friends of feather wait together. I had erroneously reported that The Guardians of Ga’Hoole would have its premier in Australia on Dec. 9 of this year. It did sound too good to be true and my eyes (or was it the public school system) did, indeed, fail me when reading the ABC Australia story. There film is slated for release on Sept. 24.

Click here to see images from the movie.

Ga’Hoole, the 3-D animated feature from director Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen), was test screened for audiences here in Los Angeles, leading me to believe the picture will  be out a lot sooner. I still think we’ll see Ga’Hoole before the summer.

(UPDATE: Click here and here for latest news on Ga’Hoole)

Director Zack Snyder

Director Zack Snyder

So, now, I’m left with this picture of Zack Snyder (he looks disappointed too) and an agonizing self-hatred for having led you astray. My apologies.

In any case, this part of the post remains accurate:

Contrary to earlier reports, actor Huge Jackman is not attached to the project. But, his countrymen Geoffrey Rush, David Wenham, Ryan Kwanten, Jay Laga’aia, Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, and Emilie de Ravin (aka: Claire from “Lost!”) have all been confirmed. Sam Neil, Hugo Weaving, Miriam Margolyes, Helen Mirren and Jim Sturgess round out the cast.

Guardians of Ga’Hoole is the story of a young orphaned barn owl named Soren (voiced by Sturgess) and his quest to escape a group of war-mongering owls. The film is an adaptation of  the first three books in author Kathryn Lasky’s fantasy series of the same name.

Guardians of Ga’Hoole is produced by Village Roadhouse and Australia’s very own Oscar-winning animation studio Animal Logic (Happy Feet).

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  1. You do realise the release date is December 9, 2010, don’t you? Which would be “late 2010″… But I can wait. It’ll be good.

  2. Every time I see that owl pic, I get the urge to make love to a man. This could be problematic.

  3. You’re right. The piece says Dec 9, 2010. Guess my enthusiasm blinded me (that and the tequila). Still, the flick is being test screened. It’ll take awhile for it to come out, but I doubt we will be waiting till Dec. 2010. I predict it will be out before summer.

    But, hey, thanks for reading and calling the error to my attention. I will now go cut myself.

  4. i love this book though i swa the movie before i read the theyre both very diffrent i dont really care thyere both awesome ,

    taylor