Who saw this coming? Perhaps that’s Zack Snyder’s M.O. Snyder will follow-up his 2009 adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen with the animated kids film Guardians of Ga’Hoole, a feature adaptation based on the rather large (14 books and counting since 2003!) bestselling kids series by author Kathryn Lasky and illustrator Richard Cowdry. Variety reports that the Warner Bros./Village Roadshow flick is gunning for a 2009 or early 2010 release. No specifics on the animation style, but the Australian special effects company Animal Logic, which has worked on films like Happy Feet, Snyder’s 300 and Babe, will be central to the production.
The main characters in the books are barn owls who [...]