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According to Dr. Bob Beltz on Examiner.com, The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis being made into a movie. He writes: “Beloved Pictures is a new independent film company that is developing films that have positive, redemptive stories. They have acquired the rights to develop this C. S. Lewis’ classic. I’ve been brought on as an Executive Producer and creative consultant. If you are not familiar with the book, The Great Divorce is the story of a busload of people from the grey town (a kind of purgatory/hell) that are taken on a trip to heaven. When published in 1946 it was considered by some to be a sequel to Lewis’ Screwtape Letters. The principles at Beloved hope to have a director attached in the next couple of weeks. They currently are in the difficult process of finding investors who believe enough in this kind of film to fund the development and production of the project.” Dr. Bob Beltz is also a consultant to Walden Media and mentions a bit about The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as well (though nothing we haven’t heard before).

Less than six hours later, it looks like we may have to retract our news story about The Voyage of the Dawn Treader not filming yet. We’ve received new reports that say they are indeed filming already.

NarniaWebber M.K. notes that contrary to Perry Moore, Cort Kristensen (Michael Apted’s personal assistant) says they began filming July 22 and have their first shot.

NarniaWebber myartismylife writes: “I visited Movie World and they are filming in the carpark. I was at the Spit on 23rd July and I KNOW they were filming in the carpark on that day. I can’t get to close because of security fences but have taken photos when I could. There is a very large blue sceen with a lawn in front and a fence made of bricks covered in plaster and wrought iron railings inbetween the pillars.”

The third report is from Samantha who writes: “My husband is a basketball referee with QLD Basketball and he received an email stating the following:

‘The Centenary centre carpark will be unavailable for use on Sunday 26th July due to the filming of the Chronicles of Narnia. Visitors can park on the road leading into the school (TSS) and also in the cricket carpark. It may be a good idea to allow extra time to find a car spot.’

This is a filming area that I wasn’t aware of. My husband and I are planning to go for a walk to the spit tomorrow. We went to have a look the week before last and they had just begun construction on the castle facade, I can’t wait to see what it looks like in person now.”

All three of these stories corroborate each other, so we believe they are accurate. As far as the report about Perry Moore? That was pulled off of Twitter and sadly isn’t the the most accurate place for news. But there’s also the possibility that the production is trying to keep other filming locations quiet and they’re just being open about the site at The Spit because they can’t hide that. We’ll do our best to get an official word directly from someone in the production one way or another and get back to you all!

At the very least, we know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that filming will begin (if it has not already) before the month of July is over!

Thanks to M.K., myartisimylife, and Samantha for your reports!

Craig White contacted us to let us know he had uploaded a news report on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie featuring the castle/wharf set on The Spit.

The news report mentions that this will be a “wharf somewhere at the end of the world” and that this particular set will be used for only three days.

Thanks Craig!

We finally have confirmation from someone within the production when The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will start filming. Producer Perry Moore confirmed at Comic-Con yesterday that principal photography starts next week.

As Paul Martin at NarniaFans.com mentioned, the July 15 date was probably when the actors needed to arrive on set, begin rehersals, be fitted for their costumes, etc.

It’s nice to finally receive word on an official start date! Next week Dawn Treader sails forth!

After numerous pictures of contruction on the mysterious castle at The Spit to be used in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, we finally have a front shot of it thanks to GoldCoast.com.au.

Narnia at The Spit

Location manager Gareth Price said the wharf or ‘quayside’ structure, built from scaffolding, plaster and other set pieces, was due to be finished for filming in three weeks.

It has taken four weeks to build and will be used for just three days of shooting.

No one seems to know for sure what this castle will be used for. The two most likely scenes would be a shot of Caspian leaving Cair Paravel or Governor Gumpas’ castle on the Lone Islands.

On a completely seperate note, GoldCoast.com.au announced that The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will be released on December 9, 2010 in Australia. That’s one day before the US release.

You can read the full story here.

Running time: 30:00 I said, “I’ll be back.” No I didn’t, but I am, and so is glumPuddle! Today we discuss the status of filming, spy photos of our lovely Dawn Treader, digital dufflepuds, digital cameras and the release dates of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 being just a few weeks in front of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

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Goldcoast.com.au’s recent article confirms reports that filming on location starts sometime this month.

Pre-production has already started at the Oxenford studios for this year’s The Chronicles of Narnia movie Invisible Army.

Location manager Gareth Price said filming would start on The Spit at the end of this month before moving to the sound stages and water tanks at the studios.

The actors are believed to have already arrived on the Gold Coast but Mr Price said confidentiality agreements prevented him from revealing more about filming locations or the actors.

Visit their website for the full story.

Two days ago SpringHillVoice updated us with new Cleveland Point pictures, today they update us with The Spit pictures. You can check out the remaining pics at SpringHillVoice’s website here.

SpringHillVoice.com has made another trek down to the Cleveland Point filming location for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and has posted a new round of photos on their website.

Perhaps one of the more interesting pictures is the sign at the location stating the exact dimensions of the Dawn Treader.

The sign reads: “To the Resident and Visitor.

This site has been chosen as a filming location for an upcoming major feature film being produced by Dragons Prow Pty Ltd.

Redland City Council have kindly granted us permission to occupy the site and construct our hero boat on the point. This measures 45 metres in length and 12 metres in height and will be built on to a gymbal so that it will have the ability to pitch and it will be clipped together and final finishing touches made by our art department.

In early September we are scheduled to commence filming until approximately September 25th. Once filming is complete, our construction and de-rig crew will be on hand for four weeks returning Cleveland Point to its current condition.

Dragons Prow Pty Ltd would like to thank you in advance for your support. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call on our locations department at Warner Roadshow Studios on 5585 9711.”

Here is another shot of The Dawn Treader under construction.

You can check out the rest of the pictures at SpringHillVoice’s website here.

Thanks to icarus for the heads up!