Is Disney Really Nervous about Narnia?

I watched Adventures In Narnia hosted by Ben Barnes on the Disney Channel. I got to see several scenes I haven't seen in any of the trailers or documentaries. It easied my worries a bit, seeing these new scenes and hearing Ben Barnes share what the story is about (considering it sounded faithful to the book.)
 
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Into the Wardrobe said:
They took so long to film the second one and the third is taking time as well with strikes and such...I'd guess that Disney doesn't think that Narnia will be the franchise they wanted it to be. They haven't seen enough cash flow coming in from it and the momentum from the first movie was lost. It seems like they're saying a few things with this to me...first, that they're back where they were with LWW in the fact that they want to see how PC will do before encouraging the rest of the movies (which sadly is part of what took so long for a sequel to be made), and 2 that they don't want imput from fans. Disney wants to put out what they want to put out with no imput and they expect people to like it. If you notice, there's no place that I know of to leave feedback about anything Disney on their sites. They're not interested in fan opinion...only fan $$$$$$. It seems they think they're above reproach.

In my mind if that is the case they should have picked books that weren't beloved for over 50 years to start a franchise. I love the Narnia stories and they're loaded with themes that society needs to see these days. Time will tell if they'll make the rest of the films. I hope that Disney loses some of it's arrogance in the meantime.
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Agreed to every last word.
 
PrinceOfTheWest said:
I think Walden/Disney need to face the reality that the Narnia films will (or won't) appeal most to an established and entrenched fan base. The books have been a beloved part of growing up for a couple generations now, and those who love them love them passionately. This means having the storyline "reworked" by a couple of unknown hack screenwriters in order to suit "modern" (i.e. their) tastes is a violation of classics written by a master. This very forum has a couple of threads wherein diehard Narnia fans are expressing great trepidation about what is slipping out regarding what has been done to Caspian.

If the Narnia films falter with Caspian, it will not be because there are too few Narnia fans out there, but because there are too many - too many who love the stories too much to endure them being rewritten by postmodernists who think they can tell the story better than Lewis. In short, Walden and Disney, if you want the film versions of the Narnia stories to be a fantastically successful franchise, eclipsing even Harry Potter,


STICK TO THE STORIES!!!!​
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Very true, POW...
you should mail this to those who are making Voyage lol as a word of wisdome
 
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