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Narnia Gets McAvoy’s Goat

November 30, 2005 Pratterson Comments Off on Narnia Gets McAvoy’s Goat

James McAvoy, who plays the half-human, half-goat Mr. Tumnus in the upcoming fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, told SCI FI Wire that the character’s goat-like leg was realized with computer imagery, but he still needed to get around on set as if he had a human torso and a large, single goat leg. […]

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Comes to Life

November 30, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Comes to Life

Filming C.S. Lewis’ masterwork, the seven books that compose the Chronicles of Narnia, has been something of an impossible dream for decades. Ever since the first of the books, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” was published in 1950, children and adults have adored them alike – they have been perennial bestsellers for more than 50 years. The history of Narnia has everything: magic, adventure, tragedy, humor, and triumph — it’s not surprising that Hollywood has longed to bring it to the big screen. […]

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Author ‘opposed live Narnia film’

November 29, 2005 Pratterson Comments Off on Author ‘opposed live Narnia film’

A newly-revealed letter by author CS Lewis has shown he opposed the idea of a screen version of his Narnia books, now adapted for a major film.
Lewis said TV versions of the animals in his books would result in either “buffoonery or nightmare” and criticised Walt Disney for “vulgarity”. […]