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Tilda Swinton to Appear at University of Pittsburgh

March 7, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Tilda Swinton to Appear at University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh Film Studies Program, with support from the Office of the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, will sponsor a March 14 appearance by internationally acclaimed actress Tilda Swinton, who starred as the witch in Andrew Adamson’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005). In conjunction with Swinton’s visit, the Film Studies Program will screen Derek Jarman’s Edward II (1991) March 13 and Sally Potter’s Orlando (1992) March 15. All events are at 7 p.m. in the Carnegie Museum of Art Screening Room, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Admission is free. […]

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Narnia Expected to do well in China

March 7, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Narnia Expected to do well in China

China’s distributor of fantasy epic “Narnia” is expecting the film to record healthy box office profits when it is released on Wednesday, after it won the Oscar for “Best Make-up” on Sunday. […]

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‘Narnia’ on top of the world again

March 6, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on ‘Narnia’ on top of the world again

The power of the Japan market for Hollywood films was amply demonstrated last weekend as “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe” propelled itself back into the No. 1 position at the international box office on the strength of its debut there. […]

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Narnia Wins BeliefNet Award

March 3, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Narnia Wins BeliefNet Award

The Chronicles of Narnia ran away with The Best Spiritual Film of the year and March of the Penguins stole Best Documentary. The experts lauded Steven Spielberg with the Lifetime Achievement Award while the Beliefnet.com community awarded that honor to Mel Gibson. […]

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Last Narnia Film in 2017?

March 2, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Last Narnia Film in 2017?

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was nearing $664 million at the beginning of this week at the global box office. The film has rung up $288,193,914 at the U.S. box office since its Dec. 9 release, while “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” which came out three weeks earlier, is a nose ahead at $288,733,970. […]

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Wright man for deciding ‘Witch’ Visual Effects lineup

February 28, 2006 Paul Martin Comments Off on Wright man for deciding ‘Witch’ Visual Effects lineup

Visual effects supervisors aren’t normally what springs to mind when the word “dealmaker” comes up, but “The Chronicles of Narnia” probably wouldn’t have been the success it has been if vfx supervisor Dean Wright hadn’t struck a delicate arrangement between rival effects shops to work together on the film. […]