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3 unusual facts about Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole


Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Not strong enough to fly back into the tree, they are attacked by a Tasmanian devil but are quickly saved, and then kidnapped, by two owls, Jatt (Leigh Whannell) and Jutt (Angus Sampson).

This makes Legend of the Guardians Zach Snyder's first film not to reach No. 1 on its opening weekend in the US; overall a disappointing start, only earning a fraction of this year's animation line-up and more in line with Warner Bros. other 2010 family films Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore and Yogi Bear.

The owls, carrying Mrs. P in Twilight's lute, fly towards the sea of Hoolemere where a murder of crows chaotically guides them to the legendary shrine and gateway of the Guardians, kept by an oracular echidna (Barry Otto), who provides comic, but accurate, descriptions of the quintet and guidance to the object of their quest.


Deborah Snyder

Deborah has currently served as an executive producer for the 2010 computer-animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, which is based on Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a series of children's fantasy books by Kathryn Lasky.

Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Journey

Martin, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus, rescued and bought to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree the same night Primrose came.

John Hoole

Hoole translated Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1763), and Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1773–83), as well as other works from the Italian.

Much Hoole

Hoole gave its name to a family in the reign of King John and the parish has been held by the Montebegon family and by others, including those of Sir Thomas Hesketh and George Anthony Legh Keck.


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