Rise of the Guardians
Rise of the Guardians is a 2012 American 3D computeranimated fantasy film based on William Joyces The Guardians of Childhood book series and The Man in the Moon short film by Joyce and Reel FX. Peter Ramsey directed the film, while Joyce and Guillermo del Toro were executive producers with voice acting by Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, and Jude Law. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures,1 it was released on November 21, 2012 and received mixed to positive reviews, but was a financial disappointment, contributing to a studio writedown of 83 million for the quarter and the layoffs of 350 employees.
Jack Frost is awakened from the depths of a frozen pond with amnesia. Upon discovering no one can see or hear him however, he wanders off alone. Three hundred years later Jack, as the spirit of Winter, enjoys delivering snow days to school kids, but resents that they do not believe in him and still cannot see him. At the North Pole, the Man in the Moon warns Nicholas St. North Santa Claus that Pitch Black, the Boogeyman, is threatening the children of the world with his nightmares. He calls E. Aster Bunnymund the Easter Bunny, the SandmanSandy, and Tooth, the Toothfairy, to arms. They are then told that Jack Frost has been chosen to be a new Guardian. Jack is unimpressed by this position, as he feels wronged for not being believed in, but North convinces him to aid them in facing Pitch.Visiting Tooths world, Jack learns that baby teeth contain the memories and innocence of the children who lost them Jacks teeth are included and he informs her that he has forgotten his true identity. However, Pitch raids Tooths home in order to kidnap all of her subordinate tooth fairies,except Baby Tooth whom Jack managed to save, so that the childrens teeth cant be collected. If the teeth arent collected the children will stop believing in her. In order to complete the scheme, he also steals all the teeth thus preventing Tooth from sharing Jacks memories with him. In order to thwart the Boogeymans evil plan, the group decides to travel the world collecting the lost teeth. During their journey, they come across a young boy named Jamie, who is awakened during a quarrel between North and Bunnymund. Since he believes in them, he can see all of them except for Jack. Pitchs nightmares attack in full force, provoking Sandy into action as the Guardian of Dreams. Jack aids him, but fails as Sandy is overwhelmed and seemingly destroyed by Pitch. ........
Source: Wikipedia
