The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has started filming at the Spit today, on Australia’s Gold Coast. Based on the footage in the video, it appears to be the sight of the slave trade that was going on in the story. The website Goldcoast.com.au writes about it, and we have a video from a news report as well, for you!
Gumpas stunt double Jonathan Costelloe
‘Village people’ in clothing from a bygone age wander around against a backdrop of what appears to be a medieval wharf.Nearby, director Michael Apted works on a scene with one of the stars, Will Poulter, who stands on a boat rattling off lines in a thick English accent for his role as Eustace Scrubb.
But a closer look reminds one that the magic of Hollywood is at work; the ‘medieval’ walls are really made of plaster and the man doing the dangerous scenes for Gumpas, the Governor of the Lone Islands, is a stunt double with a strong Kiwi accent.
Yesterday, The Gold Coast Bulletin was given a tour of the film set at The Spit, with Coast councillor Susie Douglas and Mayor Ron Clarke.
The latest Narnia epic is the third instalment in the film franchise, which has seen its global box office gross top $1.2 billion, and is said to be the largest feature film shot in Queensland.
In this movie, Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with cousin Eustace Scrubb where they join Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader.
Bringing to life the magic of Narnia is by no means an easy feat.
The set at The Spit — the Lone Islands wharf in the story — took eight weeks to assemble and will be used for filming for only three days.
We’ve been hearing for quite some time that filming of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was threatened by the WGA Strike. The script has yet to be finished, and Walden Media would have to hold off on filming the third Narnia for a few extra months. The Hollywood Reporter has quoted Narnia film producer Mark Johnson on the development. […]
Most of the time a world premiere for a film is closed to the public. You have to be invited to go, and those invitations are very hard to come by. However, there is a […]
Geoffrey Burgon for gave Narniaweb the opportunity to ask him some questions about his Narnia scores. Burgon wrote the music for the BBC productions of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair. […]
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The film looks fantastic!!!! I can’t wait to see it!!!!
Please don’t turn this scene into an action sequence!! The thing that makes it so brilliantly original (and a little comical) in the book is that Caspian abolishes the slave trade without ever raising his sword or firing a single arrow.
It looks awesome!!! ^_^
hearing, “film number three in a series of seven” just excites me even more!
OH YEAH; I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!
OOH look at 0:27 where Eustace hits the slave trader with the oar!
OOH look at 0:27 where Eustace hits the slave trader with the oar!
EVERY BIT OF THIS IS SO EXCITING!
I will never say another bad word about channel nine for the rest of my life.
The film looks fantastic!!!! I can’t wait to see it!!!!
Please don’t turn this scene into an action sequence!! The thing that makes it so brilliantly original (and a little comical) in the book is that Caspian abolishes the slave trade without ever raising his sword or firing a single arrow.
It looks awesome!!! ^_^
hearing, “film number three in a series of seven” just excites me even more!
OH YEAH; I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!
OOH look at 0:27 where Eustace hits the slave trader with the oar!
OOH look at 0:27 where Eustace hits the slave trader with the oar!
EVERY BIT OF THIS IS SO EXCITING!
I will never say another bad word about channel nine for the rest of my life.