Producer

All of this talk about Disney bailing on The Chronicles of Narnia, and we finally have a comment from one of the creative team that is part of the series. That of producer Mark Johnson. […]

This is the fifth interview in the NYC Prince Caspian series. In this interview, we have producer Mark Johnson talking about the challenges that they faced with bringing Prince Caspian to the screen. He spoke of the difference between the filming of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Prince Caspian, and the possibility of combining Caspian with Dawn Treader.

“There is a list,” Johnson revealed to MTV News of a group of dream directors being eyed to bring the fourth Narnia book, “The Silver Chair,” to the big-screen. “We have an eye on who might direct.”

We’ve been hearing for quite some time that filming of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was threatened by the WGA Strike. The script has yet to be finished, and Walden Media would have to hold off on filming the third Narnia for a few extra months. The Hollywood Reporter has quoted Narnia film producer Mark Johnson on the development.

Our friends at ComingSoon.net had the chance to interview Narnia producer Mark Johnson after the Prince Caspian Comic-Con presentation. They recently put it up on their site with an MP3, but they gave us permission to post a transcript of the interview as well.

The producer of the new Narnia film Prince Caspian says there’s been no change to New Zealand’s involvement in the project.

“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” is the sequel to a blockbuster that reportedly cost $180 million and grossed more than $745 million worldwide. It begins shooting on February 12, 2007 in New Zealand and then moves to Prague before ultimately finishing production next August.

Infuze Magazine: What can you tell us about the upcoming Prince Caspian movie?

Mark Johnson: Well, we’re not even shooting yet. We start shooting shortly after the first of the year. February actually. We have moved the movie and it is now being released in the summer of 2008.