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Exclusive Interview with Academy Award Winner Howard Berger

March 23, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Exclusive Interview with Academy Award Winner Howard Berger

Last night, I was given the opportunity to interview Academy Award winner Howard Berger. He and Tami Lane took home the award for Best Achievement in Make-up for the Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He was the head of the Make-up department, and responsible for prosthetic design and application on the film. I’d like to take this opportunity to formally congratulate him on that award. It really is something, to be recognized by your peers, like that. […]

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Narnia Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

March 23, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Narnia Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

The movie adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe has received a Hugo nomination in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form category. It’s up against Batman Begins, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Serenity, and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. […]

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Kiran Shah joins Gathering of the Fellowship

March 23, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Kiran Shah joins Gathering of the Fellowship

Narnia fans can meet noted actor and stuntman Kiran Shah, who played the dwarf Ginarrbrik in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, at The Gathering of the Fellowship, taking place at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto July 1-4 and celebrating all things Tolkien and C.S.Lewis. […]

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Narnia Tops Harry Potter for 2005

March 20, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Narnia Tops Harry Potter for 2005

It may only be for a few days, but this could be final. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe hits DVDs in a couple of weeks; and in some parts of the country, it is still playing in theatres. […]

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Producer Mark Johnson Discusses Future of Narnia

March 18, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Producer Mark Johnson Discusses Future of Narnia

Producer Mark Johnson won an Oscar for producing 1988’s Best Picture, Rain Man, but that’s nothing compared to how his Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe kicked Kong’s butt at the box office last winter. (Okay, he didn’t say that, but he should have!) […]

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Disney Insider Yearbook features Narnia

March 15, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Disney Insider Yearbook features Narnia

It’s not easy to put a year in the palm of your hand, but the Disney Insider Yearbook: 2005 Year in Review aims to do just that. Or at least to put the year on your coffeetable – this is a large and lavish book. The Yearbook is an effort to put all the excitement and events of last year in one place, packed with the people, events, and pictures we’ll want to remember in years to come. […]

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Tilda Swinton to Appear at University of Pittsburgh

March 7, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Tilda Swinton to Appear at University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh Film Studies Program, with support from the Office of the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, will sponsor a March 14 appearance by internationally acclaimed actress Tilda Swinton, who starred as the witch in Andrew Adamson’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005). In conjunction with Swinton’s visit, the Film Studies Program will screen Derek Jarman’s Edward II (1991) March 13 and Sally Potter’s Orlando (1992) March 15. All events are at 7 p.m. in the Carnegie Museum of Art Screening Room, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Admission is free. […]

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Narnia Expected to do well in China

March 7, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Narnia Expected to do well in China

China’s distributor of fantasy epic “Narnia” is expecting the film to record healthy box office profits when it is released on Wednesday, after it won the Oscar for “Best Make-up” on Sunday. […]

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‘Narnia’ on top of the world again

March 6, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on ‘Narnia’ on top of the world again

The power of the Japan market for Hollywood films was amply demonstrated last weekend as “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe” propelled itself back into the No. 1 position at the international box office on the strength of its debut there. […]