Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

[KairiOfTheDark]

((Yeah - I know, I'm making alot of these today, I'm just syked at new movies that actually look good and are'nt sequels )

Disney and Walden continue to follow the published order of C.S. Lewis's best-selling fantasy novels. This third book, first published in 1952, comes fifth chronologically and sees the two youngest Pevensie children, Lucy (Georgie Henley) and Edmund (Skandar Keynes) joining nerdy cousin Eustace Scrubb for a holiday. The three of them are pulled into Narnia through a painting, ending up on the ship Dawn Treader with Lucy and Edmund's royal pal, Caspian (Ben Barnes). The four of them embark on a series of adventures in travelling to a number of Narnian islands.

Michael Apted (Gorillas in the Mist, The World is Not Enough, and television's renowned "Up" documentaries) will direct, taking over from Andrew Adamson, who will stay on as a producer. It is unclear if William Moseley and Anna Popplewell will be re-enlisted to portray the elder Pevensie children, who do not appear in the Voyage book. The film was scheduled to open in May of 2009, but was pushed back an entire year, with the new release date being May 7, 2010. Production will start summer of 2008 in Australia and New Zealand.

www.ultimatedisney.com/intheaters.html#2009


I have yet to see the first one, or read any ofthe books, and the second is'nt released yet. But nonetheless, who says we can't look forward to the next one already?
Hows about you lot?

[LauraHonest]

I can't wait!! This was one of my favorite books, i really hope they do it justice!

[Briar Rose's Dark Knight]

Disney recently announced that they are pulling the plug on the Narnia franchise. Walden Media may still make Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but Disney will not finance the film.

[Shenzi]

Personally I was not as pleased with Caspian as the first Narnia. So I am not sure I am interested, but until I see some trailers that decision is not completely final.

[Skeleton Grin]

Dec 29, 2008 0:06:22 GMT -5 Briar Rose's Dark Knight said:

Disney recently announced that they are pulling the plug on the Narnia franchise. Walden Media may still make Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but Disney will not finance the film.

Ah ya beat me to it haha
Yeah I read this recently too =/

I can't say I've been a big fan of the two so far to be honest as they far from wowed me.
I can't say I find this a big loss from Disney's back catalogue really :/

[Briar Rose's Dark Knight]

When I see what's happened to the Narnia franchise on the silver screen, more than anything I see a huge loss, but it stems more from what could have been, should have been than what actually happened. Disney made a lot of money on the first Narnia film. It was a huge success for Disney and presented them with tremendous opportunities for a very successful fantasy franchise that has the added benefit of being more child friendly than the Lord of the Rings movies.

But then Caspian was drastically and dramatically altered. In a story like this, you have to please the fans first. It has to be something that they watched unfold in their imagination as you present it on the silver screen. But when you take tremendous liberties with the story, to the point of rendering some main characters virtually unrecognizable from the books, and inventing wild new plot points that were never a part of the story to begin with, you run the risk of having the fans leave the theater saying "what in the world happened?"

And when fans who were really looking forward to the movie tell their friends it was a disappointment, the casual filmgoers are quickly going to find something else to watch, especially as the summer movie season heats up.

[Briar Rose's Dark Knight]

For anyone interested, Fox has apparently signed on to produce any future Narnia films.

[Skeleton Grin]

^ Yup I saw that yesterday
It's good that the franchise isn't going to die off!

[Briar Rose's Dark Knight]

I'm afraid it may already be dead. Oh, they may make another movie, but that doesn't mean it's going to do very well. I love C.S. Lewis work and I was very disappointed in Prince Caspian. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, however, was great

[Funkyk]

FOX HAS TAKEN OVER THIS VOYAGE!!!

[SpellWovenNight]

Not only has Fox taken over, but the reason was that Disney completely dropped out of it and left Walden Media to deal with it by itself, just because Caspian didn't get as much money has The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. So I guess it's no longer a Disney film.