We avoided posting the teaser trailer for Zack Snyder‘s Legends of the Guardians because our managing editor Col. Hans Longshanks wasn’t into it. But now he is, so here’s the full-length trailer. I’m not sure what experience he had with owls in the interim that changed his mind, but he has been acting weird since he went to that sweat lodge. Or more accurately, the day he didn’t notice the gas leak in his apartment.

All in all, Guardians looks great. But be careful while watching. You may find yourself enjoying the soundtrack before you realize it’s Thirty Seconds to Mars. Not this time, Leto!

CHECK OUT THE TRAILER AFTER THE JUMP. IT HAS OWLS.

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It’s refreshing to see an animated film about anthropomorphic animals where poop-eating is not involved. Though this one may contain vomiting up mouse skeletons, which you gotta admit is pretty metal (poop-eating is more GG Allin).

USA Today has pics from Zack Snyder‘s Legend of the Guardians, based on the children’s book series The Guardians of Ga’Hoole, before the trailer premieres in front of Alice in Wonderland. The film is based on the first three installments of the book series: The Capture, The Journey, and The Rescue. The story follows a young barn owl who is captured and brainwashed to fight in the ongoing owl war that you probably didn’t know about. He escapes along with other kidnapped owlets, and heads to the island of Ga’Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls in fighting the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie’s. The producers describe the film as being more Harry Potter than Happy Feet. Which is why the voice cast features smart-sounding foreign people as opposed to actors from the Apatow camp. Which really is an outrage. Jonah Hill has a bacon habit to support. (USA Today)

CHECK OUT HOW THE DESIGN HAS EVOLVED AFTER THE JUMP…