Return to Narnia Will Wait Until 2008
Much like Harry Potter, the Narnia film franchise needs to be constantly aware of the fact that its primary cast is going to age quickly -- although Narnia's concern is probably less worrisome because they only need all four children for two films (and Ed and Lu for three) while Potter has seven movies to worry about. The Narnia people planned to deal with this by pushing the second film out of the gate quickly, but they now say Prince Caspian will be delayed, albeit only for a reasonable six months. Initially the film was shooting for a Christmas 2007 release, but it will now join the throng of summer blockbuster hopefuls in 2008, although a specific date has not yet been named. The move was made in part because of another children's book film called The Waterhorse also being produced by Walden Media and also seeking a December 2007 release date.While I was really pleased with the ambitious plan to release Prince Caspian exactly two years after the first Narnia film, I thoroughly understand the need to push it back a bit, and I don't think the actors' ages is going to be of particular concern. What'll get really tricky is when (and if) the film series makes it all the way to The Last Battle, in which three of the four children exist again. Granted, the kids are supposed to be a bit older by that time, so maybe they'll just stretch the book a bit and make them somewhat older still. I suppose we'll find out if we ever get there.
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5-17-2006 @ 9:19PM
Rodger Donaldson said...
It would be no great loss if the crap-tastic Last Battle never gets made into a film. It is by far the worst of the Narnia books.
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5-18-2006 @ 12:16AM
Lisa said...
That may be, BUT it's amazing what film can do and many books, themselves, are not prized at all in just reading them, but when they go to film and in today's age where it's amazing at what they do, it could make it entirely incredible! Just never know....but the film outcome could be awesome. Just have to wait and see. The biggest key to keeping movies great is keeping the original actors/actresses in them all the way through without much change. Especially when the movie is great. Once they change, however, it ruins the entire film because the seconds are always terrible and it just isn't how it should be...
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5-18-2006 @ 9:25AM
EatingPie said...
The Last Battle is 18 years down the pike at this rate. So I think it's a wee bit premature to worry about it being a crappy movie!
I haven't finished the series, but there's a lot of great material to work with, and should be some exciting movies.
-Pie
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5-18-2006 @ 1:44PM
EatingPie said...
Another note...
I hoped they'd film multiple movies at once like LotR. It obviously wasn't the case for the Lion Witch and Wardrobe, and sounds like it's not for Caspian / Dawn Treader. That's too bad.
Certainly Lucy and Edmond will look much older when Dawn Treader hits theaters. I'm actually wondering if they'll be able to keep the same actors for Lucy/Edmond.
Regardless, story is the most important thing. If they can keep the quality up to the level of Lion Witch and Wardrobe, I for one will be very satisfied no matter who's in it.
-Pie
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