Month: January 2006

The success of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” the first published in the C.S. Lewis series but second chronologically, is spurring plans for a sequel based on the next title, “Prince Caspian.” Granat said work on a script is under way, with plans to tap a director within a few weeks.

Of all the wonderful things about Channel 4’s comedy drama Shameless, James McAvoy plays Steve, the posh lad who couldn’t help dipping his fingers in the crime honey pot. Glasgow-born McAvoy is now known very differently as the faun Mr Tumnus in Andrew Adamson’s Narnia adaptation.

The lion roared significantly louder this weekend as Buena Vista International’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe” solidified its No. 1 position internationally with an estimated three-day gross of $30.6 million, generating an international cume-to-date of a mighty $277 million at 7,550 screens.

This February Manchester will play host to the largest collectors event in the North of England, and to launch the show with a real bang we will be giving you the chance to meet the stars of the greatest tv shows such as Star Trek, Lost and Stargate SG-1, and this Winter’s biggest blockbuster movies, King Kong, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe!

On the heels of receiving a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Dramatic Score for his work for NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, Tracksounds is able to speak with composer, Harry Gregson-Williams about his epic score, working with director Andrew Adamson, and even the influence (or lack thereof) of Howard Shore’s work for THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

Advertisements are set to bombard 600 UK cinemas over the coming weeks in a bid to attract people to Northern Ireland with the slogan, “discover the land that inspired Narnia.”

Narni, some 50 miles north of Rome, was until recently just one of many pretty mediaeval hill-towns dotted around Umbria.

DavisDVD.com has posted an early DVD cover for what appears to be the single-disc edition of the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.