Narnia Fans

City that inspired Narnia fantasy

March 5, 2004 Paul Martin

With work under way on a film of CS Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, BBC News Online’s Greg McKevitt investigates the roots of its Belfast-born author and the Northern Ireland settings that fired his boyhood imagination.

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Kidman flies into Narnia

March 5, 2004 Paul Martin

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman flew into Christchurch this week on a top secret visit to tour locations for New Zealand’s latest fantasy epic The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Possible role? The White Witch

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First LWW Movie Ad Runs

March 4, 2004 Paul Martin

Is this a first look at the logo of the film? We can only hope. It’s a very cool image that features what could be the complete title of the LWW film: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

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Disney is Officially Distributing LWW

March 1, 2004 Paul Martin

The Walt Disney Studios has entered into an agreement with Walden Media to co-finance and distribute the long-awaited motion picture “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” the first book published in C.S. Lewis’ famed series, it was announced today (3/1) by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, and Cary Granat, chief executive officer of Walden Media.

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Adamson Hints at More Films after LWW

March 1, 2004 Paul Martin

The latter project could evolve into a similarly big franchise, since it is based on one of C.S. Lewis’s seven Narnia chronicles. Unlike Jackson, who shot the three Rings films in one block, Adamson said he is focusing on one movie at a time.

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North Adams, MA offers Lewis Course

February 26, 2004 Paul Martin

Professor Victor Hill of Williams College will offer an adult education program on the work of C.S. Lewis at St. Johnâ€™s Church, 59 Summer St., beginning March 4 at 7 p.m. and continuing through Lent on Thursday evenings.

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LWW Casting is Already Well Underway, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe auditioned?

February 17, 2004 Paul Martin

Rumor has it that Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe tried out for the roles of Peter and Susan for LWW. No word on whether the roles have been cast or if they got the parts, but what we know is that there are short lists, and that casting has been going on for quite some time, under the supervision of casting director Pippa Hall.

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Disney to Distribute LWW?

February 17, 2004 Paul Martin

Our live action slate offers a whole new area of opportunity with Hitchhikerâ€™s Guide to the Galaxy, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, and future Pirates of the Caribbean adventures. All three properties will enjoy high pre-awareness and will be supported by significant pre-film marketing. Both will drive merchandise sell-in and sell-through.

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LWW Shooting This Year

February 17, 2004 Paul Martin

The One Hundred Year Winter (AKA The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe)

Format: International Feature

Dates: PreProd: Feb 2004 Shoot: July – Dec 2004

Location: Ex Auckland

Production Co: Lamp Post Productions

Director: Andrew Adamson

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Lewis and Freud: A Virtual Debate over God

February 17, 2004 Paul Martin

During one late-night talk with H.V.V. Dyson and J.R.R. Tolkien, his devout friends argued that the previous myths of a god coming to Earth to save humanity were actually “signposts” pointing to the story of Jesus. The New Testament myth, they argued, was the one myth that was true.

Shortly after that discussion — during a motorcycle ride to a zoo — Lewis accepted Jesus as his Lord and savior and became perhaps England’s “most dejected and reluctant convert.”

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