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Narnia is Back with Klara Issova as a Hag

March 6, 2008 Paul Martin Comments Off on Narnia is Back with Klara Issova as a Hag

American filmmakers are shooting the final epic battle and individual combat scenes for Walt Disney Studios’ “Prince Caspian” using Czech actors on a meadow not far from Neznaboh. The film is the second in the world-renowned children’s fantasy series set in the fairytale kingdom of Narnia. […]

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New Castle and Village Rise at Barrandov

July 15, 2007 Paul Martin Comments Off on New Castle and Village Rise at Barrandov

During the month of May, a castle courtyard, complete with gate, towers and drawbridge, was constructed at Barrandov for “Prince Caspian” – the second film in the Chronicles of Narnia adventure series. An adjoining village, which is connected to the castle by a sixty-meter long bridge, is currently being completed. In order to build the one-hundred meter long and nineteen meter high castle and the village, which measures ninety meters by eighty meters in area, Barrandov’s Sets Division used 670 cubic meters of lumber, consisting of planks, logs, posts, and boards in addition to 23,000 square meters of wood panels. […]

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Stillking Films’ David Minkowski talks Prince Caspian

April 19, 2007 Paul Martin Comments Off on Stillking Films’ David Minkowski talks Prince Caspian

Associate Producer David Minkowski was interviewed by the Czech Film Commission on the Prince Caspian shoot taking place in Prague. ” It is a big load and, at the same time, a challenge. In a relatively small town like Prague it’s really very hard to find enough good people and equipment for two Hollywood films at the same time,” says David Minkowski, head of the film department at Stillking Films. […]

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Prince Caspian Filming Begins in Czech Republic

April 5, 2007 Paul Martin Comments Off on Prince Caspian Filming Begins in Czech Republic

Rather than resting on its recent achievements, the Stillking crew has plunged into two new film projects that will be filming in Prague over the next couple of months. Up at Barrandov, Prince Caspian, the second part of the Chronicles of Narnia, began shooting Sunday, April 1, while across town at the Prague Studios, the cinematic version of Mark Millar’s cult comic Wanted, under the helm of the Moscow-based Kazakh Timur Bekmambetov, is gearing up. […]