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Narnia Casting Call Draws 300 Hopefuls for LWW

May 3, 2004 Paul Martin

Braving rain, 300 tall and short people turned out to the Auckland casting call for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

And the film’s officials had a message for those who stayed away: “If you can’t handle the rain you can’t handle a film set,” said extras casting co-ordinator Victoria Cole.

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Gregson-Williams to score Narnia adventure

April 29, 2004 Paul Martin

The prolific Harry Gregson-Williams has landed yet another major scoring assignment – perhaps his most prestigious so far. He will compose the music for Disney’s and Walden Media’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe based on the novel by C.S. Lewis. The film is directed by Andrew Adamson with whom Gregson-Williams just worked on Shrek 2 as well as its popular 2001 predecessor.

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Lamp Post Productions Ltd. Making LWW

April 16, 2004 Paul Martin

Pippin Skywalker sent us an e-mail with the name of the Production Company in New Zealand, and also the name of the Casting Director for the films. Here’s what they said:

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Don McAlpine to do Cinematography on LWW

April 13, 2004 Paul Martin

Don McAlpine, one of Australia’s most distinguished film-makers, is now preparing to shoot a big-screen adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in New Zealand. He celebrated his 70th birthday yesterday at his home at MacMasters Beach.

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Filming begins in Auckland in June

April 6, 2004 Paul Martin

Shooting for the first of the Narnia films starts in June. A crew 200 strong arrived in Auckland New Zealand today and was welcome with a Powhiri. Shooting will take place in Auckland, Christchurch and Queenstown.

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Narnia: The Book, the Film … and the Teachers

April 1, 2004 Paul Martin

Walden, a relative newcomer to the movie industry, envisages another business opportunity in Narnia: educational publishing, school workshops and teacher training.

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Rhythm and Hues Bringing Narnia F/X to Life

March 29, 2004 Paul Martin

For “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” Rhythm and Hues will create matte paintings, as well as bring to life a cast of creatures from the C.S. Lewis children’s classic as photo-realistic computer-generated characters, including Aslan, a talking lion.

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Has Peter been Cast?

March 23, 2004 Paul Martin

DarkHorizons is reporting today that unknown actor Christopher Anderson-Peters (‘The Captives’) is rumoured to play the oldest of the four kids in “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (that’d be Peter). IMDb.com doesn’t seem to have a listing for the actor or the film, so anyone who has some info on this fellow; we’d love to hear it!

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