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J.R.R. Tolkien

Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema join with MGM to Produce “The Hobbit”

J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, as most of us know, were great friends and colleagues. Now Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is coming to the Big Screen!

Academy Award-winner Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema join with MGM to Produce “The Hobbit,” Eagerly-anticipated Fantasy Adventure Epic […]

C.S. Lewis

IGN Interviews “Here, There Be Dragons” producer David Goyer

Last Friday, IGN had the opportunity to interview producer/screenwriter David Goyer, where he spoke at length about the novel “Here, There Be Dragons.” The rights for the novel have been snapped up by Warner Brothers, pushing the book up the sales charts very quickly. For example, Amazon pre-sales ranked the book around 5,000. On September 29th, with word spreading of the movie news, “Dragons” was ranking at 644. As of this writing, it is sitting at 1,493. […]

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J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit is Happening!

We know this is a Narnia website, but seeing as how J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were friends, this is a very related article (and very exciting): In a Variety article talking about MGM’s move back into the tentpole business, the trade mentions a few highly-anticipated projects that are in the works: […]

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Narnia Film News

Close Up: Kiwi at helm of Narnia

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. […]

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C.S. Lewis

Shadowlands of Narnia

IN ACCOUNTS OF 20TH-CENTURY LITERARY movements and happenings, the 1950s is often ignored. Yet this decade, viewed as a quiet time in English literature, birthed three of the greatest-ever series: Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy was completed, as was JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. And CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, seven volumes, topped them all. […]

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Narnia Film News

Narnia Stamps Coming to New Zealand

There will be a set of stamps for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe directed my Andrew Adamson, which will be released on December 1st, 2005. These release dates are subject to change and are not yet confirmed. […]