The Guardians of Childhood announcement!

DreamWorks Animation recently announced the locked cast and title of their 2012 holiday release, “The Rise of the Guardians”. This animated feature film is based on the work of Moonbot Studios founder William Joyce with the collaboration of fellow Moonbot partner Brandon Oldenburg. Joyce is currently co-directing the film which is based on his upcoming book series “The Guardians of Childhood”. The first book in the series, “The Man in the Moon”, will be published in Fall 2011 by Simon and Schuster as part of a fifteen book program.

This multiplatform approach to storytelling has been a long cherished aim of Joyce and Oldenburg. It is the same approach Moonbot Studios is taking with its first animated short film, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”, which will also appear as a picture book and an iPad interactive application. The world premiere of “Morris Lessmore” takes place at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 5^th and is in competition at a number of national and international film festivals.

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