Millions of film lovers around the world will get a glimpse of the magic beauty of river Soca, often called the emerald river, as parts of “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” are to be filmed in Slovenia, daily Delo reports on Thursday.
According to the report, director Andrew Adamson chose the confluence of the river Soca and its tributary Gljun in northeastern Slovenia for the setting of the final scenes of the film.
The parts filmed in the Bovec region will feature scenes of 300 soldiers running over a bridge and its spectacular destruction.
According to the daily, the shooting on the emerald river is to take place in the first part June. The crew that is to prepare the setting is to arrive in Slovenia already in April.
Its members will build a wooden beam bridge, resembling the bridges built by Julius Caesar and his legionaries during the Gallic War.
The shooting of the “Prince Caspian” started in New Zealand in February and will continue in the Czech Republic.
The film, a production of the Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media, is to be released in May 2008.
“The Chronicles of Narnia” series, based on Clive Staples’s books, hit the film screens in December 2005 with “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”