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Narnia Film News

Liam Neeson talks Aslan

Though everyone from Ian McKellen to Ralph Fiennes was considered, “we only recorded two,” says producer Mark Johnson. Brian Cox was originally hired, but “when we matched his voice with the visual presentation of Aslan, we realized it was not an ideal fit.” After trying out Neeson, Johnson says, “we knew instantly we had found our mane man.” […]

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C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis for children

The dreams C.S. Lewis had that began in the late 1940s were different. Some were frightening and some were beautiful and, as he described them to family and friends, they involved lions, especially a giant lion that had a regal, yet wild personality. […]

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Narnia Film News

Church of the Masses’ Barbara Nicolosi Reviews Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

I am going to go on a brief hiatus from my hiatus here because I had the great privilege yesterday of seeing the highly anticipated The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe from Disney/Walden. I haven’t been so eager to see a film since The Passion of the Christ, nor felt the same sense of relief and joy! […]

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C.S. Lewis Books

‘Narnia’ books getting a boost from film

Hollywood has been turning best-selling novels into movies for decades, as far back as ”Gone With the Wind.” But publishers have usually had nothing to do with it. They watched and hoped the movie would drive up sales of the book. Sometimes it did, but just as often it didn’t. […]

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Jeb Bush is encouraging Florida schoolchildren to read Narnia

Gov. Jeb Bush is encouraging Florida schoolchildren to read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, a parable of the New Testament gospels, for a contest timed with the release of the movie version by a company owned by a prominent Republican donor.

The $150 million film opens Dec. 9, and three sets of winners will get a private screening in Orlando, two nights at a Disney resort, a dinner at Medieval Times and a copy of the C.S. Lewis children’s novel signed by Jeb and Columba Bush. […]