Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Los Angeles Premiere, Sunday, September 19

“Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.” .WHAT: The Los Angeles Premiere: Warner Bros. Pictures, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Village Roadshow Pictures Production, an Animal Logic Production, “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.”

WHEN: Sunday, September 19
             Crew Arrivals: 2:00pm
             Arrivals: 3:00pm
             Screening: 5:00pm

WHERE: Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
               6925 Hollywood Boulevard
               Los Angeles, CA

WHO: From the film: Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia and director Zack Snyder will be joined by celebrities to be announced soon.

Acclaimed filmmaker Zack Snyder makes his animation debut with the fantasy family adventure “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole,” based on the beloved Guardians of Ga’Hoole books by Kathryn Lasky. The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father’s epic stories of the Guardians of Ga’ Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones. While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd, scoffs at the notion, and yearns to hunt, fly and steal his father’s favor from his younger sibling. But Kludd’s jealousy has terrible consequences—causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right into the talons of the Pure Ones. Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape, with the help of other brave young owls. Together they soar across the sea and through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the legendary Guardians—Soren’s only hope of defeating the Pure Ones and saving the owl kingdoms.

The film features the voices of Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, Miriam Margolyes, Sam Neill, Richard Roxburgh and David Wenham. Snyder directed “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” from a screenplay by John Orloff and Emil Stern, based on the Guardians of Ga’Hoole novels by Kathryn Lasky. The film was produced by Zareh Nalbandian, with Donald De Line, Deborah Snyder, Lionel Wigram, Chris deFaria, Kathryn Lasky and Bruce Berman serving as executive producers.

For further information, please contact:

Broadcast: Allegra Haddigan (818) 954-6292 Print: Ari Swan (818) 954-3781

Photo: Michael Taylor (818) 954-6585 Online: Anne Chun (818) 954-4601

International: Barbara Hannegan (818) 954-6203