Tilda Swinton, the actress that portrayed the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, celebrates her birthday today. Swinton turns 46 today.
Narnia Film News
When are movies too intense for children?
As it attempts to halt the year’s box office slide, Hollywood is bringing out the howitzer for the holidays — the turbocharged children’s film. For the last five years, PG-13 has ruled the box office; it’s the imprimatur of the top-grossing films of the year. Now kids’ films, PG-rated and amped up with computer graphics, are trying to catch up. […]
Interviews
Brian Sibley Interview on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
NarniaWeb recently had the opportunity to interview Brian Sibley who is responsible for the dramatization of the BBC Audio Book versions of the Chronicles of Narnia. We asked Brian some questions about the upcoming film and we trust you’ll enjoy his answers and insight. […]
Narnia Film News
Will this ‘Lion’ roar?
At any given moment on any given day over the last 3 1/2 years, Andrew Adamson could have been fretting over fauns, goblins, unicorns, satyrs, ogres, sprites, centaurs and dryads. The director of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” might be found worrying about four actors so young the littlest member still sucks her thumb. Adamson may well have been occupied by a crew of up to 800 people, a budget of $180 million, and some 1,700 special effects shots. Or perhaps he was negotiating a story point with the C.S. Lewis estate, which was determined not to let Hollywood disfigure the author’s most famous book. […]