BBC Breakfast goes behind The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Stage Show

CS Lewis’ beloved classic is listed among other notables like The Lord of the Rings and To Kill A Mockingbird as one of the top 50 novels of all time.

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Adamson was midway through shooting a scene adapted from C.S. Lewis’ classic children’s book, in which the children trek through the snow-covered fantasy world of Narnia and stumble upon a beavers’ cave. The action took place in a huge warehouse, thick with real pine trees and snow made from a fine paper product. The steam from the children’s breath will be added later using computer technology, as will about 50 per cent of the film. […]

With global ticket sales of more than $580 million to date, he called “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe” a smash, adding that it “looks to be the beginning of a franchise for us similar to what ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ has shaped up into.” […]