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Rise of the Guardians is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated fantasy film based on William Joyce 's The Guardians of Childhood book series and The Man in the Moon short film by Joyce and Reel FX Creative Studios . Peter Ramsey directed the film , while Joyce and Guillermo del Toro were executive producers with voice acting by Chris Pine , Alec Baldwin , Hugh Jackman , Isla Fisher , and Jude Law . Produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures , it was released on November 21 , 2012 and received positive reviews , but under-performed at the box office , contributing to a studio writedown of $ 83 million for the quarter and the layoffs of 350 employees .   Set about 300 years after the book series , the film tells a story about Guardians Santa Claus , the Tooth Fairy , the Easter Bunny , and the Sandman , who enlist Jack Frost to stop Pitch Black from engulfing the world in darkness . The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film . This was the final DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Paramount Pictures .