Walden Media Drops Out of Narnia!?

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Narniaweb.com just posted an unconfirmed report:

We have been contacted by someone close to the production that Walden Media has pulled out of making any further Narnia movies.

We are trying to confirm this news as quickly as possible. And should this indeed be the case (which is very likely) we have no idea what will become of the series from this point on.
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:eek:

What does this mean? Will the franchise be picked up by someone else or (and this is my own personal wish) be rebooted some years later by someone who really cares about these stories?
 
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1# thing for me is that they DON'T reboot it... I mean spiderman 1 was so good, and the thought of rebooting the series for me hurts... Same with LWW, they can NEVER make a LWW that will be as good as the original. *almost cries*
 
I doubt that, if the series ever is revived, LWW will be redone, and there's a reason. People loved it. The fans loved it, general movie-going people loved it, the critics, etc... You don't reboot something that's resonated so much with fans.

I mean, can you imagine someone entertaining just the very thought of rebooting a series like Harry Potter or Twilight? You'd have a revolt on your hands!
 
Ahem: This was just announced:
http://www.aslanscountry.com/2011/06/walden-media-pulls-out-of-narnia/
http://www.narniaweb.com/2011/06/walden-media-drops-out-of-narnia/

Both Aslan's country and NarniaWeb have updated the story... it is false. Negotiations are still on going. You can check the links for yourself.

Hollywood Jesus also has an article on this saying negotiations are still on-going.

The process of negotiating a film can be very long. It would have made sense once the option was picked up by Fox to iron these things out, bbut well, that would make sense. Lets remember, it was a HUGE gambit on New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson's part to do a THREE part series of films on LOTR with no gaurantee they would make money. Twilight can keep making movies as it makes so much money that even classic works of literature are repackaged to look like Twilight.

The way that Narnia is working is the same way that a basic film franchise goes, as long as the movie makes money, they will keep doing them.

You may all now resume breathing.
 
Sven-El said:
Ahem: This was just announced:
http://www.aslanscountry.com/2011/06/walden-media-pulls-out-of-narnia/
http://www.narniaweb.com/2011/06/walden-media-drops-out-of-narnia/

Both Aslan's country and NarniaWeb have updated the story... it is false. Negotiations are still on going. You can check the links for yourself.

Hollywood Jesus also has an article on this saying negotiations are still on-going.

The process of negotiating a film can be very long. It would have made sense once the option was picked up by Fox to iron these things out, bbut well, that would make sense. Lets remember, it was a HUGE gambit on New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson's part to do a THREE part series of films on LOTR with no gaurantee they would make money. Twilight can keep making movies as it makes so much money that even classic works of literature are repackaged to look like Twilight.

The way that Narnia is working is the same way that a basic film franchise goes, as long as the movie makes money, they will keep doing them.

You may all now resume breathing.
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Gotcha! ;)
 
sven-el said:
ahem: This was just announced:
http://www.aslanscountry.com/2011/06/walden-media-pulls-out-of-narnia/
http://www.narniaweb.com/2011/06/walden-media-drops-out-of-narnia/

both aslan's country and narniaweb have updated the story... It is false. Negotiations are still on going. You can check the links for yourself.

Hollywood jesus also has an article on this saying negotiations are still on-going.

The process of negotiating a film can be very long. It would have made sense once the option was picked up by fox to iron these things out, bbut well, that would make sense. Lets remember, it was a huge gambit on new line cinema and peter jackson's part to do a three part series of films on lotr with no gaurantee they would make money. Twilight can keep making movies as it makes so much money that even classic works of literature are repackaged to look like twilight.

The way that narnia is working is the same way that a basic film franchise goes, as long as the movie makes money, they will keep doing them.

You may all now resume breathing.
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thank you sven!!!!!!!
 
Sven-El said:
Ahem: This was just announced:
http://www.aslanscountry.com/2011/06/walden-media-pulls-out-of-narnia/
http://www.narniaweb.com/2011/06/walden-media-drops-out-of-narnia/

Both Aslan's country and NarniaWeb have updated the story... it is false. Negotiations are still on going. You can check the links for yourself.

Hollywood Jesus also has an article on this saying negotiations are still on-going.

The process of negotiating a film can be very long. It would have made sense once the option was picked up by Fox to iron these things out, bbut well, that would make sense. Lets remember, it was a HUGE gambit on New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson's part to do a THREE part series of films on LOTR with no gaurantee they would make money. Twilight can keep making movies as it makes so much money that even classic works of literature are repackaged to look like Twilight.

The way that Narnia is working is the same way that a basic film franchise goes, as long as the movie makes money, they will keep doing them.

You may all now resume breathing.
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Perhaps so, but Peter Jackson knew how to make a movie, and apparently, so have the directors of Twilight (though I've heard the movies are different from the books...I wouldn't know). There's NEVER a guarantee that movies will make money when they're in production, but filmmakers should be willing to learn from past mistakes in order to avoid future ones. Clearly, the people at Walden/Disney/Fox haven't learned and never will. If Walden really did want to pull out of Narnia, it'd be the first smart thing they did since making LWW.
 
When I first saw the headline, I wasn't sure to be relieved or not. Everything is so up in the air since VODT, that I just want to hear a decision has been made. Whatever the decision is. And A_K is right... the films have not been getting better, they have been getter worse. Perhaps it's time for another set of film-makers to try their hand on the franchise? After all, the Harry Potter and Twilight films were directed by several different people and they seem all the better for them.
 
Is there any further reports available to confirm Waldens withdrawal from making more Narnia movies?

An almost similar event occurred when New Line Cinema pulled out of The Hobbit project and MGM faced massive debts. A lifeline was given by Warner Brothers.

I think the same scenario may occur here another studio spearheading another popular franchise.
 
Trapdora said:
Is there any further reports available to confirm Waldens withdrawal from making more Narnia movies?

An almost similar event occurred when New Line Cinema pulled out of The Hobbit project and MGM faced massive debts. A lifeline was given by Warner Brothers.

I think the same scenario may occur here another studio spearheading another popular franchise.
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Actually, Warner Bros. (a sister company of New Line) absorbed New Line as their Art House label, abandoning the old Village Roadshow Pictures. You'll notice most new LOTR merchandise (the online game, the Blu-rays) has a reference to WB in the copyright. MGM is still part of 'The Hobbit' , but I believe their role has been reduced. Since they came out of bankruptcy, they did mention having the international television rights to 'Hobbit'.
 
Actually Copper, the first movie based on a book was in 1896. It was called "Trillby and Little Billee" so your friend's shirt is wrong by 24 years.

MrBob
 
MrBob said:
Actually Copper, the first movie based on a book was in 1896. It was called "Trillby and Little Billee" so your friend's shirt is wrong by 24 years.

MrBob
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that's correct. Didn't they think about 'The Great Train Robbery" (1907) or 'Birth of a Nation' (1915)?
 
Soldier of Aslan said:
that's correct. Didn't they think about 'The Great Train Robbery" (1907) or 'Birth of a Nation' (1915)?
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Opps! I thought you were referring to 1920 being the first movies Made! XD I missed the adaptation bit entirely. That's pretty early for a adaptation , considering films of the period were under 10 minutes. I wonder if it was done illegally like the historic 1917 Ben-hur production that was taken to court.
 
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