Total Film is a UK magazine, and they’ve just released a list of the twenty films releasing during the year 2010 that they’re excited about. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is on the list at #20. The primary reason that they’re excited? Director Michael Apted. He is bound to bring a steady hand as a director of a great many films prior to this, and that experience could be a key to this effort. Andrew Adamson, while capable, had only directed Shrek and Shrek 2, both animated, prior to this. While I don’t look at animation as a very different medium, as they’re still films, I do think that the lack of experience directing live action created a learning curve to it, as far as getting shots that you want as well as performances.
Here’s what Total Film says:
Why We’re Excited: With Michael Apted at the helm and a much more adventurous setting than the previous Narnia movies, Dawn Treader could sail past Prince Caspian in terms of quality.
Is It Ready Yet? You are joking, right? Apted and the cast are still deep in the middle of filming. And given the effects load on this latest Narnia outing, we expect him to be working on it until the release.
