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Narnia Film News

From Mr. Tumnus to Bilbo Baggins?

There’s a rumor that is about to spread, starting at “My Park Magazine.” That rumor is that James McAvoy, Mr. Tumnus in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is close to signing to play Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit. […]

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C.S. Lewis

Tolkien/Lewis Expert Receives Prestigious Science Fiction/Fantasy Award Nomination

In recognition of the best work within this genre, Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, recently announced the nominees for this year’s highly coveted Hugo Award —the most prestigious award in the science fiction field. Diana Glyer, a Tolkien/Lewis expert and Azusa Pacific University professor, has secured a spot in the Best Related Book category. […]

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April Fool's Day

APRIL FOOLS DAY 2008 Harper Collins Announces the release of a “Lost” Narnian Chronicle: The Legend of Queen Swanwhite

Long time fans of the Chronicles of Narnia who were saddened by the end of the series in 1956 may rejoice at some news from publisher Harper Collins. With the help of Walter Hooper, Colin Duriez, and other Lewis scholars, Harper Collins is posthumously publishing the book that existed in various fragments.

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J.R.R. Tolkien

Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema join with MGM to Produce “The Hobbit”

J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, as most of us know, were great friends and colleagues. Now Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is coming to the Big Screen!

Academy Award-winner Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema join with MGM to Produce “The Hobbit,” Eagerly-anticipated Fantasy Adventure Epic […]

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C.S. Lewis

LWW Among Top 10 Re-read Books in UK

A recent survey in the United Kingdom (UK) found that The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe was the eighth most re-read book among UK readers. The Narnia book was beaten by many noteworthy novels and series, including Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin, The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, and the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, which took the number one spot. […]

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C.S. Lewis

Down the pub with Tolkien and C. S. Lewis

There is magic in the last line of The Lord of the Rings. To recap: the stolidly courageous Sam Gamgee, having watched his best friend, Frodo Baggins, sail towards the Grey Havens and into a kind of death, is left to walk back to the Shire where he finds his wife and children waiting with the promise of a quiet life far from the slaughter of the War of the Ring. J. R. R. Tolkien finishes with the sentence: “‘Well, I’m back,’ he said”. It is a touchingly understated conclusion which returns the prose to the homely simplicity of the inaugural chapters after the archaic epic mode of The Return of the King. […]

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C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis Society Update, 8/29/07

David J. Theroux, the Founder and President of the C. S. Lewis Society of California has e-mailed us with the latest updates on many upcoming events that you’re all invited to attend! Please note the following in this issue of the C.S. Lewis Society Update (8/29/07):

1. More on Harry Potter and Christianity; 2. Film News; 3. New Publications; 4. Next meeting of C.S. Lewis Society’s Bay Area Book Club: Studies in Words; 5. Other Events

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