Trivia / Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

• All-Star Cast: Of the non-American sort: Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving (in two roles), Sam Neill, Richard Roxburgh, Joel Edgerton, Anthony LaPaglia, Miriam Margolyes, Angus Sampson and Ryan Kwanten.
• Box Office Bomb: Budget: $80 million. Box office: $55.7 million (domestic); $140 million (worldwide).
• Creator's Oddball: The director is Zack Snyder, whose resume also includes such films as 300, Watchmen, Sucker Punch and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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  • Honest Trailers' trailer for Pokemon: Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl describes an owl-shaped Pokemon as "Guardians of Ga'Hoole".
• So My Kids Can Watch: Zack Snyder took to helming the film so that his young children could watch at least one film that he made.
• Stillborn Franchise: The franchise was supposed to adapt the rest of the source material, but due to the underwhelming box office results and lukewarm reception, it's dead in the water. That said, given the extreme liberties the movie took with the books, it's hard to imagine what an adaptation of the rest of the series would look like.

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