Zack Snyder directed the film as an animation debut , 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 , David Wenham and Richard Roxburgh voicing the characters set in a world populated by anthropomorphic owls and other animals .
Sam Neill and Miriam Margoyles played a role in the movie Legend of the Guardians .