The First Dawn Treader Movie Poster
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:
It's LOVELY! I love how the focus is on ASLAN!
me too! this is so awesome! I like how they mention not only the return to the magic but return to hope to! totally cool! 🙂
YES! I'm so excited! It's absolutely beautiful. I love how the focus is Aslan, and the addition of "Return to Hope." The reflection of the Dawn Treader is unique too. I LOVE IT!
HOPE is the most overused word in fantasy films it's SO annoying. Two Lord of the Rings fan films "Born of Hope" and "Hope" taglines like "there is always hope" and "return to hope" it's driving me craaaaazy!!!
>>>HOPE is the most overused word in fantasy films it’s SO annoying. Two Lord of the Rings fan films "Born of Hope" and "Hope" taglines like "there is always hope" and "return to hope" it’s driving me craaaaazy!!!
Hey, don't blame that on Kate Madison and "Born of Hope"–she got there first! And the title directly relates to Aragorn's name in Rivendell, Estel, which means "hope." Since the movie is about Aragorn's parents, and the birth of Aragorn (and how he got the name "Estel"), it's completely appropriate, in my opinion. Oh, and the tagline for Born of Hope is: "A light in the darkness. A destiny born of hope."
I think they use the word 'hope' to let people know the movie isn't going to be depressing. It could be overused though, so hopefully the trailer will bring the theme through instead of them having to say it. I'm personally glad they have it because it shows they're not just trying to make an action film like they did with PC.
Aslan looks great in this poster, he doesn't look like the two previous exactly; if he looks this good throughout the Dawn Treader I'll be very happy.
Please remember to pray for the movie and the people working on it.
I think the 'hope' thing could be cool, if handled in the correct way. I'm hoping it symbolizes something new – as in, a return to the magical, hope-filled land that we saw in LWW but not so much in PC. (Like HermitessofNarnia said, it could be saying that this movie won't be as depressing, and that's why I like it.) I think it's the filmmaker's way of subtly saying, "Hey, we're trying to do this right."
Yes! It's great how Aslan is the focus! We definitely need more Aslan. 🙂
Me too! This is wonderful!
Aslan and Reepicheep.
I think it looks great, much better than Prince Caspian's Poster- but I wish the ship and kids were on it.
given fantasia kitty's comment I noticed the ship in Aslan's eye. I love it!
OMG… I LOVE IT!
*Yawn* Nice to see something though.
*sigh* what a marshwiggle you can be sometimes. 😛
Agreed! lol
You have a point, there is nothing there to see, except for "return to hope"
Yeah, what's with "return to hope"? Did someone lose it? Does it have something to do with the story? Hm.
I think it means that the Narnia tales are stories OF hope- while lots of people are losing it.
I think C.S. Lewis would have reminded those of the Christian faith of the necessity of hope; this is one of the major themes of Narnia stories. It seems totally appropriate that the focus of this story is "hope". Ours is not a vain hope, but a hope in the reality of the sacrafice that Christ made for us and our chance at a "new life" through Him.
Lewis designed Aslan as a Christ-like figure and throughout the Chronicles, he provides the love and hope needed for the characters to fight evil, not only from the outside, but the evil that lurks within their own hearts. They are changed through him..and therein lies their hope…and ours.
Great explanation HL Pilgrim! I think the poster's trying to say that Aslan's watching over the members of the Voyage of the Dawn Treader; that they are not alone, that they will succeed in the quest for the lost lords. No one can prevail without God who is "Hope", who give us sanctifying grace, and many others, to save us from spiritual & physical peril. I especially love how C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien represent hope in their works. J.R.R.T.'s I think is more in depth, but less explicit. Lewis' is good also, but has not enough depth. He would be awesomer if he became a Catholic. Without J.R.R.T. ,C.S. Lewis would still be an atheist and there would be no Narnia. And without the Catholic Faith, Tolkien would have never written the Lord of the Rings, or the Silmarillion! Faith, Hope & Charity are the three theological virtues, meaning the ones that makes us greater people; because the closer we are to God , the better we are, happier, and less sad & full of doubt. So I hope you guys will now understand things better. Tolkien & Lewis wrote these pieces of art, so we could understand our Faith better, for they do reflect the beauty, wisdom, & history of the Catholic(Ancient & traditional Christianity) life, soul, and teachings of the Church. Anyways, I do hope the movie will turn out better than expected.
It's a pretty good poster, but I'd love it much more if Caspian and Edmund were on it 😉
Anything to do with the fact they are not-bad-looking-guys?
*Hymms*
Just teasing. :p
Lucy, too, I hope?
I want to see Caspian,Edmund & Lucy together too))))))
I'm with you. I mean, yay for a poster, but it gives nothing about the movie. Thank goodness I know what the movie is about, because if I had just seen than in the theatres, I would have walked right past it. Let's hope a better more detailed poster comes out soon and not this high school graphic design one that has shown up. Am I being too harsh?
Though the poster is well-designed, I agree: If I didn't know what Narnia was about I would have walked right by. I think a picture of the ship would have been more appealing.
It does sound like you're being a bit too harsh. High school design? I think it looks better than half the posters out there with all the characters crammed into one little space. Reepicheep standing on the logo is a bit strange though.
A bit overharsh, I think. It's not a real attention-getter, there are no stunning images or attractive guys on there, but it is quite Narnian. It's very simple, yes, but I doubt this will be the main poster used in advertising. It's just the start, and for a start it's not bad. IMO.
I completely agree with you GlumPuddle. Gorgeous graphics but not very attention grabbing. From far off people could probably mistake it for a African wildlife movie. lol
I think, from far off, the brightness of the colour will make people see it (besides the fact that it's a huge LION staring them in the face). Then they'll see a little "something" in his eye, and get closer. Then they see the ship, and say, "Oooo, this looks interesting."
I'm actually a bit concerned at the message this poster is trying to send. Sure, Aslan is a very important part of this story, but the voyage is what it's about. I would have preferred it be a huge poster of the Dawn Treader rather than one of Aslan. Now, since Aslan is a Christ-like figure in the Narnia stories, it seems to me like they're going for that audience straight off the bat. While it's not necessarily a bad thing, it is a bad thing if the wonder of Aslan is "told" to the audience rather than discovered. Discovery and wonder (for me) are key themes in this book. It's not a book or movie about the glory of Christ.
This is great! The trailer is coming I can feel it!!! It usually comes right after the movie posters begin!
Pretty cool! Wonder if there'll be a more complicated one later. I like the simplicity, but it's not all that eye catching. Not good for advertising.
IS AWESOME!!!!!!
YAY!!! Thanks for pointing out the Dawn Treader in Aslan's eye, I wouldn't have noticed it otherwise.
It's beautiful, I hadn't noticed the Dawn Treader reflected in Aslan's eye, but that's pretty cool! And I love how Aslan is the centerpiece.
What's it say? Something HOPE, something Narnia?
“Return to MAGIC, Return to HOPE, Return to NARNIA.”
Let's hope that a lot of fans and moviegoers return to Narnia that didn't for PC. Sail on VDT! 🙂
"the MAGIC will HOPEfully return to NARNIA" 😛
Haha, very good Sir Jack. I bet that's what it secretly means. 😉
haha HOPEfully. 🙂
YAAAAAY!
I'm waiting for the "complicated poster" though. I love the ship's reflection in Aslan's eye and the "Return to HOPE" tagline. But otherwise, it's nothing new.
Ditto on everything you said. I wish there was more on the poster, but it's still cool. The tagline isn't so bad, but what does the "return to HOPE" part mean? I mean it sounds nice, but how does it actually tie in with the movie? Anyone know?
I like it- from my point of view, the HOPE tagline is a sign of the movie staying close to the book, or even all the books. One thing they all have in general is their message of hope, so what I suppose whoever created the poster is getting across is that you once again can experience the power of hope and what comes from it in VDT.
This poster its so beautifull and original. Cant wait for the trailer!!!!!!!!!
AHHH! So cool. AHHHHHHH!
YEAH! Finally, the poster! But I'm not sure if I like it or not. I like how Aslan is big because the LWW poster; he was big, but PC poster, he wasn't that big and noticeable. He wasn't great in movie either, well, he wasn't shown very much. I'm really in the mood to see a trailer or a clip! Well, I'm always in that mood 🙂 I also like the reflection in Aslan's eye. I wish there was a picture of Edmund, Lucy and Eustace or something. But that's just because I'm big fans of them. I really hope this movie is good. So far, it's good. People are giving positive notes. And a lot of people said that it's better than PC and is truer to the book than PC. That's good! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!
At first, I thought that the cars and the parking lot were in the poster too and I was like, "What is THAT doing in there?!?!?!" But then I realized that it was just a reflection. I was like, Phew!
LOL
It seems like Fox really wants the marketing to mirror LWW's–after all, the movie made $700+ million.
Eh, if Fox was mirroring LWW's marketing plan, we would have gotten the trailer today and the poster next month. 😉
SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it! LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE!!!
Now all we need is a high-rez version that I can make into wallpaper for my desktop :3
I was thinking the same thing. YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
….!!! HAHA!!! Apparently the folks at Fox read my comment 😛
Aslan. Front and center focus. As he is behind every story. Awesome.
I love it! Really really love it!
And I hope that the scene with Lamb will be great…
I love this one. It is probably–no, definitely–my favorite poster yet. Aslan the main and only focus, just as he should be. It's simple and beautiful, and very Narnian. I'm not crazy about the tagline, but the poster itself makes me very happy!
I so love it! And Aslan's eye is incredible! Goshhhh December 10th get here already!
Awesome! If there's a poster, there's a trailer on it's way soon, right? Can't wait.
*wants to go check all nearby theaters to see if they have this poster…*
Check out the story in the "Word on the Street" section of Narniaweb. It says we might (key word MIGHT) expect a trailer in less than a month!
This means we are getting closer to a trailer!! Right…
Really like it!
You know what I think would be really, really cool, considering that the poster is now out? I think it would be way awesome if they released the trailer to the internet on the same day the PC movie was released to theaters in 2008. Yes, I am refering to may 16th; two days hense (wait, when did I start talking like that? Okay, whatever). They probably won't do that (smash my cookie…sigh), but I'm sure everyone here agrees with me that it WOULD be cool. Just sayin'. Hint-hint, fox and walden media, hint-hint.
Yes, HINT HINT!
wow that is so funny this morning I was thinking the same exact thing
Oh that would be sooo cool!!! but we will see tomorrow!!! Hopefully 😉
WOW. I think this one is going to be great.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!
LOVELY! .. althought… Aslans eyes don't seem to be green… and his Nose seems too dark.. but I don't want to be too picky, so I think we can really be happy with this poster!
I'd love too have a closer look at the reflektion in Aslans eye
Oh here comes the trailer, any time now!
It's a nice poster and all, but I was kind of hoping for more. Still good though.
In all the pictures I've seen so far Aslan looks way different- I do not like it.
I definitely disagree– Aslan looks way better in VDT posters than the ones for LWW or PC! He looks more lion-like (imo).
I agree and disagree…… Aslan looked good in LWW, but He looked HORRIBLE in PC. I like how He looks in the pictures from VDT, though.
Wonderful teaser poster, I rather like the conceptual take on it but would love to see a cast poster later on.
I would have preferred a picture of the Dawn Treader herself; I think she would have had more appeal. But Aslan is cool–however, the reflection of the ship in his eye could remind people of Spiderman 2.
Still, this seems to be the best poster including Aslan yet! 🙂
Ooooh, me likes! 😀
Hope this means a trailer's coming soon!
Fascinating concept — the first to be of Aslan only.
Im a graphic designer and… yeah, the idea WAS cool. But… why Reepicheep is there? It would be more powerful if Aslan were alone! The text are so separate! There's to many information in the poster! I dont like it.
I agree with you, why Reepicheep is in the logo? the texts is over crowding, I think it would be better if only aslan, the tagline, and the logo are in there.
OMG!!!! this is all really cool! I can't wait for the film!!!!!!!
The poster is gorgeous!! I am so excited now!
Cool Poster. Hopefully they'll have the kids and Caspian on future posters. I'm so excited. Seven months till the Voyage. It will be a fun ride!
Oh hells yeah a better image! Cool beans! I'm sure when the trailer does get released, NarniaWeb will definetly inform us all ASAP!
I love it it's wonderful.
But Aslan's eyes wasn't green ?
It is truely a beautiful poster… but it really isnt gonna catch your eye in the cinema… lets hope something more 'stand-out-ish' comes out aswell…. but yes its really good!
Let's get some Edmund/Caspian promotion too, please!!! LOL.
Lucy and Eustace, too!
Oh yes…them too…*winks*
I love it being of Aslan himself!
So they are stepping up on the publicity now. Good. 🙂
I love that it's Aslan-focused…And the Dawn Treader reflection is awesome. I like Reepicheep there because I like Reepicheep (probably the main reason they included him), but the text is totally pointless and meaningless. I suppose we can't really expect much better…most taglines for movies are pretty bad nowadays, but still, I would've liked something better. ^_^
But aside from the text, this is an awesome poster. This is the Teaser Poster. The one they release first that doesn't show very much before they release the action-packed Feature Poster. ^_^
i really like the poster. i always felt that the other movie posters were too busy…trying to cram too much in it. this one is nice and simple. and having reep also was a good idea. if you only have aslan, it looks like some kind of safari movie to the average person.
I think maybe the people that made this poster remembered how leaving Aslan out of most of PC and making him just another talking animal instead of THE KING probably hurt its potential to leave a lasting impression. So maybe this time they decided to EMPHASIZE Aslan..since he's important. well duh of course he is.. lol
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! THAT IS SOOO COOL!!!!!
i think they made aslan look different
The hi-res version is great! Love the Dawn Treader in Aslan's eye – and the fact they feature him!
Return to hope? My cat's name is Hope! Does this mean I'm allowed to bring her into the movie theater with me? LOL. just kidding.
I absolutely love it!! I love the way they did it with Aslan!
Thank goodness they're not going with that awful Ben Barnes as Caspian again in the promos. this is more like it.
It's wonderful!! EEEPPP!!
It's simple but it says a lot… more poetic than the previous ones.
This is amazing! Aslan looks cute, and beautiul! The way the Dawn Treader's reflected in his eye is just awesome. I am seeing it in 3D and that is final 😉 😛
Wow! Where do I get hold of one? I need one….NOW!