HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin and Hugh Jackman will be among the all-star cast voicing the upcoming 3-D movie Rise of the Guardians, DreamWorks Animation announced Thursday.
The trio will be joined by Isla Fisher and Jude Law in the film, based on The Guardians of Childhood, a series of highly anticipated children’s books by William Joyce.
Rise of the Guardians will tell 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.
Pine will voice the lead role of Jack Frost, with Baldwin as North (Santa Claus), Jackman as Bunnymund (Easter Bunny), Fisher as Tooth (Tooth Fairy) and Jude Law as Pitch (The Boogeyman).
Rise of the Guardians, which is being directed by Peter Ramsey and co-directed by William Joyce, is scheduled for a November 2012 release.
