Soren: Owl of Na'Hoom

Soren: Owl of Na'Hoom is an American-British-Australian-Western computer animated/CGI adventure film.

The film was released in April. The film was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, with co directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, produced by Don Hahn and Pam Marsden, and screenplay by Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, John Orloff, John Collee, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton, with additional screeplay by Bryce Zabel, Jackie Zabel, and Raffaella Delle Donne.

The film features an ensemble voice cast of 21's Jim Sturgess, Anne Hathaway, Elle Fanning, Sir Ben Kingsley, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Everett, Andy Garcia, Ed Harris, Ben Vereen, Emma Thompson, David Hyde Pierce, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, David Wenham, Dustin Hoffman, Jennifer Aniston, Ray Winstone, and Robert Sheehan. It was composed, and conducted by Hans Zimmer, with additional music by Lorne Balfe, Junkie XL, Bruce Retief, and Klaus Badelt, edited by Harry Hitner, produced by Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures, and Animal Logic.

It was also distributed by Animal Logic, the team behind Happy Feet, and Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast

 * Jim Sturgess
 * Anne Hathaway
 * Elle Fanning
 * Ben Kingsley
 * Jim Broadbent
 * Rupert Everett
 * Andy Garcia
 * Ed Harris
 * Ben Vereen
 * Harry Connick Jr
 * Emma Thompson
 * David Hyde Pierce
 * Ryan Kwanten
 * Anthony LaPaglia
 * David Wenham
 * Geoffrey Rush
 * Anika Noni Rose
 * Julian McMahon
 * Dustin Hoffman
 * Ian McShane
 * Ray Winstone
 * Jennifer Aniston
 * Robert Sheehan

Trivia

 * First combination of computer animated/CGI/live-action animated movie.
 * The first film to star Robert Sheehan in an animated film, since Geostorm. Although, he and Jim Sturgess were in a movie. Sturgess also stars in this film.
 * The first film to star live action/computer animated like Happy Feet. But, only the CGI humans.
 * The setting of the movie is South and North America, the countries were California, Valenza, Hawaii, and others. Also, it features Montana, Arizona, and Central America. Most of the settings features North America.
 * Orignally, the monster that was fighting Soren was originally going to be a big lizard-like creature, but it was changed to monitor lizard.
 * Raffaella Delle Donne was a writer of Zambezia and Khumba.
 * Pam Marsden was a producer of Dinosaur.
 * According to the directors, the story is similar to Spirit and Bambi.
 * Lori Heuring's first animated film, although in the opening live action scene, she wears the same outfit from Prom Night.