Movies & TV
Family misses out on Narnia film millions
The family of CS Lewis will miss out on the lion’s share of the multi-million-pound royalties from films based on his Chronicles of Narnia.
Prince Caspian
Movies & TV
Prince Caspian Script Nearly Ready
The young stars of the eagerly awaited Christmas blockbuster The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe are already getting ready for further adventures in Narnia. William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley – who play the siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy in C.S. Lewis’s mammoth fantasy tale – are on stand-by to be in the film Prince Caspian, one of the seven books in Lewis’s Chronicles Of Narnia series.
BBC
Geoffrey Burgon Interviewed on BBC Narnia Soundtracks
Geoffrey Burgon for gave Narniaweb the opportunity to ask him some questions about his Narnia scores. Burgon wrote the music for the BBC productions of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair.
Narnia Books
June Feature at Hollywood Jesus: Prince Caspian
This month, in addition to a rather tongue-in-cheek story synopsis that Jenn and I intend as a nod to the story structure of Prince Caspian itself, George Rosok offers up a critique of the novel against the very standards which Lewis himself set for the genre of “children’s stories.†Also, Kathy Bledsoe takes a look at the spiritual significance of yet another (seemingly) warped aspect of the story: Aslan’s “holiday†with Bacchus and the boys—and girls!
Interviews
JoBlo Interviews Producer Mark Johnson about The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Here is Mark Johnson (along with the film’s unit publicist, Ernie Malik who chimes in on a few occasions) chatting about this epic retelling of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe!
Movies & TV
Producer Mark Johnson on “The Chronicles of Narnia”
Q: At what point will the decision be made to start on the next one? Opening weekend, or even before? MARK: You know, technically, I’ve heard that there is some reluctance to start the sequel […]
Movies & TV
AICN reports from Narnia Presentation
Howard Berger of KNB EFX, Richard Taylor from WETA and Dean Wright who was the Visual Effects Supervisor on LOTR and is the same on Narnia as well as a representative from Disney were all on hand to report on the progress of the film, and Prince Caspian!
Editorials
Themes of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
As we look forward to the upcoming big screen production there are a few key points in the book that we hope find their way into the motion picture. I am not talking about scenes or images that I can’t wait to see at the theater, but themes that bind not only this book but also all the Narnia books together. Themes like redemption and healing, brotherhood and the undying Good vs. Evil.
Movies & TV
Second Narnia Film Already in the Works
Disney is already looking ahead to the next one. Zoradi said they’ve begun work on a second script. “In my nearly 25 years at Disney, I’ve never seen the company so energised so early about a film,” Mark Zoradi, the president of Buena Vista International told them. “The film will be visually stunning and emotionally breathtaking.”