Howard Berger, who has handled special effects and makeup for the Chronicle of Narnia movies, said that actors will have a chance to interact with more fantasy creatures in the expected second sequel, Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
And that will mean more models and animatronic characters on set to stand in for complicated computer-generated visual effects that will be added in post-production, he said while giving reporters a tour of his shop this week. That will include a mix of animatronic animals and realistic costumes.
The interaction between the actors and the fantasy characters is a lot more involved than in the previous two movies, Berger said.
“In Dawn Treader there will be a lot of dialogue, and you can’t have the actors act against nothing,” Berger said.