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Narnia Film News

USA Today ranks The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe among top 5 to see in 2005

March 4, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on USA Today ranks The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe among top 5 to see in 2005

USA Today ranks five big pictures that are sure to pop your corn in 2005. And when we say big, we mean big. Big budgets, big concepts, big directors, big effects — especially that hairy beast who goes ape in King Kong, and we don’t mean Jack Black. Intentionally omitted is the most anticipated film event of the summer, the opening May 20 of Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, in which George Lucas finally brings his multigenerational space opera to a close. The only suspense is whether this prequel goes out with a bang or a bust. […]

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Acadamy Award Nominees to Celebrate NZ Film

February 24, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on Acadamy Award Nominees to Celebrate NZ Film

A mystical theme from “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” will greet guests for the fourth annual celebration of New Zealand Filmmaking and Creative Talent dinner on Friday, Feb. 25 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. […]

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Narnia Action Figures, Puzzles and Games at ToyFair

February 22, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on Narnia Action Figures, Puzzles and Games at ToyFair

This fall, Walt Disney Pictures will bring to the large screen The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, based on the classic novel series by C.S. Lewis. Hasbro unveils its toy line based on the film at the American International Toy Fair in New York in February. […]

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NYTimes: Disney’s Next Hero: A Lion King of Kings

February 19, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on NYTimes: Disney’s Next Hero: A Lion King of Kings

Aslan, a talking lion with mystical powers, is the central figure in “The Chronicles of Narnia,” the much-beloved seven-volume series of fantasy novels written by the British academic C. S. Lewis in the 1950’s. By the year’s end, if Disney marketers have their way, he will have joined Mickey Mouse, Pinocchio and Buzz Lightyear in a long line of characters that have periodically provided the Burbank giant with entertainment’s most valuable asset, a new fantasy to trade on. […]