Well, here’s a bit of news that is half-known (the fact that they’re talking about The Magician’s Nephew) and half-unknown (why they are doing that particular story next). Now we have some more information from Micheal Flaherty for the why. It was as I expected and explained a number of times.
Flaherty called The Magician’s Nephew his favorite book after The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
“I love the Magician’s Nephew because it’s a great origins story. You get to learn so much about where the wardrobe came from, where the lamppost came from, where Narnia came from,” he said.
“What’s interesting is that the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe over this period of time sold twice as many books as Prince Caspian and it did twice as much at the box office. Prince Caspian sold a third of the books as Dawn Treader and did a third at the box office,” he noted.
“So while it’s not always a correlation between books to film, so far with these first three films, it has been.”
This is exactly as I had expected. It has to do with popularity. It’s both a business decision and a financial one. And it’s a smart decision, as a business owner myself, to do what will definitely earn some money to help fund further projects.
But it could also be a long time before we see it come together.
“If we can all agree to move forward, then what we would do is find someone to write the script. So, it could still be a couple of years.”
Before you start throwing slings about how The Silver Chair should be next and all of that, and how confusing this would be to people, I have a few things to say about that.
1) Give yourself more credit than that – You are smart enough to know when something is taking place on a timeline. If you weren’t, you also wouldn’t know where anything is happening on a linear timeline. The Bible is also non-linear.
2) While I agree that I would love to see Will Poulter in The Silver Chair next, I also want to see a new adventure on the big screen for the first time. Sure Will won’t get any younger, but there’s also the chance that we’d never see The Magician’s Nephew happen if Silver Chair didn’t do so well.
3) Sure, The Green Mist could have been attributed to the Lady of the Green Kirtle, but all is not lost for those still upset about that. If The Magician’s Nephew makes enough, that could help Silver Chair happen.
In a perfect world, all of the books would have been able to be filmed in the publication order and The Silver Chair would be next. I would be all for that. However, I am still thankful that they are going to attempt to continue the series. To me, that is the important thing. To me, more Narnia is what I want, and I’m ready for it.
-via The Christian Post
I seriously don’t mind MN being made – I’d love to see it because it would be awesome to see. I seriously hope, though, that they bring back Andrew to direct. As I said before, he has a splendid talent for Narnian detail, and by detail I don’t just mean the set decorations (though he’s good with that too). He will shoot a scene multiple times so he has choices for when it comes to actually putting the movie together he can make the best movie he can possibly make. Andrew is also good with making the characters seem real and sound like themselves.
Regarding Will Poulter’s huge age gap between SC and LB if they made SC next, that happened in the books too. SC took place a few weeks after VDT, and in LB, Eustace and Jill are the only “Friends of Narnia” left in school – so I’m guessing they were supposed to be in their last years of school.
Anyway! I’m hopeful at the moment for the next Narnia movie.
I completely agree!
I, too, am bummed that we won’t get to see Will Poulter soon as Eustace, but wow! The Magician’s Nephew finally being produced! That’s worth getting excited about! I will be on pins and needles for the announcement of who will play Digory and Polly. Woo…Christopher Lloyd would make a great Uncle Andrew!
The only thing that brings me joy about this is that I get to see Dear Tilda again but honestly I doubt if this is a wise decision.
I REALLY hope they use Tilda again! They could do such a good job with her as JADIS!
Seriously?!!! A couple of years?!!! They don’t get it, do they? The longer they wait, the weaker the franchise becomes!!! They should remember the big movies that are lined up for the next few years. They would loose all the fans to other franchises (Avatar, lotr, etc)
Avatar 2 and 3 are 2014 and 2015. Avatar came out in 2009. That’s FIVE years between Avatar films. Star Wars was 1977, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002 and 2005.
In this world of instant gratification, all they need to do is create quality content and word of mouth will keep it afloat.
It simply takes that long …. I’m sure Fox would love to have the money in the bank quicker than that. But to write (adapt) and develop a screenplay of this size takes two years. I’m currently working on a film that has been over 10 years in development … unless some work has already been done it’s a 2 year process.
Exactly! Somewhere in typing up my response, I forgot that I was going to say precisely the same thing. Thanks, Tony!
but Tony, disney stated back in 2005 they were planning on one a year till the series was done. they could do it if they have the bucks lined up.
That one per year idea would have been based on overlapping schedules. Each film would have had a different creative team, and been filmed or filming while the last one was coming out in theaters. It would still have been a two+ year production for each.
I don’t want to appear pushy but I want to believe if it is greenlit before the end of april this year and work on it begins in may. If they work really hard they can get it out before the end of next year. Potter is ending this year thus leaving a big hole in the fantasy movie business. If the narnia franchise doesn’t move in to close that gap, another will and narnia will again be left in the background. The chronicles of narnia isn’t as popular these days as it was in 60s/70s. The producers should be a bit more aggressive in getting this movies out as soon as possible so as to hold people’s interest. We are lucky word of mouth worked for the voyage of the dawn treader but really we can’t be sure that would work next time.
2013 buuuu!, I will not wait So I am angry to wait 3 years, fans of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” in 2005 will be very old to remember this story and they will have to work instead of watching movies.
i know it would take multiples teams, and the bucks to produce more than 1 at a time. that’s the way they need to do it these days with people’s short attention spans. they need to keep up the momentum and create a yearly christmas experience and tradition. the twilight people are smart to crank it out before interest wanes. disney had the machine to crank it out like that, sady fox does not. but im glad we even have another one coming!!
Star wars and Narnia??? SWEET!!!
( Sorry , just being goofy! LOL!!!)
I agree completely. I would rather wait for quality films than simply have decent films.
I personally approve of this decision as well. This will really help us return to the “magic of Narnia.” The part of MN I’m most excited to see on film is when Aslan calls the animals to life. Basically, the entire creation of Narnia could and should look spectacular in the movie.
Concerning Will’s age: if they make SC right now, there will be a huge gap in his age between SC and LB. However, if they wait and do SC later, there will be much less of a gap there. So I don’t think we have anything to worry about in terms of Will’s aging.
these movies are m ore geared toward the general public, not the relatively small segment of people who are familiar with the secondary books. they don’t know which boolk comes first or who is supposed to be what age. let’s face it, when they gave up the one movie a year plan, the kids have aged out of the exact book ages, they’ll just work with what they have.
I quit. I’m not looking forward to this. If this movie gets made, I might not even see it. I hardly care if it’s any good (I doubt it anyway).
Arvan, I read your review, and I agree with it! Why are you so sad that they are making MN next?
If you mean my review of VDT on this site, I have recounted what I said then.
VDT is currently one of my least favorite movies…
Arvan, you have a serious problem. I mean if your a narnia fan than look through the cons and pros and at the message.
I agree that they don’t match the books that mush , but they did better at VDT than at PC… just cheer up okay??
i wouldof preferred the silver but the magcians is something new and it has not been made into a film yet at all so it be interesting to see how it will play out
im just happy that we have another Narnia movie, and it makes sense to do Magicians Nephew anyways…
New Line Cinema took the biggest risk in the history of cinema and green-lit three films at once because they believed in Peter Jackson’s vision for “The Lord of the Rings.”
Walden doesn’t believe in the books enough to take risks. Making SC next clearly makes the most sense in terms of story-telling.
We all knew MN was all about money, but I never expected one of the producers to actually admit that.
glumPuddle –
Walden is in a different position than New Line because they need a distribution and production partner (like Disney or Fox). New Line didn’t have that problem. To be fair, Dawn Treader was already deep in pre-production to be fast tracked when Prince Caspian was released. When Disney pulled out it slowed everything down. But if Walden didn’t believe in it they would have stopped after Caspian but they seem to be trying their best to get as many of them made as they can. Caspian lost money and Dawn Treader will barely break even. It’s still a business.
if they had any business sense they’d notice the only movie that was a smash hit was the one that STUCK TO THE BOOK. “can i get a witness?”
You have one here. Voyage of the dawn treader was ruined beyond comprehension.I doubt Michael had any experience with fantasy movies, Why pick him? We want someone like Adamson who has had experience with the fantasy genre and also has a passion for the books and telling the stories in the best possible way. Adamson was involved in the writing of the screenplays of the first two movies. As for Michael I wonder what he was doing when the green mist was busy ravaging the screenplay of the voyage of the dawn treader. I am not being an ungrateful for Michael’s effort but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
I think that if you look back to comments about LWW that were made when it came out were that “It should have stuck more to the book” and “It wasn’t clear who Aslan was.” And the all important line that “Aslan is not a tame lion, but he is good” was nowhere to be found in the Beaver’s dam. Not to mention that a lot of the thought behind it were that the movie was far too Lord of the Rings and not enough Narnia, which was something that I actually wanted more of, because Lord of the Rings was true to the story while also being a condensed version of it. It seems the tables turned when the film makers started to do what I felt was best for the stories in each of PC and VDT, and now LWW is considered to be a word for word translation of book to screen.
That’s not logical.
Either LWW was exactly like the book, or it wasn’t. In this case, I have a feeling that it has more to do with the order in which the story plays out on screen vs. the book, as well as a few additions that were made to bring more motivation to the story, than it has to do with how well it stuck to the book.
(In my mind, Prince Caspian was right on. I didn’t want to watch a movie that had 2 hours of the Pevensies sitting around a camp-fire while Trumpkin told the story of Caspian, only to have them join Caspian for a minor skirmish and then suddenly going home. I also felt that Dawn Treader was spot on, as watching Narnian and Telmarine sailors push a snake-like serpent off of the back of a ship, that is wrapped around it, just isn’t realistic at all. Sure the seven swords and the green mist are there, but the seven swords also seemed to act as a sign that they had actually found the lost lords, kind of like dog tags. And the green mist came from the same place as the Dark Island did in the book.)
Actually, LWW is one of the best adaptations I’ve seen. And I said so after seeing it. Compare to VDT. Laughable. Compare to PC. I don’t care about battles in castles or changed-up time sequences; they’re cool and necessary, respectively. But a brat of a High King and a Suspian? Laughable.
If that is how you feel, so be it. It’s not how I feel. I felt that King Peter was more true to life than Lewis’ version in the book (wooden and sterile, but also not true to what he should have learned the first time out, not believing Lucy when he should have). Susan and Caspian was kind of crazy, sure, but that’s Hollywood. Compared to VDT, I felt VDT was far superior. Although shorter than I think it should have been, I liked the speed with which it moved.
honestly speaking pc flopped not because of wrong adaptation. But, because the book itself… Even the last battle is totall waste of such a excellent plot! I just dont understand what the author was thinking when writing them. If the makers had not changed the storyline of vdt it would have been a disaster at box office
dilip, if you can’t understand literature that isn’t the way you would write it, you have no business telling us “what would have happened” if VDT had followed the book. You obviously don’t understand these stories.
i think PC flopped cause u coudn’t understand a dang thing the telemarines said. lots of muttering and expressionless faces. dull.
Well, I can see how that can be dull, but I do know that it is part of acting….still that in its self doesn’t say much, does it???
I Disagree!!
High King Peter was not a brat! He was a magnificent King & the peerless warrior that is spoken of in respect in ‘Horse & His Boy’ by the colormans in one way or another during Narnia’s Golden Age. The castle raid would of succeeded if not for Caspian & he was not happy about Caspian going to look for his Professor, but he let him against his better judgement.
His issue was that he had been a King which had been one of the legendary Golden Age for Narnia, a magnificent realm & he had been it’s peerless leader. Then he went from that to being an anonymous school boy who could be pushed around by gangs of other school kids! In the film PC before he has learnt his final Narnia lesson, half the time anyway he is still like the old High King Peter when not having his issue to grow through.
Suspian was hardly anything at all in film, & when you have a magical land with a slightly wild & foreign Prince, it’s not laughable at the slightest that there would be a slight romance. C S Lewis didn’t think so either. How can i say that?
Horse & His Boy, Susan has already had some sort of light courtship with a slightly wild & foreign Prince.
Yeah, King Peter only looks like a brat in the movies,but truly isn’t.
Paul Martin, I have to agree about Susan and Caspian…to tell ya the truth I was really upset at hollywood at the kissing scene and you could tell it was Disney…way to far for me, they are just crazy!! Even people on utube.I saw a vidoe…and it was stupid.
ok lol!!!!! MN will help the Narnia Franchise!!! thats good!! i love the idea! i hope taht Narnia movies never die, no matter the plot changes! i just want more Narnia 2 come!!!
Great additude!
I’m going to have to also disagree with this statement. Walden believes in the books enough to want to keep making these books into film, and that is risky. The Lord of the Rings was a massive risk, to be sure, but it also has a stronger (and singular) storyline. Having one story spread across three films was probably the biggest risk. Having one story spread across three very long films was even bigger, and then filming them all at once was also a possibility that no one had done before, or since. The closest people have come is two films at the same time.
I do agree that The Silver Chair makes the most sense in terms of story-telling – but I also know that it’s good business sense. As a business owner, I’d do what makes the most sense to the bottom line. There’s a difference between a calculated risk and running into something blind. The Lord of the Rings was a calculated risk.
LOTR could have been a bomb and could have put New Line out of business, also putting a lot of people out of a job. That was the risk they took. Luckily, it paid off.
Walden is no different than any other company that wants to stay in business and not go bankrupt over one film.
So of course it’s about money. I can’t believe anyone is naive or dumb enough to think otherwise. Film productions aren’t volunteer operations; they are small corporations all their own.
they are just sensible, not evil!!
Right on, High Queene. The love of money is the root of all evil, not money itself.
How does a prequel make “the most sense in terms of story-telling”? “The Silver Chair” continues the history of Caspian’s family and expands on the character of Eustace, who we’ve only just met (not to mention the plug for Jill Pole from the end of VDT that gets wasted). If they filmed the movies in the order that the books were published, you’d have to go back to “The Magician’s Nephew” after this anyway. If they ever make a 5th movie, which one would it be? You’ve already broken the Caspian continuity, and eventually you come back to the Pevensies with “The Horse and His Boy,” although as a story within the timeline of LWW, and when they’re much older. The one reason I think I’d like to see TMN next is that people could finally STOP complaining about cameos by Jadis. She’s supposed to be a main character in TMN.
Well don’t get too excited, they haven’t even hired a screenwriter yet. Sounds like they’re still discussing it with Fox and with the Lewis estate. And I don’t follow Flaherty’s assertions about the popularity of the books. He says MN is most popular book after LWW. Well, that’s what they said about VDT too. And Prince Caspian sold more tickets than Dawn Treader by far but he says “Prince Caspian sold a third of the books as Dawn Treader and did a third at the box office.” That’s simply not true. Anyway, I do hope they make more, I honestly do. I just don’t see how the economics will work out.
ok this are good news!!!!, BUT WHY THEY INSIST ON MAKING PEOPLE WAIT LONGER??? i mean the movie now is fresh and until 2012 people will be interest on see a sequel but if they will make it for 2013 people will lose contact again and the movie will see as a new movie not a sequel like happen with dawn treader well i know the problem we past to have another movie, but they have to realese de movie to midle november not in december to reach more money !!! like harry poter done.
It’s how the development cycle of a movie works. Especially if you want a good movie. Harry Potter doesn’t have books that are entirely different from each other. They can re-use all of the actors, sets, etc. Each Narnia book is vastly different in setting, characters, time periods and locations.
yeah you right!! about to have a good movie we have to wait, i mean comparing with harry potter especialy the six and the first part of the 7 or others sequels that realese sooner are not good as their predecesor, that’s what a really like about narnia they have to do a better movie to reach the money we need for the next one, that’s why i loved dawn treader and for MN they really need to do a good job especially on the visual effects, have to be better than dawn treader and more heavy visual effects cuz people are going to see the creation of a new world, i hope they do a extended part of it and no just a 1 minute thing and not longer than 10 minutes otherwise will be saturated, I’M HAPPY TO KNOW WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER NARNIA MOVIE, this mean that they will greenlit it soom????
I haven’t even read the HP series as books, but I started to lose interest around the 6th movie (too many people being killed off, and you may never know why until they finally release part 8). Right now, I’m mainly watching them to see how the story ends (despite already reading online summaries of the final book). It just seems like movies 6 and 7 dragged out the story on purpose, and leave the viewers hanging until part 8. All of the Narnia movies could be great individual stories, but it’s also neat how they compose a larger metanarrative.
i think its smart of twilight to keep em coming fast. must be nice….
I haven’t seen those movies, and will not be. However, I have heard that the way they keep pumping them out has the quality suffering greatly.
well, the books were junk so…. not to mention the author practically admits they felt channeled from an evil source.
Yes the quality suffers if you pump out any movie franchise. I think the Twighlight movies are of a much lower standard than any of the Narnia movies technically and in the writng.
I would hate to see quality sold out for the sake of quantity. 2 years sounds like a long time, but in turning round a major motion picture … it isn’t
It does not take no years to write a script. They can write one in a month or two. All in all Im excited to hear this happening and it better not take years to make I want to see this film sometime next year or in the very beginning of 2013.
it does if you totally invent a brand new plot- (sarcasm)
Sarcasm? I thought you were serious!
I think that going back to Narnia’s beginning will generate a lot of interest in the Narnia series. At this point in the worlds economy I think it would be wise to try and get some new folks who may be aware of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and hopefully would be interested in finding out why there is a lamppost in the middle of the woods 🙂
Right..I wanted SC but keeping the franchise on is enough.
I am just grateful that another Narnia film is in the works, especially one based on a book that has never been adapted into a movie before (if I am not mistaken)! “The Magician’s Nephew” was one of my favorite childhood stories, because I could imagine so many cool scenes from C.S. Lewis’ descriptions. I think the potential exists for such an awesome adaptation! But as other people have hoped, I wish we did not have to wait years to see the final product. However, I understand that is the nature of the filmmaking process. And if we eventually get “The Silver Chair” further down the road, so much the better!
Agreed. 😉 MN is one of my favorite books and I’ve been wanting to see it as a movie for quite a long time.
My sentiments exactly, Anthony.
I don’t like the idea of going backwards when we have been planning to go forward, but I’ll accept it as it comes. Then again it will have to be several months to pass by for Eustace to return to Narnia because Caspian is supposed to be on his death bed along with him having a full grown son, so may be the age won’t be to bad as long as Will doesn’t get to look like Dan Radcliffe or Robert Pattinson anytime soon.
So is this a green light than? is it official??? this report seems like it is but other sites are still saying ‘not official’ or ‘not green-lit’ ??????????
The only official thing is that they are looking at Magician’s Nephew and not the Silver Chair as the next film.
I still can not get excited about MN. I am so tired of the White Witch. I wish she would just go away forever. The VDT movie killed the White Witch for me. She is supposed to be dead, really dead. I have read MN many times, but I always skip over a lot of the Jadis stuff. The other characters I like. MN is the one Narnia book that loses me over the credibility of the fantasy. I fall out of the story.
She was still dead in VDT…
Funny thing, people didn’t get that…
Don’t know how they could have missed that it was all in Edmund’s head. That was made very clear in the movie.
Yeah, i agree.
*sarcasm*
yeah, but her image has overstayed its welcome. WWFS ! (white witch fatigue syndrome)
I have a very bad case of WWFS. Thanks for the post.
there’s an app for that- :).
Well Harry is fighting Voldemort all though the series. Narnia needs a good enemy as well as aslan.
Excuse me, Matthew, but it sounds rather like you don’t want them to be faithful to the books. Would you prefer a Harry Potter rip-off? Narnia is not Harry Potter, Star Wars, or Lord of the Rings, no matter what Michael Apted or the other filmmakers try to tell you!
The Chronicles of Narnia are just that; chronicles. They tell you a good portion of the history of Narnia. The Chronicles are not a saga like HP or LOTR.
I agree…not the same at all…no matter what.
MN, you might want to pick up your copy of The Magician’s Nephew and re-read the Jadis material – because that’s where Aslan comments that Jadis can never truly die.
Ummm… no. He didn’t say that. She is about as immortal as an Elf, still kill-able.
It does not matter if she truly dies or not, I am tired of her and wish she would go away. As High Queene ShellyBelly wrote above, I have WWFS.
She is representing satan and evil. She won’t go away until the last battle is over…I thought you guys/gals knew that??
I hope that’s sarcasm. She represents Satan no more than the Stone Table “represents” the Cross. This isn’t allegory, it’s a different world, with its own history. Jadis is only in two of the Chronicles, and her “eeevil” isn’t in any of the others.
And if you ask me, Tash is a lot more like Satan than Jadis ever was.
It’s not allegory, that’s true. But it is a supposition of what might have happened with a world like that. So yes, you can take the stone table as a representation of the Cross, and you can take Jadis to represent Satan.
No it isn’t…wow you thought that was sarcasm?? Sorry
,but it isn’t. I was trying to make a piont. And just to let you know that C.S. Lewis made it clear all throughout the books differnt signs that repersent Christ,disciples,the cross, Satan,evil..ect…okay??? Do ya get it Arvan??? Hope this sets this clear…whew…
Okay , about tash, yes he = satan to…all evil does, hello! Thanks for your comment…
Thank you Paul Martin, I thought I was the only one for a moment their…whew!!
Sounds like a good thing.. I don’t know if I like the hesitation in his statements.. sounds like it’s not a confirmation that it’s going to happen, just that if it does happen, it’ll be TMN..
So will the Silver Chair be mede at all?
Eventually… if the series goes on, then they would eventually do Silver Chair.
(Tears..tears…….and a big smile!!) I am okay with it now…besides…more time to prepare for SC….yahoo!
I think SC would be made only if MN succeeds at box office. And i hope MN succeeds ’cause it was one of my favourites in the series. So, fingers crossed…
Oh:( I would love to see SC done first because Will Poulter might get a little old for Eustace. But MN seems to be better due to the financial business. I would rather see Will older in SC than not see SC at all. I’m just happy that they are still contining the series.
Wow! Even if it is out of order, this is great news! also, do remember that there was an age jump between LWW and PC with (most noticeably Lucy) and nobody seemed to notice, so perhaps nobody will mind about an age jump with Will P. in Silver Chair. 🙂
i noticed!! it seemed to me like Lucy has been 3 separate people, she has grown so much between movies. she felt like she had a vastly different personality to me in each one. am i the only one?
I agree. In LWW Lucy was an eight year old child. In PC she was an older child. Now she is a young woman. Her figure has changed and her voice deepened. That is one of the things that I have enjoyed about the series is watching Lucy grow up. I am much older than most of you and watching kids grow up is fun. Being a grandparent is much different than being a parent. Part of the allure of the Narnia series is watching the kids grow up. This is why I want SC next is to get to the next group of kids. I have seen VDT 16 times because I know the series is in trouble, but I like watching the kids. I have no desire to meet the actors, just watch the characters grow up.
i wished they had captured her more BEFORE she grew up. i felt like she lost her charm in VDT.
maybe made PC and VDT sooner while she was still such a firecracker.
Oh,yeah, I guess she did. I didn’t really notice until you mentioned it. Thats intersting….hmm..hmm.hmmm….
my only comment is to agree with the end of this update:
ANY Narnia is better than none at all!
It makes me so happy that another Narnia movie is going to be made! My hope and dream is that all these books will be made into movies by 2020: The Horse and His Boy, The Silver Chair, and The Last Battle.
Has anyone realized that Tilda Swinton will be needing to come back for Magician’s Nephew. She is a good actor and all and if they hadn’t added her in Prince Caspian then maybe I can look forward to seeing her again. Very clever these people are, very clever indeed. They just can’t get rid of her can they.
i enjoyed seeing her in PC, by VDT, i felt like- not again!
I’m actually excited that they are making MN first. I know people want to see Will P. as Eustace but I feel like I hardly know him, since he’s a dragon for the whole time (they obviously weren’t concerned with character development). Besides, I like the book better than SC (don’t get me wrong, the Silver Chair is a great story). But they need to hurry up. The movie will suffer if they take a year or more with making the script. They have to get it out ASAP before people lose interest. What I’ll really like to see made into a movie is The Horse and His Boy. But I doubt that will ever happen… sigh.
It’s so sad that people always look for “the next best thing.” Part of the reason that people love Narnia is the battle. Even if it has kids. It’s so annoying that we can’t have an epic story without a battle. It’s BS. I’m glad they’re making the Magicians Nephew, because it will explain Narnia to the people that are too lazy to read the fantastic books.
not everyone in america even knows about the books. i know i didn’t when i was a kid—-
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I can’t believe we are going to SEE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Please…make sure that they have the apple right, Strawberry and the cabby and the creating of Narnia right…those are the biggest!)
I hope Tilda will play Jadis again…and it will be so cool to see her not “white” yet. I am soooo excited!
Can’t WAIT to see who plays Digory and Polly…ooo! And Uncle Andrew!!!!!! AHHHH! I just can’t stop writing I am so excited!
This is sooo exciting because we have NEVER SEEN it…we have read it (or at least I have) a million times over…but now we will see it! I’ll be the rings will be amazing!
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! Okay…now that I have said all that…I should go read the article! I have only read the title so far lol! May be back for another comment. 😉
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! Sooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!
I think the idea is not bad. I think after winning the Oscar, Tilda Swinton took too much strength, it is a very strong personality, and too imposing, besides that just having it, is an attractive (“The Oscar winner Tilda Swinton as the White Witch” .) My favorite books are The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Magician’s Nephew and The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Although the trend of time between films, I think that when you get to make the silver chair, Will Poulter and no child will be seen as enough to give life back to Eustace. I sincerely would like to see the silver chair, and wait anxiously to see Magician’s Nephew. But the important thing is to see back in Narnia film, I eagerly wait!
YES!!!! The Magician’s Nephew was my favorite book, so i’m so excited about this!!!!!
Ya Tilda as Jadis would be great.
Magician Nephew! As far as I know that one has never been attempted before cant wait to see how it turns out. can we begin the countdown yet??? ( just a little excited)
Yeah!I am actually happy to see this, even thought i really wanted to see SC, i am moving and this plays well for me. That way I can have a better chance to auddtion for jill, when the time comes. Besides, i agree that this is a good move. ( Look ya sad people , cheer up!! Put a smile on! It is good news, for everyone! Look at the bright side of things!don’t make things seem bad when they aren’t. Just think about okay??)
If there was any way to pique my interest in their films again, this was it.
Consider it piqued, Walden.
Hey paul martin, do you know if they are casting audditions yet?
ok, in my opinion, here’s the cast
polly- ME(hopefully ;))
diggory-havent decided yet
uncle andrew-matt smith or benedict cumberbatch
omg id LOVE to have matt smith as uncle andrew!!!!!!
A sad but good decision.
IF THEY MADE SC FIRST: It might do bad and we would never see the last three books, two of which a VERY popular.
IF THEY DO MN FIRST: It will probably do good, then they’ll do SC, and if ity does bad they’ll probably go ahead and do LB anyway since it’s very popular. Only problem with this is, will Horse and his boy ever be made? I kinda doubt it will, but I’m sure they could do it after LB, atleast the pevensie kids would be the right age for there small scene.
I agree to what you said. But what if MN doesn’t do that well? I mean that we had a lot of expectations with VDT but it just didn’t do that well as we had expected. This can even happen to MN!
Well, on the positive side, it can do well ’cause it was the most popular book in the series after LWW.
Ok, it’s okay .-. But anyways, almost everyoner is tired of the white witch being in three consecutive films. It was great when she appeared in the second film, but in the third was TOO MUCH
Dont get me wrong i’m very excited that theyre making another Narnia movie, but i dont quite understand your consensus on Will’s age. I understand that compared to keeping Narnia afloat age shouldnt be the most important thing. But to go back in time & then having to go back to the future again without much cause just sounds a little sketchy and ridiculous to me. Even if they do suceed in making this movie a sucess, who’s to say that the audience might like the characters of MN more than those of SC. Or maybe people would like the characters of SC more than the characters of MN. If thats the case then it causes for an unnecesary rift in opinions for the Narnia series.
Either way it seems like a split 50/50 to me. I myself would have liked to see Eustace again as well as Jill Pole as teased in VDT. As i said before if the audience does like the characters of MN better than they would have to wait years just to see them again in LB. In just my own opinion( and i know it doesnt matter much) they shouldve put Magicians Nephew between SC & LB. People are already attracted to the actors of SC though i know as far as plot goes its not the greatest in the series but people will show up.
They could then revive everything with the whole origins deal with MN and go straight on to LB closing out everything. It still seems a little wiser to do that then just breaking up storyline, but regardless, i am happy theyre making another one. Im just not so sure If this is really the best idea.
First, I’m THRILLED we get another Narnia film. Don’t forget that the series almost got dumped after Caspian didn’t live up to box office expectations. VDT grossed even LESS, so we should be thankful that there will even BE a fourth Narnia. And nobody ruled out SC, either–if MN does well, there’s no reason to think they won’t continue the franchise through SC and LB, maybe even HHB.
As for Eustace’s age, I think this is rather trivial. If they do SC now, then the gap between SC and LB will be longer–either way. Further, I just can’t imagine that a few years would make that much difference. And if it is a problem, actors can be made to look just about any age with makeup and other effects.
I do wonder a bit about Jadis. Given that she featured relatively prominently in all three of the films so far, I fear that audiences might have grown used to her, dampening her dramatic effect, perhaps even making her seem contrived. “HER again?” This is only of minor concern, however.
The big question, of course, is whether it makes sense as far as storytelling goes. Personally, I don’t really have a big issue with it. I don’t know if it’s the BEST plan, but it doesn’t seem a particularly BAD choice. In fact, I think they could do SC, MN, or HHB (maybe even LB) next, and it would really be fine. Of course, there would be merits and downfalls to any of those options, but I think they would all work out. An besides, once they’ve done the whole series, you can buy the DVD set and watch them in any order you like. HHB, PC, LB, SC, LWW, MN, VDT, anyone?
I’m just glad that it’s official now. My concerns of MN being next grow less each day.
Me too!!!
Hellooo!
I’ve always wanted to act as Jill Pole in The Silver Chair but I recently found out that they are wanting to do The Magician’s Nephew next. I’m really excited because It’s my favourite of all the books and now I really want to audition for Polly Plummer too! I’m trying to get into contact with some agencies and I’ve got some headshots now. I’ve been putting videos of myself reading lines from the book as Jill Pole on Youtube and now I’m going to do some of myself as Polly. I’m 14 years old bu I will be 15 in June. I’m 5ft 2″ with auburn hair and blue eyes. I really hope I get into contact with this agency! It’s so exciting and I hope I can at least get an audition!
That would be sooo wonderful!!! If you make it…I will be your first and biggest fan. 😉 When I was younger I had hoped that I could be Jill…but I am 5’7″ and I will be 18 next Feb. So, no chance… 🙂
Hope everything goes well!
i want to be polly, but i’m only twelve! is that too young…..
NO, it isn’t. age doesn’t matter. Read my comment on silver chair auddtions..okay?
It really doesn’t make much difference to me which one they make next,,, just as long as Narnia stays alive! ;). love Narnia forever. 🙂
I soo love narnia series…and i am too excited that they are making another one…MN has been my favourite after LWW…but they should come up with this film as soon as possible to bring back that magic again…and not lose it by taking a lot of time in making it…i hope it comes out by december 2012…:)
I’m a little disappointed that MN is coming next, but that’s mostly just because I loved SC. It does make me wonder how Poulter will play Eustace in SC and TLB–he’ll be years older! On the other hand… Poulter’s got sort of a baby-face and he’ll look young even in his 20s. And it’s not like older actors haven’t ever played younger characters. So I imagine we’ll be fine. 🙂
Regardless of what happens, I will happily go to the theater and give MN a watching (or two or three). It’ll be a nice, fresh story.
If you do the Magician’s Nephew it will be too late to do the Silver Chair. Will Poulter as Eustace and Ben Barnes as Caspian won’t get a chance.
I’m not sure how to feel about this news. The first Narnia movie was amazing. I didn’t like PC or VDT much as books. The first Caspian movie grew on me after a while, though. I was even inspired to go back and read the book to confirm, no, they never raided a castle. We’ll see if VDT as a movie (which I plan to reread also) has the same effect over time. I loved certain parts in the theater, because I can relate personally (Lucy doubting her worth; Edmund’s manhood repeatedly questioned). Eustace is probably the best character in the series so far, in terms of how much he changes (even more so than Ed). What bothers me is that they had a perfect plug for TSC (mentioning Jill Pole at the end of VDT), and the special features explain how the “green mist” (not in the books, as I recall) was setting up the plot for TSC, based on how the underworld has been preparing a rebellion. They’re also breaking up the continuity of Caspian’s line and Eustace’s part in the story by moving to MN as the next film.
What I have missed in movies 2 and 3, though, has been ASLAN, and a feeling of who is the real villain. TMN would definitely bring that back, because Jadis plays such a big role, and you’d actually get to see Aslan creating his world, rather than appearing in dreams or only showing up in the good-bye scenes. I don’t know if that would bring the series back to profitability, but I’ve seen every movie theatrically, bought every movie (double dipped on the first two, actually), and would probably watch them no matter what. Probably the worst suggestion I’ve heard is to remove the Christian allegory to make the movies “edgier.” I’m sorry, but you don’t need “edgy” for a movie to do well. Removing Christian allegory would be like erasing human history, since the Bible outlines the story of God’s relationship with mankind. Ultimate reality is based on that metanarrative, whether people like to see it in movies, read about it in books, etc.
The Last Battle will be made after the Magician’s Nephew.
What’s your source?
um, is it just me or am i the only one that can’t get to lastets news…ect??? I have been like this for over a week!!!
the only way i can is by recent comments…(sad face!)
Have you tried just going to https://www.narniafans.com ?
no, but i will try right now ,thanks!
yes it worked, thanks a bunch! Now what about the other side, on the far right…i can’t get it eigther!!!
it is just blank….
Use the contact form and contact me directly with a screenshot, if you can.
Okay I will try!
how do you screenshot though?
Use the contact form, I can help from there.
okay…i did that.
It’s great about doing the Magician’s Nephew, I just wouldn’t want to see Eustace (Will Poulter) get too old before having the chance to do The Silver Chair and The Last Battle! I agree The Magician’s Nephew is one of the best books because if shows the origins of Narnia, but I hope that decision won’t be to the detriment of future film opportunities.
Awww bummer I wanted to b Jill pole! Hopefully I won’t b 2 old by the time they make SC?
Well SC is still a possibility theres a new article about that 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
i cannot wait for 2 years