Premiere and Minister for the Arts, Anna Bligh, confirmed the Pacific Film and Television Commission was finalizing negotiations with Walden Media and 20th Century Fox to shoot the multimillion-dollar production: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
“In one of the Australian film industry’s most hotly-contested marketing campaigns, Queensland fought fierce interstate and international competition for this coveted project and is now in final discussions to become the enchanted world of Narnia,” said Ms. Bligh.
Listed as returning cast are Georgie Henley, reprising her role as Lucy Pevensie, Ben Barnes as Caspian, Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie and Eddie Izzard as Reepicheep. Joining them is newcomer Will Poulter as the Pevensies cousin Eustace Clarence Scrubb.
The film’s budget is said to be around $150 million, and it is expected to lead to significant job creation in Queensland. The state had stiff competition in Fox Studios, which is located in Sydney, Australia. They won the production after two years of work to attract the production and offered financial incentive to secure the project. They also provided support and assistance during location scouts.
Filming will take place on the Gold Coast, in Redlands Shire and the Whitsundays. Pre-production has begun with Michael Apted at the helm. Principal photography is scheduled to start in late July, to wrap in early November.
Yes!!! Australia has very cool scenery. I can’t wait for “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”!
Aw not Sydney *sobs*
Oh well!!!
I may have to find an excuse to go to Qld soon… like, around July, sometime???
Also it means there’ll probably be heaps more interest in Narnia from the media over here!
the Sydney Morning Herald has already mentioned it in several articles. Apparently, The Green Lantern movie was recently confirmed to be shot at Fox Studios in Sydney around the same time as VDT, so it was likely to go to Qld after that.
Yes! I can’t wait.
oh i hope they hurry up now! i cant wait till dec 2010! i hope they make the whole series too…that would be the coolest thing, well, ever!!!! anyway, good news bout australia. it’ll definitely be cool!
we won! yay! our goverment is now officially awesome XD
Anyone know if they’ll be casting for extras for the Redland Bay shoots?
My son is really keen to be involved and it’s on our doorstep.
I can’t wait to see Skandar Keynes in Voyage of the Dawn Treader!
yes…they are making the entire series into movies…they are filming them in the order they were published,..also i have read somewere that they are gonna be hiring 2000 extras from australia…..(would be awsom to get in on that)i have grown up with the books as a diehard fan and now they are big blockbuster movies it would be a shame not to try for an extras role when it comes to our doorstep…..