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NYTimes: Disney’s Next Hero: A Lion King of Kings

February 19, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on NYTimes: Disney’s Next Hero: A Lion King of Kings

Aslan, a talking lion with mystical powers, is the central figure in “The Chronicles of Narnia,” the much-beloved seven-volume series of fantasy novels written by the British academic C. S. Lewis in the 1950’s. By the year’s end, if Disney marketers have their way, he will have joined Mickey Mouse, Pinocchio and Buzz Lightyear in a long line of characters that have periodically provided the Burbank giant with entertainment’s most valuable asset, a new fantasy to trade on. […]

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Final Report from the Czech Republic!

February 16, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on Final Report from the Czech Republic!

From information of daily press you could estimate that Tisá where the film about Narnia is beeing shooted is surrounded by a cordon of guards and so the journalists are unlucky. It is both truth and lie. Our newspaper Ústecký weekly can show off with something special, you can see the cast and people around from the strictly guarded area.” We proclaimed you to be a cuckoo of the year”, I was praised by a colleague when I phoned to him from the centre of shooting on Tuesday afternoon. […]

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Nick Tate is Trailer Voice for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

February 16, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on Nick Tate is Trailer Voice for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

When he lived in the US, Tate established a career as a voiceover man for film trailers. It began with Jurassic Park and during his time in California, he found that his voiceover commitments precluded time to audition for acting roles, though he has worked on JAG, The X-Files, Party of Five, Murder She Wrote and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, among others. Now he does the voice work from a booth in his home in Sydney, his latest jobs being for The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe and Being Julia. […]

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End of Principal Photography for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Announced

February 16, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on End of Principal Photography for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Announced

Principal photography for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, which began last summer in Auckland, has come to an end. Production now moves from New Zealand to Los Angeles for post-production and finishing, where the CGI elements of the film will being to take shape. […]

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Rhythm & Hues Uses Massive for LWW

February 14, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on Rhythm & Hues Uses Massive for LWW

Rhythm & Hues adopted Massive last year to support the company¹s considerable principal effects efforts for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, now in production for a December 2005 release. […]

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Kiran Shah to Appear at TolCon

February 10, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on Kiran Shah to Appear at TolCon

Kiran Shah (Ginarrbrik) is going to be in Seattle, May 13-15th, 2005 at TolCon, the NW Tolkien Society’s Tolkien Convention. More information can be found at www.tolcon.org. A big thanks to the NW Tolkien Society […]