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From Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter: James McAvoy has signed on to play a young Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, in “X-Men: First Class,” which Matthew Vaughn is directing for Fox. According to Fox, “First Class” will “chart the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Eric Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were the closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.” James McAvoy played Mr. Tumnus the faun in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Thanks to all who sent this in.

Narnia took third place in a recent poll asking which fantasy worlds people would like to visit most. First place went to Pandora, the world in the recent movie Avatar, and second place went to Hogwarts in Harry Potter. You can see the remainder of the top 10 fantasy worlds people wanted to visit here.

Composer Harry Gregson-Williams was on All Classical 89.9 weekly program called “The Score” this week. He did not talk much about Narnia, but he did touch on how he got into composing film music as well as some of the movies he has done over the years. To hear the program, click here, go to On Demand and look for “The Score.” It will be up for approximately two weeks.

Thanks to Second Rose for sending this in!

NarniaWebber, beloved, has posted several pictures of a large Dawn Treader stand now showing up in movie theaters. The large image features major characters such as Caspian, Reepicheep, and the Pevensies. Three surprising characters make an appearance as well.

Narnia Movie Stand

Visit the thread here for additional images.

Thanks for the images everyone!

UPDATE: NarniaWebber tenthofthatname has taken several close up pictures of the stand.

Narnia Display Closeup 1

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A week ago Wednesday we reported the Exhibition for The Chronicles of Narnia would open in Montreal Canada. What we didn’t know at the time was three days after we reported that story a second Exhibition would open in Jacksonville, FL!

Yep, that’s right. On May 15, the Museam of Science and History (or MOSH as they like to call it) opened ‘Narnia:The Exhibition’ which will run the same time as the exhibition in Montreal.

The official MOSH website reports: “Step through the wardrobe and into the world of Narnia. The Chronicles
of Narnia: The Exhibition is a magical exhibit based on the blockbuster film series and fictional children’s classics by author C.S. Lewis. Hailed
as the near-perfect visitor experience, the exhibit combines original film costumes, set drawings and props from “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and “Prince Caspian” with newly created educational interactives, videos and interviews with scientists so that visitors can consider the surprising similarity between our world and that of Narnia. This exhibition closes Sept 12 so plan to visit MOSH this summer!”

The current schedule for the Exhibition looks like this.

May 15, 2010 – Sept 12, 2010, The Museam of Science and History, Jacksonville, FL
June 5, 2010 – Aug 29, 2010, Montreal Exhibition Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 9, 2010 – ???, U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL
June 2011, Louisville Science Center, Louisville, KY

BenBarnesFan was sent a scan yesterday of an interview between Kingston University’s student magazine, ‘Mouth’ and Ben Barnes.

Mouth Magazine: How did it feel reprising your role as (the now) King Caspian?

Ben Barnes: It was a great experience reprising the role. It’s a different take on the character with a new director and new studio invovled. We decided that Caspian and the Telmarines will no longer have European accents, as they felt CS Lewis is a quintessentially an English writer. The story is my favourite of the seven books and it has a feel of a roving, mythical, adventure tale.

The Telmarine accent in Prince Caspian got a lot of mixed reviews from fans and critics alike. As the accent has now been removed for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, it should be interesting to see how everybody reacts.

Thanks to ‘Cass’, ‘Sir Jack’, and ‘bkey’ for the information!

If you purchased traditional DVD’s for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian but would like to upgrade to Blu-ray, Disney has a deal for you. The Disney Upgrade Program let’s you send in the proof of purchase tab from inside your DVD case and you’ll receive an $8 off coupon in the mail. Note that the LWW Extended Edition isn’t available for this promotion. Thanks to Gymfan for the tip.

Last month we told you about Group Publishing’s Fun-For-The-Whole-Family Hour package that would include exclusive clips of Dawn Treader footage. The package was to be available on June 1 and then was pushed out to June 30. We’re received word that the date has been pushed out again and will now begin shipping on August 16.

In an email sent to those who pre-ordered the package, Group Publishing writes:

As you know, this product incorporates never-before-seen movie clips from the upcoming Chronicles of Narnia movie “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”, scheduled to release in December of 2010. Since there is so much excitement about this movie, and such devoted Narnia followers, the film makers have asked us to keep our product out of circulation so the movie clips don’t end up online.

This is unfortunate because most Vacation Bible School programs are wrapping up by August 16 so the program may have limited effectiveness.

Zondervan Publishing will be teaming up with iPad to try something new for people who enjoy digital e-Readers. Because the iPad can be viewed in color, Zondervan is taking advantage of that technology with their children’s books, including Narnia. They’re also hoping to take that technology one step further by integrating scenes from the films into the e-Books. MLive.com says:

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third installment in the Narnia series coming out in December is being made 20th Century Fox, another property of News Corp.

“Now, we are cousins working on the same content. So why wouldn’t Fox want to embed its clips into Narnia books so people who see it will want to buy or download the movie?” Bourland asked.

The full story can be read here.

NarniaWebber ‘LucyP0104′ has just sent us a snapshot of the first The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Movie Poster. The tagline reads: “Return to MAGIC, Return to HOPE, Return to NARNIA.” Notice the reflection of the Dawn Treader in Aslan’s eye.

Thanks LucyP0104! This photo was snapped at a Regal theater in Pennsylvania, if anyone has a similar shot, please send it in!

UPDATE: We have received the full-size hi-res image from the production. Here, for your viewing pleasure is the Return to Hope:

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