Legend of the Guardians 2: Snow and Rain

**Legend of the Guardians 2: Snow and Rain** is a 2013 American-Australian 3D computer-animated fantasy-adventure film based on the *Guardians of Ga'Hoole* series by Kathryn Lasky. It is the second installment in the Legend of the Guardians franchise and the thirtieth Warner Animation Group film. Zareh Nalbandian produced the film, John Orloff and Emil Stern wrote the film, with Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, Joel Edgerton, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Barclay, Helen Mirren, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, and David Wenham voicing the characters set in a post-human extinction-era Australia. The score was composed by David Hirschfelder and Daughtry.The film was produced by Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Animal Logic.Production took place in Australia, and the film was released in RealD 3D and IMAX 3D on January 24, 2013. The film grossed $140.1 million on a $80 million budget.

## Castedit | edit sourceedit | edit source

* Jim Sturgess as Soren, a young Barn Owl, the leader of the band and the main protagonist. He is the middle child of Noctus and Marella. He is very kind and immensely brave.
* Emily Barclay as Gylfie, an Elf Owl, Soren's best friend and the navigator of the band. She is the dueteragnosit.
* Joseph May as Arron
* Joel Edgerton as Metal Beak, a villainous and manipulative Greater Sooty Owl who wears a metal mask over his hideously scarred face and is the secondary antagonist. He is the founder and supreme leader of the Pure Ones and Nyra's mate.
* Helen Mirren as Nyra, Metal Beak's cunning mate and second-in-command, and the main antagonist.
* Anthony LaPaglia as Twilight, a Great Gray Owl, Digger's best friend and the warrior of the band.
* David Wenham as Digger, a Burrowing Owl, Twilight's best friend and the tracker of the band.
* Reba Mcentire as Weecha, a Burrowing Owl and Digger's love interest.
* Adrienne DeFaria as Eglantine, Noctus and Marella's youngest child and only daughter, and Soren and Kludd's younger sister.
* Sam Neill as Allomere, a Great Gray Owl. He is a member of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, but secretly works for the Pure Ones as a spy.
* Ryan Kwanten as Kludd, a young Barn Owl, Noctus and Marella's oldest child and Soren and Eglantine's older brother. He later becomes a Pure One.
* Geoffrey Rush as Ezylryb, an old and battle-scarred Whiskered Screech Owl, a senior member of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole and the legendary warrior Lyze of Kiel.
* Richard Roxburgh as Boron, a male Snowy Owl, the King of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole and Barran's husband.
* Deborra-Lee Furness as Barran, a female Snowy Owl, the Queen of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole and Boron's mate.
* Alan Tudyk as Wort
* Hadley Gannaway as Coryn
* Abbie Cornish as Otulissa, a female Short-eared Owl, a Guardian in training and Soren's love interest.
* Hugo Weaving as Noctus, a male Barn Owl, Marella's mate and Soren, Kludd and Eglantine's father.
	+ Hugo Weaving also voiced Grimble, a Boreal Owl, who was captured by the Pure Ones and only works for them by force.
* Essie Davis as Marella, a female Barn Owl, Noctus's mate and Soren, Kludd and Eglantine's mother.
* Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Plithiver, a female snake and Soren, Kludd and Eglantine's nursemaid.
* Sacha Horler as Strix Struma, a female Short-eared Owl and a member of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole.
* Bill Hunter as Bubo, a male Great Horned Owl and a blacksmith at the Ga'Hoole tree.
* Leigh Whannel as Jatt, a male Long-eared Owl and a member of the Pure Ones.
* Angus Sampson as Jutt, a male Long-eared Owl, a member of the Pure Ones and Jatt's cousin.
* Barry Otto as The Echidna, a mystic.

## Triviaedit | edit sourceedit | edit source

* Legend of the Guardians is the sixth Warner Animation Group film to become a franchise, after Pokémon, Looney Tunes, Cats and Dogs, Scooby-Doo, and Happy Feet.