High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rise of the Guardians, formerly titled The Guardians of Childhood, is an upcoming 3D computer-animated action/adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and due for release on November 21, 2012. It is being directed by Peter Ramsey and co-directed by William Joyce. The film is based on The Guardians of Childhood, forthcoming books by William Joyce, the creator of Rolie Polie Olie and Meet the Robinsons, and is being described as "a contemporary fairytale based on existing fairytale characters".