Year: 2006

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” will battle it out with “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” and “Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” at the British Academy of Film & Television Arts’ children’s film and TV awards.

John Burkitt (EveningStar), Paul Martin (Specter), and Roger Thomas (PrinceOfTheWest) team up to give the news and discuss it. The Bard’s Tale segment features a short story by John Burkitt, “The Statue in the Library.” In Movie Talk, we speculate when the first bits of “Prince Caspian” will make their way to audiences, and in Book Talk, we ask a couple of tricky questions of our panelists. Which ones? Listen and find out!

We’ve just posted the twelfth edition of the NarniaFans Mailbag. We’ve answered fourteen letters this week, and WETA Workshop answers a letter from a few weeks ago. We also cover Reepicheep, IRCs, The Last Battle, The Extended Edition, and more!

Click here for the twelfth NarniaFans Mailbag!

Richard Dempsey is the actor who played Peter in the BBC’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” He’s now 33; and will be in the stage show “Dirty Dancing” starting next week at Aldwych Theatre.

The Petoskey area is gearing up for its fourth annual month-long festival honoring the life and works of author C.S. Lewis.

The newest episode of NarniaFansCast has just been released! Join Paul Martin (Specter) and Austin Fury (CSLewisFan) as they discuss the news, talk about the upcoming movie, and answer questions submitted by YOU! Also included is a new short story by Roger Thomas (PrinceOfTheWest) called “Complications.”

Animation Insider is reporting that Disney will put The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe Special Edition in the Disney Vault on January 31st, 2007. The special edition, to be released on December 12th, will mean that the movie will only be available for 51 days, or roughly 7 weeks.

Wheaton College Professor Alan Jacobs, a Birmingham native, received the John Pollock Award for Christian Biography from Samford University during a chapel service Tuesday at the Beeson Divinity School.