Month: December 2005

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe has been put up for a few awards this year, and is worthy of more. If you are a member of the Academy or other award programs, please consider attending a screening of the film at one of the shows listed here.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe helped melt a box office in winter. With a dose of broadly appealing fantasy based on C.S. Lewis’ famous novel, overall business was up 15 percent from the comparable weekend last year, and, with King Kong looming, 2005 is poised to end on a high note despite being the first down box office year since 1991.

According to a source at Disney, who requested anonymity, Prince Caspian, the second story in the Chronicles of Narnia, has been greenlit for a December 2007 theatrical release. Disney was hoping for a $60 million opening weekend for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and since the film’s opening exceeded their expectation they are moving forward.

The big screen movie of The Chronicles of Narnia left cinema audiences spellbound this weekend taking in over €1m in three days. The children’s classic, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the […]

The December Hollywood Jesus Narnia Feature Article has been posted: “Lions, Witches and Tug-of-wars—Oh My!.” It’s an exclusive interview that Greg Wright conducted with Walden Media president Michael Flaherty. Greg and Mr. Flaherty discuss the way in which the Narnia movie, playing in public screenings today for the first time, is being used as a two-edged club in America’s supposed “culture wars.”

The big screen adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe – CS Lewis’ first book in his much beloved series – hit all the right notes this weekend opening in cinemas across the UK to the staggering tune of £8,039,600 in just 3 days: THE HIGHEST OPENING WEEKEND IN BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL (UK)’s HISTORY EVER!

The Critics’ Choice Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. LWW is up for Best Young Actress and Best Family Film.

At the start of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, we find C. S. Lewis’s mythical world of talking animals, satyrs, fauns, centaurs, and dwarves trapped in the Hundred Year Winter – a time […]