Soren: Owl of Na'Hoom

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

Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise along with John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, produced by Don Hahn, Roy Lee, Ann Peacock, and Pam Marsden, the story and screenplay was written by Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi, Linda Woolverton, John Orloff, John Collee, Susan Gauthier, Alex Garland, Ryne Douglas Pearson, Noni White, and David Reynolds, along with writers John August, Stuart Forrest, Matthew Jacobs, Richard Starzak, and Ben Edlund.

The film was scheduled to be released in April 2018 in 3D, 2D, Digital 3D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D. Jim Sturgess, Rachael Taylor, Elle Fanning, Geoffrey Rush, Emilie de Ravin, Drew Barrymore, and David Wenham all join the voice cast.

The story of the film is based on novels including The Capture, The Journey, The Shattering, The Burning, The Golden Tree, and The River of Wind. Production companies joining in were Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Village Roadshow Pictures along with Animal Logic and Kathryn Lasky Studios.

Cast

 * Jim Sturgess as Soren
 * Rachael Taylor as Moss
 * Elle Fanning as Luna
 * Geoffrey Rush as Ezylryb
 * Emilie de Ravin as Primrose
 * Drew Barrymore as Madame Plonk
 * David Wenham as Digger
 * Hugh Jackman as The Striga
 * Hugo Weaving as Noctus
 * Ryan Kwanten as Kludd
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Twilight
 * Jay Laga'aia as Elvan
 * Miriam Margoyles as Mrs. Plithiver
 * Sam Neill as Allomere
 * Abbie Cornish as Otulissia
 * Emma Thompson as Hedwig
 * Freddie Highmore as Theo
 * John Hurt as Unk
 * Dane DeHaan as Vaygar (Tison)
 * Helen Mirren as Nyra
 * Saoirse Ronan as Pellimore
 * Bill Pullman as Hakon
 * Simon Baker as Unk
 * Barry Humphries as Sweetums
 * Toni Collette as Trader Mags
 * Robin McLeavy as Hortense (Mist)
 * Richard Roxburgh as Boron
 * Bryan Brown as Swatums
 * Melissa George as Ruby
 * Nicole Kidman as Kalo
 * Anna Hutchison as Matron
 * Jason Clarke as Uglamore
 * Bill Hunter as Bubo (Archive footage, recordings and unused audio)
 * David Field as Silver
 * Noah Taylor as Martin
 * Gary Sweet as Nut Beam
 * Jai Courtney as Poot
 * Andy Anderson as Speo
 * Ben Mendelsohn as Stryker
 * Robyn Malcolm as Bubbles
 * Sacha Horler as Octavia
 * Claudia Christian as Strix Struma
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Finny
 * Rachel Hunter as Uklah
 * Jacki Weaver as 47-2
 * Guy Pearce as Ork
 * James Cosmo as Streak
 * Damain Lewis as Flint
 * Deborah Mailman as Zan
 * Eddie Redmayne as Wortmore
 * Miranda Otto as Dewalp
 * Barry Otto as The Echidna

Differences between the books and films

 * In The Capture, Soren is the only one to fall, in Legend of the Guardians, they both fall, but in the film, they don't.
 * First appearance of Luna.
 * Soren and the band along with Kludd and Luna enter the burning Tyto forest in the film, while in Legend of the Guardians, they don't.
 * The band entered Mirror Lakes.
 * The band entered Ice Narrows.
 * The band entered the ravine.
 * The Band entered the forest fire.
 * Kludd has a map.
 * That's the first time as Hortense makes an appearance.
 * In the Books, Finny was at St. Aggie's but in the movie, she is at the Ga'Hoole Tree. Also, she is a friend to Strix Struma.
 * Gylfie gets abducted by a swarm of butterflies.
 * Hakon was abusive to his owlets before the books, but in the movie, he is calm, caring, friendly, and helpful to his family.
 * Streak and Zan also make an appearance along with Skench, Spoorn, Ruby, and Martin.
 * The band entered an winter forest.
 * The extended snowstorm scene
 * The Band entered the cliffs.

Trivia/Behind the Scenes

 * The production takes place in Australia.
 * Elle Fanning stated that Luna is a headstrong female owl who has common sense.
 * It is John Hurt's last film after he died on January 25, 2017.
 * Roy Lee's first producing family-friendly film.
 * Warner Bros. released a special trailer at SDCC. The screening of the film was shown before it.
 * Elle Fanning, who voiced Felicie in Ballerina, will voice Luna in the film.
 * Twilight, Elvan, and Allomere were both Great Grays Owls.
 * Ann Peacock was a writer of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
 * Bill Hunter's archive recordings were unused audio from him as the voice of Bubo.
 * Zan speaks in the film unlike the books. Although, her tounge doesn't get ripped out.