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Narnia Film News

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Comes to Life

Filming C.S. Lewis’ masterwork, the seven books that compose the Chronicles of Narnia, has been something of an impossible dream for decades. Ever since the first of the books, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” was published in 1950, children and adults have adored them alike – they have been perennial bestsellers for more than 50 years. The history of Narnia has everything: magic, adventure, tragedy, humor, and triumph — it’s not surprising that Hollywood has longed to bring it to the big screen. […]

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Author ‘opposed live Narnia film’

A newly-revealed letter by author CS Lewis has shown he opposed the idea of a screen version of his Narnia books, now adapted for a major film.
Lewis said TV versions of the animals in his books would result in either “buffoonery or nightmare” and criticised Walt Disney for “vulgarity”. […]

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Georgie Henley heads from Ilkley to Stardom

A few short months ago Georgie Henley’s greatest role was the “loud growling monster” in an am-dram play. How life changes. Now the 10-year-old from Ilkley has been plucked from obscurity to star in the £110m blockbuster family film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, based on the classic novels by CS Lewis. […]

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Author CS Lewis opposed screen version of “Narnia?”

C.S. Lewis, author of the classic children’s “Narnia” books which are about to make their big screen debut, was “absolutely opposed” to a live action version of his stories, a newly published letter shows. The letter, posted on the literary Web site Nthposition.com, revealed that he had strong feelings about how his book should be used. […]