Rise of the Guardians

Rise of the Guardians
Teaser poster
Directed by	Peter Ramsey William Joyce
Produced by	Christina Steinberg Nancy Bernstein Guillermo Del Toro (Executive) Michael Siegel (Executive)
Screenplay by	David Lindsay-Abaire
Story by	William Joyce
Starring	Chris Pine Isla Fisher Hugh Jackman Alec Baldwin Jude Law Dakota Goyo
Music by	Alexandre Desplat[1]
Editing by	Gustav Lindquist David M. Poole
Studio	DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	November 21, 2012 (2012-11-21)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$145 million[2]

Rise of the Guardians, formerly titled The Guardians of Childhood and previously titled The Guardians, is an upcoming 3D computer-animated action-adventure comedy film which will be based on William Joyce's The Guardians of Childhood book series.^[3] It will be produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and is set for release on November 21, 2012.^[4] The film stars Chris Pine, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law and Dakota Goyo. It is being directed by Peter Ramsey and co-directed by Joyce,^[5] the creator of Rolie Polie Olie, PBS Kids's George Shrinks, Fox's 2005 film Robots, and Disney's 2007 film Meet the Robinsons.

Plot

The film revolves around a group of guardians - Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman), The Sandman, and Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher) - joining forces along with Jack Frost (Chris Pine) when The Bogeyman (Jude Law) throws down the gauntlet, bringing the world into "total darkness" by inspiring nothing but fear into the hopes, beliefs, and imagination of children all over the world.

Cast

• Chris Pine as Jack Frost, the main protagonist of the film^[5]
• Isla Fisher as Tooth (Tooth Fairy), the tooth collector^[5]
• Hugh Jackman as E. Aster Bunnymund (Easter Bunny), the Easter egg delieverer^[5]
• Alec Baldwin as Nicholas St. North (Santa Claus), the leader of the guardians^[5]
• Jude Law as Pitch, the Nightmare King (The Bogeyman), the main antagonist of the film^[5]
• Dakota Goyo as Jamie, a child who doesn't believe in the guardians due to giving up on his own belief^[6]

Production

In 2005, Joyce and Reel FX launched a joint venture, Aimesworth Entertainments, to produce CG-animated feature films,^[7] one of which was set to be The Guardians of Childhood,^[8] but it never got realized.

In November 2009, it was revealed that Joyce was co-directing a feature film adaptation, then titled The Guardians, at DreamWorks.^[9] The final title, Rise of the Guardians was announced in early 2011, along with the first cast.^[5]

Originally, the film was set to be released on November 2, 2012, but DreamWorks Animation pushed the film to November 21, 2012 to avoid competition with Pixar's upcoming film Monsters University which had been pushed to November 2, 2012 to avoid competition with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.^[4] Monsters University has now been pushed to June 21, 2013, with Wreck-It Ralph taking its place.^[10]

Release

Under distribution by Paramount Pictures and production by DreamWorks Animation, the film is scheduled for a November 21, 2012 release in American theaters. The film's first trailer was released on March 28, 2012^[11] and later debuted with Titanic 3D.^{[citation needed]}

Video game

A video game based on the film will be released by D3 Publisher sometime in December 2012, and it will allow gamers to lead the Guardians in their battle against Pitch.^[12] It is set for release on the Nintendo Wii,^[13] Xbox 360,^[14] and the PlayStation 3.^[15]

References

External links

• Official website
• Rise of the Guardians at the Internet Movie Database
• Rise of the Guardians at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Rise of the Guardians at Rotten Tomatoes
• Rise of the Guardians at Box Office Mojo