Adaptations & Media

On October 2, 2005, a reunion of sorts was held at Disneyland’s Plaza Gardens to help celebrate Disneyland’s 50th Anniversary. And who better to relive that anniversary than some of the Mouseketeers who were there on opening day at Disneyland on July 17, 1955.

Silva Screen Records has announced the release dates of “The Chronicles of Narnia: Music from the BBC Television Series” by composer Geoffrey Burgon. It is released in the UK and other territories on October 10th, and in the US on November 8th. **SPOILERS**

Hollywood has been turning best-selling novels into movies for decades, as far back as ”Gone With the Wind.” But publishers have usually had nothing to do with it. They watched and hoped the movie would drive up sales of the book. Sometimes it did, but just as often it didn’t.

Right now, the heat is really on Flaherty and Walden, the film studio producing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, releasing December 9. Walden partnered with Disney to market and distribute the film, but Walden retained all creative control. So, if you like the movie, you can thank Walden. If you don’t like it, you’ll know exactly where to lay the blame.

As part of Just Read, Florida, a statewide literacy initiative, students in Florida are invited on a “Journey into the Land of Narnia.”

From October 6-9, the Fantastic Fest will present behind-the-scenes peeks at the making of Richard Linklater’s A SCANNER DARKLY and Andrew Adamson’s THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDOBE. You do not want to miss out on this unique and extraordinary weekend of fantastic film!

Whether four sentences from the C.S. Lewis book make it onto the big screen will make a big difference. **SPOILERS**

Empire Magazine has an aritcle about Narnia in their November 2005 edition, on Newstands in the UK now. Spoiler Images