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Narnia Film News

Narnia Casting Call Draws 300 Hopefuls for LWW

Braving rain, 300 tall and short people turned out to the Auckland casting call for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

And the film’s officials had a message for those who stayed away: “If you can’t handle the rain you can’t handle a film set,” said extras casting co-ordinator Victoria Cole. […]

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Gregson-Williams to score Narnia adventure

The prolific Harry Gregson-Williams has landed yet another major scoring assignment – perhaps his most prestigious so far. He will compose the music for Disney’s and Walden Media’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe based on the novel by C.S. Lewis. The film is directed by Andrew Adamson with whom Gregson-Williams just worked on Shrek 2 as well as its popular 2001 predecessor. […]

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Filming begins in Auckland in June

Shooting for the first of the Narnia films starts in June. A crew 200 strong arrived in Auckland New Zealand today and was welcome with a Powhiri. Shooting will take place in Auckland, Christchurch and Queenstown. […]

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Rhythm and Hues Bringing Narnia F/X to Life

For “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” Rhythm and Hues will create matte paintings, as well as bring to life a cast of creatures from the C.S. Lewis children’s classic as photo-realistic computer-generated characters, including Aslan, a talking lion. […]

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Nicole Kidman NOT White Witch

Walden Media issued a statement denying rumours that Kidman was involved.

“It’s a project that we’re all very excited about, but unfortunately this is just not true. Hopefully we’ll have some exciting news soon,” company spokeswoman Alison Lehrer said. […]

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City that inspired Narnia fantasy

With work under way on a film of CS Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, BBC News Online’s Greg McKevitt investigates the roots of its Belfast-born author and the Northern Ireland settings that fired his boyhood imagination. […]