Walden Media Hasn’t Dropped Out of Narnia, Still Negotiating
We have been contacted by someone close to the production who claims that Walden Media has pulled out of making any further Narnia movies.
We are trying to confirm this news as quickly as possible. And should this indeed be the case, we have no idea what will become of the series from this point on.
UPDATE: There are a number of conflicting stories about what’s going on. We’re hearing different things from different people, so until things start to settle down we really don’t know anything for sure. What we can say for sure is that the future of the franchise at present is rather murky. Negotiations may or may not be ongoing, or may have ground to a halt for a while. We’re going to just have to wait and see what shakes out. -Tirian
UPDATE 2: I did have a chance to speak with officials from Walden Media today. Walden stated emphatically that they are still pursing another Narnia film and that they are continuing discussions with the C.S. Lewis Estate to make that a reality. At the present time nothing has been confirmed. But there has not yet been a final yes, or a final no. If Walden does another Narnia film, it will almost certainly be The Magician’s Nephew.
I think it is clear that some negotiations are still taking place, though perhaps as I suggested earlier, they are stalled. It is likely that Walden’s option on the film will last for several more years so it could be quite some time before we know for sure one way or the other.
I just did a search under wikipedia "Walden Media" and found that they have under their upcoming releases "The Chronicles Of Narnia:The Magician's Nephew" they have it listed under as TBA I just hope they stay true to this listing.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I was hoping the negotations ere taking so long because they were discussing SC!
I really wish to see Magician's Nephew be made into a movie. it was the one film I looked forward to when the series first started.
I really hope they do the Magician's Nephew next. In my opinion, it's one of the best books in the series, and I think it would be one of the best movies as well. It kind of stands alone among all of the other Narnia books because whereas most of them involve either an epic battle or long journey, this one is more going back and forth between London and the Wood between the worlds. I can see how it might be difficult to make as a movie because of this, however, if the time is taken to work it out it could be amazing. I really look forward to seeing the scene with the Lion's Song and the beginning of Narnia. I also look forward to seeing Charn. Of course I will really miss seeing the Pevensies since obviously this was before their time but maybe they'll work a little cameo with them into it or something.
All in all, I can't wait for the Magician's Nephew! = )
If he's 100, he can play the aged Caspian!
The Harry Potter films visually are pretty lacking. It was the first fantasy saga where I watched the movie, and my imagination was bigger. With Narnia and LOTR, I read the books, then watched the movies and found the there was so much more things and detail than I imagined. The latter films visually are still pretty good.
The only thing with Harry Potter is that it's a very different world than Narnia and darker. The first two stories are pretty upbeat and nice, but the middle of the series just gets dark and there's quite a bit of stuff going on that's not so good. The last book is actually very good, going in a better direction than the previous books. Same with the movies. They made half blood prince not so dark as the book, so that's also a good one. The stories also get more and more mature as they progress, so the only movies that young kids can watch are the first two. That's what I think.
Not wanting to be obvious, but you know that ANYONE can edit wikipedia, right? Anyone could potentially write in what is on some company's movie list…
What I really want is a sequel to this article, I really want to know what's going to happen next…