ComingSoon.net reports on the Narnia Panel:
The Disney panel began with The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Richard Taylor of Weta came out first and introduced some of the other crew members. These included the costume designer, creature designer, and others. Via satellite from Prague was director Andrew Adamson.
They kicked things off by showing a pre-viz animatic from the new movie. It showed one of the children from the first movie being picked up and flown to a Telmarine castle on an island by a griffin. After disabling a guard, the other Pevensie children arrive with other griffins and storm the castle. They are aided by mice who sneak in (despite interference by a cat).
The second clip was a sizzle reel where they showed some new footage, behind the scenes clips, and other goodies. They emphasized how much more action-packed this second film is, and that was very apparent from the clips. We saw a lot of battles and action. Also shown were the new dwarf character, Trumpkin played by Peter Dinklage, and the sword fighting mouse, Reepicheep. Lots more at ComingSoon.net including a picture of a Telmarine soldier!
From IESB: Here is some of the juicy tid bits we heard!
– The film is almost done shooting and will be ready for release next May.
– Expect Caspian to be much darker, more gritty and action packed!!
– Unlike Narnia 1, the creatures will have a wide range of ages, sex, and body type in each species
– Caspian’s Dwarves Nikabrik and Trumpkin will be played by Warwick Davis and Peter Dinklage.
– Andrew Adamson will NOT be returning as director for future installments
– The Voyage of the Dawn Trader will begin shooting in Jan-Feb of 08 for a release date of May 09.
– There will be a new Narnia EVERY May for the Next 6 years as they are making ALL books into movies.
Look for our full report from the show floor, coming soon. We’ve got three people that were in attendance of this presentation, and they promised to write about it.