Sturgess, Rush become 'Guardians'

Taylor, Wenham also join voice cast of film

By DAVE MCNARY

Jim Sturgess, Geoffrey Rush, Rachael Taylor, and David Wenham have joined the voice cast of animated project "Guardians of Ga'Hoole" for Village Roadshow and Animal Logic.

Zack Snyder is directing the film, currently shooting in Australia. Warner Bros. is distributing.

"Guardians of Ga'hoole" is based on the first three installments of Kathryn Lasky's children's book series, centered on a young barn owl and his friends as they escape a band of rogue owls.

Animal Logic CEO Zareh Nalbandian is producing with Donald De Line, Deborah Snyder, Lionel Wigram, Bruce Berman and Dana Goldberg exec producing. Wesley Coller is an associate producer.