Soren: Owl of Na'Hoom

Soren: Owl of Na'Hoom is an American-British-Australian-Western computer animated/CGI adventure film. It was based on the book series of novels Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky and it was a reboot to the original movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.

The film was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise with co-directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Don Hahn, Donald De Line, Zareh Nalbandian, and Pam Marsden. It was written by Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts, Paul Germain, Joe Ansolabehere, John Orloff, John Collee, and Noni White. It was co-written by Rafaella Delle Donne and Paul Livingston.

The film was released in April 2018. Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, James Earl Jones, Rachael Taylor, Geoffrey Rush, Julianna Margulies, Andrew Lawrence, Emilie de Ravin, Christopher McDonald, Drew Barrymore and David Wenham provides the voices along with Lance Henriksen, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, Jay Laga'aia, Emma Thompson, Abbie Cornish, Miriam Margoyles, Sam Neill, Richard Roxburgh, Magda Szubanski, Barry Humphries, John Leguizamo, Willem Dafoe, Phil Morris, Emily Barclay and Anthony LaPaglia.

It was also released in 3D, 2D, and IMAX 3D. It was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, and Animal Logic. It was also produced by Dr D. Studios (who did visual effects), RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Kennedy Mitchell Miller.

Cast

 * Jim Sturgess as Soren
 * Hugh Jackman as
 * Hugo Weaving as Noctus
 * Ryan Kwanten as Kludd
 * James Earl Jones as The Narrator
 * Ben Kingsley as Leader Buzzard and Lovelace
 * Kate Winslet as Felicie's mum.
 * Jim Broadbent as Caribou
 * Anne Hathaway as Jewel
 * David Wenham as Digger
 * Elle Fanning as Felicie
 * Geoffrey Rush as Ezylryb
 * Andrew "Andy" Lawrence as T.J. Detweiler (Archive recordings)
 * Julianna Margulies as
 * Christopher McDonald as
 * Emilie de Ravin as
 * Richard Roxburgh as
 * Rupert Everett as The Fox
 * Rachael Taylor as
 * Drew Barrymore as Digger's love interest
 * Nicole Kidman as
 * Andy Garcia as Eduardo
 * Ed Harris as
 * Lance Henriksen as General Ironbeak
 * Richard Carter as
 * Common as Polar Bear
 * Emily Barclay as Gylfie
 * Jay Laga'aia as
 * Emma Thompson as
 * Miriam Margoyles as
 * Magda Szubanski as
 * D.B. Sweeney as
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Twilight
 * Sofia Vegara as
 * Isla Fisher as
 * Ben Vereen as
 * John Leguizamo as
 * Jeffrey Wright as
 * Ellen Page as
 * Anthony LaPaglia also voices Boss Skua.
 * Robert Sheehan as
 * Phil Morris as
 * Willem Dafoe as
 * Kristen Dunst as Pellimore
 * Randall Duk Kim as
 * Melaine Lynskey
 * Julia McMahon as
 * Bryan Cranston as Felicie's dad.
 * Matt Stone as Albatross (replacing Steve Irwin)
 * Steve Irwin as a Polar Bear (Archive footage, recordings and sound)
 * Danny Mann as Brokebeak and Dino
 * Mark Klastorin as Vinnie (Archive recordings)
 * Lee Perry as Francesco
 * Rob Van Vuuren as a Skua
 * Michael Cornacchia as Frankie

Production
Development began during production of the film after it was announced. Animal Logic will co-produced the film with Dr D. Studios. Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures will also co-produced the film along with Kennedy Mitchell Miller and Heyday Films.

Trivia

 * Jim Sturgess and Ben Kingsley appear in Fifty Dead Men Walking, although they both appear in animated films together.
 * Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving and Jim Broadbent appear in Cloud Atlas.