Disney and Walden Media have officially released the poster for their newest Chronicles of Narnia film, Prince Caspian. Although this film is originally the fourth book in the chronological order of the series, Disney and WM have decided to produce it next to adhere to the aging of the actors as well as try to follow the storyline C.S. Lewis intended.
The four Pevensie siblings once again find themselves in the enchanted lands of Narnia 1300 years after they left. The land they once knew and loved has been destroyed and it is up to them, along with the help of Prince Caspian, to tip the scales of good and evil.
The movie was originally intended to be released in December of 2007 but was pushed back to the summer of 2008 after conflicts arose. Walden Media will be releasing another movie entitled The Water Horse which was originally supposed to open around the same time as the Narnia movie. Since the company did not want its two movies competing at the box office, they figured that Narnia would have a good of shot if any in the summer running after becoming the number one selling DVD in 2006.
As part of their beginning marketing tactics, Disney opened up its door to run a fanart contest in which internet users could submit their doodles for the film. For a preview of all the fantastic work, click here.
Disney and Walden Media have also announced their intentions of beginning the filming of the Voyage of the Dawn Treader hopefully before the big Hollywood Strike takes effect. Supposibly the contracts had with Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild, and Writer Guild will all end sending Hollywood into a scramble to produce movies. The com
panies hopeful release date for this movie will be one year later in May of 2009. Walden Media has also made the fourth movie in the series, The Silver Chair, top priority.Its no doubt that the release of the poster is just the tip of the iceberg for these movies. With powerful funders behind them like Disney and Walden Media, items such as action figures, books, and DVD collectors items will be pushed onto the shelves in no time. I for one am excited for the movies since I was read them as a child, and am looking forward to all the Narnia movies Disney and Walden Media can shove in my face.
2 comments:
I don't know you, but I got alerted to your post through Google Alerts. A correction to your post, Prince Caspian is actually the SECOND book in in the original published order. The movies are being made according to the published order. If your copy of the books are have the chronological order numbers on the spine, rearrange them to 2456317 and you will have the original published order. Cheers!
Ahhhh good points Peter. The confusing things about the books is the difference between their publication order and the actual chronological order. Publication order, yes, Prince Caspian is the second book. Chronologically though, its the fourth. This opens the door for a good discussion (if you ever see this comment again Peter), do you think that they should be made in the published order, or in the chronological order? I also wonder how much time and effort Disney put into that idea. Personally, I think that I would rather the movies flow more solid in chronological order than have them in published order, but they definitely needed The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe to be made first seeing as how it is the most recognizable of the books.
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