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Dawn Treader brought Magic to Cleveland Point

Media co-ordinator on the film, Ernie Malik said the Dawn Treader has been a popular attraction for locals who have been curious about the ship’s colossal structure.

“On Father’s Day throughout the entire day there were more than 1000 people who came by the park to watch filming,” he said.

“We’ve even set up a bus system where people can park a kilometre away and get a free shuttle bus to where we’re filming.

“I’m sure there are regulars that show up every day.

“The locals have been great, particularly their curiosity at seeing a major movie come together, especially one like this that people are very familiar with already.”

The film is the third instalment in the Chronicles of Narnia franchise, whose combined global box office gross tops $1.2 billion and is based on the best-selling books by C. S. Lewis.

This adventure sees the two younger Pevensies, Edmund and Lucy, stay with their cousin Eustace Scrubb and become absorbed in a painting of an old ship.

The trio join the new King Caspian on board and they set out to find the seven lost Lords of Narnia.

It took crews more than two months to assemble the immaculate Dawn Treader ship on location at Cleveland.

Mr Malik said once filming was completed, it would be stripped down and shipped back to the Coast.

“It will be put back together inside one of the stages because we need it for sequences that will have it surrounded by a blue screen.

“We still have to shoot a storm sequence and an attack sequence with it.

“Then what happens to it after filming entirely? Well, that’s the million-dollar question. I’ll say one thing: it won’t be scrapped.”

Filming of the blockbuster officially reached the halfway mark today and is scheduled to finish ahead of its November wrap date.

goldcoast.com.au

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