C.S. Lewis & The Inklings

The book, Cameras on Narnia, features scenes from the movie of C S Lewis’ the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to illustrate his guide of the various roles and processes which go into making a movie.

Producer Ralph Winter (X-Men, Fantastic Four) is in talks with the C.S. Lewis estate about bringing The Screwtape Letters to the big screen.

When Star Wars first came out, Jerry Vanderstelt was nine years old. “It was magic!” he says. “Although I saw the movie on a crusty drive-in-movie screen through old AM radio speakers of my parents’ Buick, it had a wonder about it that has had me hooked ever since.”

In this month’s edition of the Hollywood Jesus Narnia coverage, we will not only revisit the basic storyline of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, but we will also examine some of the more curmudgeonly assessments of the book’s literary merits as well as some of the lesser-analyzed spiritual issues in the text.

Early registration and a la carte tickets for “‘Past Watchful Dragons’: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C.S. Lewis” conference (to be held November 3-5, 2005 on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA) are now available at the website. Please note that tickets to the banquet with and keynote speech by Douglas Gresham (stepson of C.S. Lewis and consultant to the forthcoming The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe film) are extremely limited, and once sold out, will no longer be available either to full conference registrants or a la carte ticket buyers. Many thanks!

Rebekah sent us word of another Guest of Honor that will be appearing at TolCon: Peter Lyon, the Sword Master and creator of the “hero” swords in Lord of the Rings and “Peter’s Sword” in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, is our newest Guest of Honor at TolCon!

The website for the “‘Past Watchful Dragons’: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C.S. Lewis” conference to be held November 3-5, 2005 on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA (which will include The Nashville Symphony’s performance of Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony) has been thoroughly updated to include the specific details about the event. Online registration and ticket sales begin April 1, 2005. The Call for Papers remains open through May 1, 2005.

C.S. Lewis Expert Devin Brown to Release Inside Narnia with Baker Books as a Guide to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Movie.