Andrew Adamson

When I met Andrew Adamson on the set of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” last fall, he was surrounded by stone statues, tangled electronics, and countless crew members. The voice of Aslan hadn’t yet been cast, he’d been working on the movie round the clock, and he seemed- to put it mildly- like he was carrying the weight of an entire fantasy world on his creative shoulders. This November, a much more relaxed Adamson basked in the anticipated released of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” and took time to talk to press.

ComingSoon.net spoke to Adamson during his recent New York press jaunt for “Narnia.” Here are some highlights.

XtraMSN has interviewed The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe director Andrew Adamson talks about making the film in his native New Zealand. It is a 13-minute audio interview.

It would be fair to say that the New Zealand film industry is home to some of the most imaginative minds in the business. And this Christmas the international box office belongs to not one but two New Zealand directors.

In the beginning was the word. Later came the film. And now comes the fight over which is better.

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.

Paul Fischer caught up with the film’s director in New York.

ANDREW ADAMSON credits director PETER JACKSON’s success with THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy for convincing Hollywood big budget fantasy adventures are what cinema audiences want to see.