From the makers of hit animated features such as Shrek Series, How to Train Your Dragon, Puss in Boots and the upcomng Madgascar Sequel, Dreamworks Animation just released a full trailer for the upcoming epic animation, Rise of the Guardians.  Watch the trailer after the jump.

More than a collection of the well-known childhood legends, Rise of the Guardians tells the story of a group of heroes — each with extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world. This epic 3D adventure stars Chris Pine as Jack Frost, Alec Baldwin as North (Santa Claus), Hugh Jackman as Bunnymund (Easter Bunny), Isla Fisher as Tooth (Tooth Fairy) and Jude Law as Pitch (The Boogeyman).

As you can see, this somehow reminds me of Alan Moore's League of the Extraordinary Gentlemen. Like LXG, Rise of the Guardians collects iconic fairy tale figures as heroes. It is quite a good new perspective for the said characters specially to people like me who are tired of seeing them on their usual gigs. Maybe it is time to put a little twists on this famous characters and let them embark on an adventure that will change how we see them. I'm definitely excited to see how this animation will come out.


Set to premiere on November 2012, Rise of the Guardians is from Dreamworks Animation to be distributed by Solar Entertainment through United International Pictures.