Collider.com sat down with producer Donald De Line on the set of the new Seth Rogen comedy and got an update on Guardians of Ga’Hoole.

Q: Your animated project you’re doing with Zach, is that moving forward even with how busy he is with Watchmen?

Yes, because, well Zach’s an animal. I mean, he’s one of these guys. Watchman is in post-production and this being an animated film has a long lead time, you know.It won’t be out until 2010, so he’s been involved in all his spare time “quote unquote” doing character design and working on the screenplay and laying down a scratch track and doing all kinds of stuff.

Q: What sort of aesthetic does Zach Snyder bring to an animated film?

Well, you know he brings his aesthetic, even though it’s a movie that will be for all ages, it’s an epic story so it’s more of, you have to think more of I’ll say “Harry Potter” as a kind of feel and a tone than “Happy Feet”.So it’s an owl kingdom and it’s 2 brothers.One is evil and one is good, who go up against each other in battle. And so it’s a big kind of epic story. There’s 14 books in the series and so it’s more of that feel to it. “Lord of the Rings” might be another analogy; you know that kind of scope.

Q: How many of the books are being adapted for this one movie?

For the first, the first 3 books will comprise what will be the first movie.

Q: Have you cast voices yet?

No, we just laid down scratch tracks with just good character actors and we are in the process of starting to cast the real characters.

Read the entire article at Collider.com…

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