Michael Flaherty Archives

Silver Chair or Magician’s Nephew – No Decisions are Yet Final

May 24, 2011 Paul Martin

There has been a lot of discussion over the decision to make the next film out of either The Silver Chair or The Magician’s Nephew. While Silver Chair is the next logical film in the […]

Asbury College: Engaging the Culture – Weekend Report

June 15, 2009 Paul Martin

We made an attempt to get someone to this event, but sadly the one person that might have been available had to work during the event. Thankfully another Narnia fan site was able to have […]

Walden Media President, Micheal Flaherty to speak at Asbury College

March 30, 2009 Paul Martin

Micheal Flaherty, President of Walden Media, will be a special guest of Asbury College’s Engaging Culture Weekend, April 23-24. Flaherty will speak in chapel services April 24 at 10 a.m. in Hughes Auditorium. Later that […]

AAP Honors Walden Media

January 15, 2009 Paul Martin

The film company behind the adaption of The Chronicles of Narnia is being honored by the AAP. For its educational efforts, and for raising the awareness of various children’s titles by turning them into movies, […]

Walden Media’s Micheal Flaherty talks Dawn Treader, Screwtape Letters

April 8, 2008 Paul Martin

The High Calling had a chance to interview Micheal Flaherty about their films and they brought up both Dawn Treader and Screwtape Letters. Here’s a portion of that interview.

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Walden Media attends annual Prayer Breakfast, Narnia still #1 DVD

April 20, 2006 Paul Martin

“It was a great time of crisis for me,” said Flaherty, keynote speaker Wednesday morning at the 44th annual Wichita Prayer Breakfast at Century II Convention Hall.

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Penguin and Walden Media Set Multi-Year Joint Venture

March 27, 2006 Paul Martin

In an arrangement that will bring a number of children’s book properties into development, Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. and Walden Media LLC, the film and educational services company, have embarked on a multi-year creative and strategic joint venture encompassing publishing, film and television.

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Lions, Witches and Tug-of-war – Oh My! An Interview with Micheal Flaherty

December 12, 2005 Paul Martin

The December Hollywood Jesus Narnia Feature Article has been posted: “Lions, Witches and Tug-of-warsâ€”Oh My!.” It’s an exclusive interview that Greg Wright conducted with Walden Media president Michael Flaherty. Greg and Mr. Flaherty discuss the way in which the Narnia movie, playing in public screenings today for the first time, is being used as a two-edged club in America’s supposed “culture wars.”

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‘Narnia’ film may signal greater acceptance of faith-themed movies

November 17, 2005 Paul Martin

The Dec. 9 release of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” the potential Christmas blockbuster based on a novel by Christian writer C.S. Lewis, may signal Hollywood is focusing more on audiences for whom religion is important.

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ChristianityToday Interviews Walden Media’s Michael Flaherty on Narnia

October 5, 2005 Paul Martin

Right now, the heat is really on Flaherty and Walden, the film studio producing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, releasing December 9. Walden partnered with Disney to market and distribute the film, but Walden retained all creative control. So, if you like the movie, you can thank Walden. If you don’t like it, you’ll know exactly where to lay the blame.

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