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

* Hugh Jackman  was offered a role but turned it down   later , he went on to do another animated feature film that has guardians: *Rise of the Guardians*, released in 2012, two years after the feature film. .
* Zach Snyder's first children's film.
* Emilie de  Ravin  had a role (possibly Gylfie) but she was replaced.

## Goofs

* In the movie, it's shown that females are smaller than their male  counterparts. However, scientifically, females are larger than males.

## Differences

* Otulissa and Soren are love interests, but they're friends in the original books and never show romantic feelings for each other.
* Ezylryb took a vow to never fight again due to the death of his wife, Lil, in battle; however, in the film, he fights but does not enjoy it.
* Ezylryb had a mate named Lil and had a son named Bo. However, he later lost her, causing him to cease fighting, and swore to never fight again.
* He is given more a backstory in the book series. He was taken care of by a nursemaid named Octavia (who later became blind during the War of the Ice Claws). He also was revealed to be the son of Ulfa and Rask, and the brother of Ifghar, Edvard and Lysa.
	+ He and Lil had a son named Bo, who later had a child of his own named Braithe.
* Ezylryb dies of old age in book six, but not before telling his old student, Soren and his nephew Coryn to look at the books about Ga'Hoole's legends. However, in the film, Ezylryb remains alive due to the fact that the film is based off of the first three books
* Ezylryb later claims Soren under his protection after giving him his battle claws. However, Soren takes Ezylryb's old battle claws when the Band is on their way to save them.
* Several characters are omitted.
	+ Skench was the Ablah general of the St. Aegelius. However, this role is given to Nyra at firs.t
	+ Otulissa and Ezylryb's nursemaids, Audrey and Octavia respectively, are taken out of the story.
* In the books, Kludd is Metal Beak. Here, they are two separate owls. However, the end of the film implies he is going to become the next Metal Beak anyways.
* Nyra never appeared in the first three books that the film was based upon.
* There is a large age-gap between Kludd and Soren, however, they are approximately the same age in the film because they were both doing branching with their father.
* Soren is pushed out of the tree by his older brother, Kludd as part of a Pure One ritual. He is later snatched by St. Aegelius. In the film, Kludd accidentally knocks both himself and his brother out of the tree and are snatched by the owls Jatt and Jutt.
* In the film, Otulissa is his love interest. In the books, Soren married an owl named Pellimore after saving her from a forest fire and has three daughters: Blythe, Bash and Bell. Otulissa, later meets and marries her mate Cleve and has four children with him.
	+ The only instance the two had ever displayed even a hint of romantic feelings was during the Milkberry Harvest Festival, when Otulissa was drunk and flirty with Soren. This is never further delved into..
	+ Additionally, Soren and Otulissa could not stand each other at first but became very close friends afterwards.
* In the books, Nyra hates Sooty Owls, but instead, she is mates with on.
* Otulissa is a spotted owl in the books but a short-eared owl in the film to possibly make her more attractive