At this time, they haven't started even casting this project, let alone made any major announcements about directors, writers, designers, etc. So we're a long way from seeing any form of casting happening, let alone filming happening.
That said, I have some thoughts I'd like to hear your thoughts on.
I feel like one thing that has made Narnia so hard to film has been the ages of the children in each book, the times that characters may appear in other books (like the Pevensies in The Horse and His Boy), and the fact that some children only appear once or twice. I'm thinking that one way to solve for all of this would be to do a massive production over several months, if not several years. This is clearly risky, so they'd have to be confident in the material and have all of the scripts in at least good shape prior to filming any of it. The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and the upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show all have filmed as much as possible in one go.
With Narnia, it would be different considering the very different nature of the books, but there are several that flow from one to the next. That said, having multiple directors and crews filming different parts of the Chronicles at the same time is possible. They could also share designers, among other things to save on costs and create a cohesive glue to make sure everything flows together.
It would be a huge undertaking, requiring lots of intense planning, teamwork, and coordination.
At the end of the production, they should have everything deep into editing with an editor or two per project. A composer could be hired before a frame has been shot to start writing themes for the characters and various motifs for the different films.
After all of that, they would have the content to refine and release over several years, if not 7 years if they released one Narnia story each year. (That's what makes it risky... if it is terrible or just okay, this is a very dangerous prospect... the films/series has to be outstanding.)
What are your thoughts?
That said, I have some thoughts I'd like to hear your thoughts on.
I feel like one thing that has made Narnia so hard to film has been the ages of the children in each book, the times that characters may appear in other books (like the Pevensies in The Horse and His Boy), and the fact that some children only appear once or twice. I'm thinking that one way to solve for all of this would be to do a massive production over several months, if not several years. This is clearly risky, so they'd have to be confident in the material and have all of the scripts in at least good shape prior to filming any of it. The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and the upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show all have filmed as much as possible in one go.
With Narnia, it would be different considering the very different nature of the books, but there are several that flow from one to the next. That said, having multiple directors and crews filming different parts of the Chronicles at the same time is possible. They could also share designers, among other things to save on costs and create a cohesive glue to make sure everything flows together.
It would be a huge undertaking, requiring lots of intense planning, teamwork, and coordination.
At the end of the production, they should have everything deep into editing with an editor or two per project. A composer could be hired before a frame has been shot to start writing themes for the characters and various motifs for the different films.
After all of that, they would have the content to refine and release over several years, if not 7 years if they released one Narnia story each year. (That's what makes it risky... if it is terrible or just okay, this is a very dangerous prospect... the films/series has to be outstanding.)
What are your thoughts?
