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 wonder if there is a chance someone else will continue the series. Is there life after Walden?
Given God's track record with miraculously keeping this series going, I would say yes. Just because it gets one more cross to bear doesn't mean it just dies. Everyone thought the world was ending when Disney pulled out but that didn't stop it. Now it's just WM – they're not even a major distributing company so if Fox still wants to do it they can do it. And I say good riddance to WM – Flaherty was starting to screw things up anyway with the MN nonsense (I bet that's why they pulled out – bc of the squabble over which movie was going to be made next. good on Fox if they actually wanted to do SC first). Now…if only someone could coax Kenneth Branagh to somehow get involved that would make my day. The movies would be phenomenal with him at the helm, imo. Oh, and David Tennant should be Pudddleglum. The end.
David Tennant as Puddleglum?! I approve! Keep it in the proverbial family! First Tom Baker plays Puddleglum in the BBC adaption, then David Tennant. If you think about it, you'd be having the same person play Puddleglum twice!
Sorry, got carried away with Doctor Who.
Back to the topic at hand, I honestly could care less who makes the rest of the movies (I'm sure I'll regret saying that) just as long as they make them right and bring back Will Poulter to play Eustace. Next to Reepicheep, Eustace was my favorite character in Voyage.
Honestly, I think now is the PERFECT time to continue the movies.
Think about it. After this year, there are no more Harry Potter movies. Scratch one competition.
The Hobbit movies (yep, there's 2 of 'em) will be released in December of 2012 and 2013, so there's no well known fantasy franchise to take the summers!
Narnia's better off in the winter. VDT would not have done nearly as well without the holiday bump. Yes competition is a factor in how well a movie performs, but you also have to consider which demographics of movie-goers are most interested and available to go to the movies at a given time of year.
I hope you're right and the series miraculously continues!!!!!
Fox doesn't own the film rights, Walden does. Unless Walden chooses to sell them, there will be no more movies.
Was there life with Walden?
"Even to a guy like me, that's cold." Haha
Ooooooh burn. I love it. Hahahaha
Either that was the end of it, then, or someone else will make these films into what they were supposed to be.
Sad, I was really looking forward to the whole series. But if its true, we can hopefully get more faithful adaptation in the future. I love LWW, thought it very faithful. PC is great, but a more faithful adaptation would be great. VDT I like, but it pales in comparison to the book and I'd like a movie without the green mist- however I don't hate the movie either.
I really wish it to continue.
Thing is, now that these movies have been made, that pretty much ensures there won't be any new adaptions made any time soon. Forty or fifty years from now, maybe, but not now.
In this age of reboots and remakes, I wouldn't be so sure. I doubt we'll see a Narnia movie anytime soon…but you never know these days.
It would not shock me if a few years from now, another studio came along and decided to reboot Narnia with The Magician's Nephew.
Well, if this is true, then it's very possible that Fox (who I believe expressed interest in continuing) will take over completely.
It's not too big of a deal, I think, if that happens, because they still have to deal with D.G. and the Estate – same as Walden. It just depends how much Fox values the potential of the series even though it hasn't turned into the next Harry Potter as hoped.
If Fox gets full control of the series, there is no point in even waiting for a trailer. We should immediately start a boycott.
Oh, I don't think it'll be that bad.
I'm starting to think that a slight departure from the fanbase might be a good idea. I'm probably a bigger book-fan than most, but VDT's random insertion of the coracle, seagull, etc, rather annoyed me. I'd rather get a good story without the material from the book than a mishmash of what the writers know they ought to do to make it work cinematically but also know the fans want….
As a writer, I know this is a really difficult line to walk. Twice as difficult if one didn't grow up a dedicated Narnia fan.
I believe there is a way to write a Narnia movie fairly faithful to the book and yet cinematically sound: the first movie was this. (It was by no means brilliant on either count, but it was successful, which is what counts in the movie industry)
I believe that they'll find a wider audience with a film with about the level of faithfulness as LWW with the cinematic appeal of PC… and no green mist. XD
Oh, it'll be that bad.
Eragon
Percy Jackson (now the sequel)
Narnia 3
+ more I can't think of. I have mixed feelings about this, but at least we have the first 2. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe was a truly spectacular movie. I hope this doesn't mean the end of Narniaweb too though. I'm kind of stunned right now.
Fox won't have full reign over the creative process, so hopefully that will leave room for it to get past imitating Eragon. Eragon's problem was that the director was completely inexperienced and I don't think he knew how to handle such a big franchise. As long as there's a really good director/writer, I think they'll be okay. Heck, why don't they just get Gresham to do it? Besides, he deserves to see HHB done right on film b/c the book is dedicated to him and his brother. After all he's done, the least they owe him is that
Uh, no. Douglas Gresham is great, I agree, but he's no filmmaker. (save doing voiceovers/etc! Loved his voice cameos in the films as well as the intros in the FOFRT adaptations!)
I think the studio should give him more say, yes, but he ultimately has no real experience making movies. Directing is a huge job. There is more to it than just being the step-son and highly committed fan of C.S. Lewis. You have to have experience or the entire film set will fall apart.
If this happened before VoDT, I would've been crushed. Now, not so much.
Also, if it's true.. It angers me. Why give us the hope between SC and MN? If anyone were to drop out, I would've expected it to be Fox, not Walden Media. From LWW's success to this… They lost sight of what made Narnia special in the first place. Sad.
*activates his Blue Lantern power ring*
Maybe the franchise will be picked up by a production company that actually wants to make good Narnia movies. Of course, I imagine that would depend on Walden's willingness to sell the film rights.
This could explain why we've been hearing barely any news since december. I'm sad about this, yes, but not crushed. But I don't think Fox will continue. They'll keep the rights for sure, to try and sell them 15 years from now.
Let's just remember the good old days of LWW and PC. It's a part of my youth, anticipating these films, but I don't think I can take another BDT, so maybe it's for the best?
Yes, maybe this is the chance to look at the series again and put them on the big screen in a way that would do C. S. proud. Waiting for excellence is worth waiting for! Still, good or bad, I will miss following all the production stories on Narniaweb. That to me was always half the entertainment. Take or leave the actual film!
What will happen to the movie rights, I am willing to buy them for a cheap price
Mmm, one more thought.
Fox doesn't hold the rights to my knowledge. If and only if Walden really backed out, then I would assume they get first dibs, but they haven't paid for the rights. Walden did. So it really might be up in the air who'll take over.
I doubt they'll abandon the series entirely. A reboot under new management is very likely. (unfortunately, a reboot may abandon all previous films for continuity/actors, which would be sad – Will Poulter as Eustace is perfect)
Alternatively, wouldn't it be fun if a British company picked it up? I always felt the films could be a little less American in dialogue and a little more British, particularly after sampling some British tv (Doctor Who) recently.
The overly American dialogue in the movies bothered me too. It wasn't natural at all. I thought they should have stuck with more of the original dialogue from the books.
OMG you just gave me a thought…if Steven Moffat worked on Narnia it'd be AMAZING
Hah! That would indeed be amazing. I think he could get the essence of the story down very well, judging by the overall style of his work in series 5… (Amy bringing everything back through the stories she remembered as being real, for example!)
sad I never imagined Walden woad drop out:(
Sure there will be plenty of people dis-appointed if true, thought Walden had potential to complete pretty captivating home run of all seven chronicles, they were certainly in the right direction for Narnia.
Well this is really bad to leave the Narnia series at this point when the three other movies are already made……:( I didn't expect walden media to leave it cause it was there in all the 3 movies…..unlike Disney pictures…:(…I pray that there would be ANOTHER GREAT COMPANY WHO WOULD HAVE THE SENSE TO TAKE NARNIA MOVIES…..!!!!!!!!…..Really sad to hear this…..Please God…save Narnia movies..!!!
Sadly, if Fox and/or Walden had in mind another "Dawn Treader"-style disaster — blurted-out, lame-adapted, man-made-religion-addled, and Lewis-ignorant — for the next film, I would be glad to see them stop first.
Give it instead to the folks with WB who made the "Harry Potter" films.
Alas, I have to agree. If this is true I'm going to really miss NarniaWeb. That will be the biggest punch in the gut. 🙁
Reep, if this proves to be true, I would not fret for the future of NarniaWeb! Narnia has always lived on, apart from the films, for it was born not with acting, effects and camera work, but in the imagination of the "Chronicles of "Narnia" author, C.S. Lewis.
"Narnia is not dead. This is Narnia."
NarniaWeb will probably still be around, true, but it just won't bethe same without movies to speculate about.
Oh we will find something to speculate about I'm sure. Too bad I don't have the money, equipment, or experience… I'd start over from the top and get the rights myself 😛
No, please don't start over from the top. We already have 4 film versions of LWW, and not a single film version of HHB. In fact, if you just did HHB, I would be happy. I'll help you write the script. 🙂
I'm just going to wait and see..i'm not going to start speculating.it just stresses people out to speculate and puts false ideas in our heads.
Please wait until you have the full picture before you draw conclusions. This may not be what you think and there are a lot of things going on. Don't post something like this when you only have half of the story. Walden is trying to continue with the series, but there are a few disagreements about how to proceed.
Sounds like you're already drawing conclusions. I think it is the most logical explanation if Walden truly wishes to pull out. Yes, in a perfect world they would make all 7. But in a perfect world, abominations like VDT wouldn't happen either. I think Walden and Fox have more than a few disagreements. I believe Walden has decided that out of their options available to them, they do not wish to make any more movies.
What he's saying is that we also have information from some folks involved in the production, and at Walden Media, and there is some misinformation coming from somewhere, but we're not saying who said what until we are sure of what is actually happening.
Thanks you two for this info, I won't stress then until full info is given. Hopefully this is false and they are indeed gonna continue.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, now that my little surprised disapointmet has been expressed, I will behave with decorum and dignity as I await the truth in the unsettling matter.
It is over……
I can't say I'm truly happy about this since it was Walden who brought us two mostly good adaptations with LWW and PC. But I would rather have no Narnia movie than a bad Narnia movie. It's that simple, and if they were planning on making Magician's Nephew just as a money grab and not because these guys loved the book, then this is best.
If it's true, the films (in anything approaching a semi-recognizable state) are done. Unless there are other Christian billionaires who own major studios that I am unaware of.
But, really, what else does Walden have? This sort of smells like a negotiation tactic. I think the more interesting question, as opposed to "Will Walden continue?", is, "Who is making it difficult for Walden to continue?" Are FOX over-asserting themselves on the creative side? Is the Estate objecting to something? Or has Philip Anschutz informed them that he'll need the Narnia money for his NFL ambitions?
Regardless, I agree with you, Rilian. Motivation is everything for these films. You have to LOVE these books enough to UNDERSTAND them. Not LIKE them enough to EXPLOIT them. There's been a lot of talk about the former, and a lot of evidence concerning the latter.
Life will go on.
Wow, I don't know what to think… this saddens me. 🙁 looking forward to Narnia movies has been part of my life for six or seven years now. I was disappointed with many unfaithful portions of the movies, but I always hoped the series would continue. So many Narnia moments I'd still like to see onscreen! I guess we'll see what happens next…
Is this a joke? Cuz, if it is, I don't find it funny.
Sadly narniaweb has only been known to joke about these things on April 1st and this is June 22nd.
I rather think in five or ten years all three of the Narnia films will be considered classics. Fine, (if flawed) films and adaptions, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, all re-tellings of much loved stories.
Some time has passed since "The Lord of the Rings" movies were made, and most people agree that they're good movies. The adaptions were hardly word for word from the book, but no one seems to really remember that anymore.
Time is the only thing VotDT needs.
C.S. Lewis said in "The Four Loves":
"The especial glory of Affection is that it can unite those who most emphatically, even comically, are not. People who… would have had nothing to do with each other. If Affection grows out of this… their eyes begin to open. Growing fond of old 'so-and-so', at first simply because he happens to be there, I presently begin to see that there is 'something in him' after all." ("The Four Loves")
Actually most people agreed that the LoTR movies were good movies when they came out. Definitely everyone I knew personally, and if online polls are any indicator, a lot of other people as well.
YES!
eh…this was likely to happen. Still kind of sad to see it end like this after all the optimism that followed the release of LWW.
Exactly. Sad.
What?????? I never expected that! That's the last thing I expected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's so weird……………. Well…..I wonder what is going to happen from here? Yikes…I dunno if any more Narnia is going to be happening….
That would be rather disappointing if the news is true. I had expected at least one more Narnia movie. And it seemed they were pretty happy with Voyage Of The Dawn Treader grossing over 400 million $ worldwide. But i have to say the ending of VOTD nicely concludes the Pevensie trilogy. I'm glad we had 3 movies, not many movie-franchises get this far. But for now i try to remain optimistic until it's confirmed.
But what about Eustace??? What happened to, "Will I come back?" "Narnia may yet have need of you."?
They keep drifting farther from the books to the point where they're just NINO (Narnia in Name Only). Who knows how bad they'd make the Silver Chair, and I'd be heartbroken to see the Magician's Nephew screwed up. I'm hoping this leads to a new team that can take what Lewis wrote and bring it to life in light with all that the technology we've got today allows.
I wholeheartedly agree. Perhaps there is something better in Narnia's future beyond Walden Media.
No. 🙁 I really hope the news it confirmed as not true…
OH DEAR! Don't leave us Walden!!!! But if you do leave, somebody else, PLEASE PICK US BACK UP! Don't forget what we thought when Disney dropped out, fellow Narnians! It wasn't over then and I believe we are not done with the Narnia films. Somebody will save us! (hopefully)
Do you think it's within the realm of possibility that Fox will do this on their own? They wanted the rights to Narnia before, maybe they'd buy the rights from Walden. On the other hand low (compared to the budget) box office returns may have dampened their enthusiasm. 🙁
Narnia is one of the biggest franchises Fox has left. The new X-Men won't make as much money as Voyage Of The Dawn Treader. Avatar is still years away. And Star Wars movies are also not for the nearby future.
While Lucasfilm says that they're done making Star Wars movies, Fox does have more potential in the X-men and Avatar franchises than you make out. First Class has already made more money than VDT domestically, and it's only been out for 3 weeks. And while Avatar 2 isn't coming out until 2014, any future Narnia film would be years away as well.
LOL Avatar 2 will never come out by 2014. Cameron takes far too long with his projects even though they never get any better.
"So," said the King, after a long silence, "Narnia is no more." – The Last Battle, Chapter X, Page 103.
Sorry, I meant Chapter VIII
"The end is near."
I don't really know how to feel about this yet. I probably should be upset, but then I was getting sick of seeing Narnia twisted and turned upside down and inside out. Still, as movies, they were fun to watch, so I would miss them. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
I knew it.
And I'm not terribly sorry. If it ends, it ends. I still have all seven books on my shelf, and that's all I need to keep Narnia alive. The films were teetering toward the point that rather than keeping the books alive, they were slowly killing them for me.
Long live Narnia. Good-bye Walden (and good riddance, too).
This is beyond shocking. I'm glad I don't have anything to do with Walden right now, otherwise I might be wringing a few necks and deafening a few ears. Never in all my life did I want to truly yell at someone. I mean, I've thought that perhaps the movies wouldn't continue … but Walden has almost become a traitor to the Narnia films.
Perhaps its for the best though. The movies have seemed to go downhill from LWW. Even though PC was my all time favorite movie … I mean is … VDT didn't exactly possess a Narnian feel or taste to it. Maybe when I'm older I'll be able to be a part of the movies … Maybe that's why God seems not to want the movies to continue just yet.
I wish I could say I was sorry to hear this, but after the execution of VDT, it's almost something of a relief.
The two books up for filming are two of my favorites, and I really wasn't looking forward to watching either one be adapted by the same hands that gave us last year's movie.
I guess could say I'll miss looking forward to future films. . . the anticipation, the wondering, theorizing with fellow fans, et cetera. But honestly, waiting to see what they'd do next to this very special series would have mostly been a source of stress for me. 8/
I'd rather anticipate waiting for someone who actually cares about the books to remake these films, even if it takes twenty-five or fifty years. At least then I could hope, instead of dread.
I believe time will pass and the movies will begin to be forgotten, but the books will remain beloved. Someone's eventually going to realize that all seven Chronicles are deserving of detailed, faithful adaptions. CGI will only get cheaper, and I think the lure of Narnia will only grow stronger. It's only a matter of time before someone with vision will be able to make these films as they should be made. My only regrets would be my lack of patience, and having to replace actors that really nailed their roles.
Of course, there's still a possibility that this current Narnia film venture isn't over yet. Another company may pick up the series, with some creative filmmakers that actually care about CoN and manage to "reboot" the Narnia series halfway through or something. But right now, after VDT—what the majority of filmgoers must think is the standard for Narnia films now—I'm not sure who will be willing to try. Anybody who really cared about the books themselves would likely want to just do a complete reboot, and it is probably too soon for that right now.
We'll see.
I'm not going to believe this until I know for sure it's true…but in all honesty…even if it is…
Look at all the obstacles this franchise has had to overcome to get to the point where it is now. Disney dropped out. VDT almost didn't get made. VDT barely pulled through. If you look at things through a purely logical/practical standpoint, THE SERIES NEVER SHOULD HAVE CONTINUED. And yet…IT DID. The only thing I can conclude is pure divine intervention. Yes, it sounds cheesy to us modern folks who are so used to having little faith in anything, but I truly believe that God's hand has been in all of this and that he's trying to prove something to us about the true importance of this series. That it has already overcome so many roadblocks IMO is an indication that the Narnia franchise is so much more than just that. There is something in it that goes far deeper than even a story, something that has made it go strong despite all the petty studio problems. It's as persevering as its author and I think that these complications are only a way for God's glory to further shine through. I don't believe the films are done yet and I don't believe that they will stop until LB has made its run. I prayed so hard for VDT to make it and it did. I don't think we're supposed to give up. I think we're supposed to take this as a testament to the true heart and soul of the series, and as a sign that maybe we need to really FIGHT for this story that needs to be told onscreen to the very end.
As Gandalf said, "There is always hope." And that is precisely one of the principles Narnia is founded upon – and we need to pay more attention to it.
btw someone should petition Kenneth Branagh to get involved b/c he would do the books total justice, especially HHB
Please tell me that this is an april fools joke that got lost in the interwebs and just posted a few months late!
The great thing about Walden is their commitment to accuracy and the integrity of the books they film. If it weren't for Walden, I wouldn't be waiting for my new book "Around the World in Eighty Days" to arrive.
I am really looking forward to reading this book. I love Jackie Chan and Kung Fu.
Can't comment on the accuracy of their "Ecoterrorism for kids" Hoot adaptation.
LOL. You forgot to mention how beautifully they captured the romantic themes from the book Prince Caspian, and the big brawl in the slave market was my favorite part of the book VDT. Glad they didn't cut that out. 😛
Accuracy and integrity in book adaptations? When? In an alternate universe? Their Jules Verne adaptations barely hold any resemblance to the books and their adaptation of The Dark is Rising is an absolute abomination that had the author nearly in tears as she was interviewed about her treatment by the filmmakers. And then there's the execrable Dawn Treader movie.
I thought for sure there would be an official announcement by the time I got back from school. I guess I was wrong. If Walden Media is planning on making more Narnia films, wouldn't they have jumped on this story and said it wasn't true?
On the other hand, I can't say that I'll mind if Walden never makes another Narnia movie. I was dissatisfied to some degree with every single movie the first time I watched them in the theater.
This is TRAGIC!!!! I am sooo sad. 🙁 What will happen if they do pull out??? *totally shocked* Will someone else make them? Or is the series done?? I guess the good news is, they can't mess up on them anymore! lol 😉 Maybe I should write that screenplay…….
Seriously, as someone who counted the days to "Dawn Treader", I have to say that this news hits me with total apathy. I just couldn't have imagined a year ago being this apathetic to the news that Narnia movies are done.
In fact, I'm seriously thinking it's for the best. "Dawn Treader" was such a disaster that there's no way to recover from it. It was the laziest piece of major-movie making I've ever seen. They even managed to sabotage the whole character arc of Silver Chair with one stupid line at the end. Not to mention having to hunt for a prince who was never born because he never had a mother.
There's an irony there, I think. Lewis didn't name Rilian's mother and yet made her an interesting character. The movies gave her a name and turned her into Exposition Lass.
It's about time. Hopefully WB will take it over and we can get some legit Narnian-ness out of it. Paramount would do a good job too I think, from my personal movie experience. I really would like to see the rest of the books into films.
this is not cool
No!!! First Disney and now them… 🙁
I heard that Disney dropped out because of "creative differences"- I wonder what made Walden drop out.
Dude, no way. That actually made my jaw drop a little. lol
I never really thought Walden would drop Narnia. Then again, they're looking to make money just as much as Disney or Fox.
To be honest, after seeing the last two movies, I'd rather they had made just LWW and that's it. LWW was really good, IMO. Horse and His Boy would make a great film, though.
I'm more happy than displeased about this after seeing the last two films.
Who knows, maybe they could make Narnia into a TV mini series instead? Some of the stories are more suited for that format, like VDT. Or maybe they could have a web series, similar to Mortal Kombat: Legacy, made by film makers who are actually big fans of the books.
I hope this is just a rumour!!!!!!!!!!!
Now we can have some fun imagining the train wreck that "Magician's Nephew" would have been!
Glum, I love your videos (next, please!) but in dwelling on the point about MN being the financial decision, you never seem to get around to the real point – that it is a boneheaded financial decision:
(A) The only reason that MN is a big seller is because it was relabeled number one. If anything, it is comparatively non-compelling as a narrative (it works as a "so that's what happened" story) and probably puts people off reading "subsequent" volumes. How does MN being the first in the book series translate into the financial success of its movie adaption?
(1) Relabel this prequel story #1 (2) ??? (3) Profit on new Narnia movie
If someone can figure out the mechanism here, perhaps they could persuade Gresham simply to relabel as number one every volume that's about to made into the next Narnia movie. Something tells me that he'd be easy to persuade.
(B) Let's stipulate that MN is a super duper story and people will flock to see a movie adaption of it, whereas they wouldn't for "Silver Chair." Presumably the people who made "Dawn Treader" would be in charge of it, as they continue to seem quite pleased with their "dumbing down" approach for the latest movie. We all know a movie needs a strong villain and a quest building to a huge action climax. I know, I know, you're thinking, "That's Magician's Nephew all over." How do you parley what you believe to be the more financially adaptable story into mega-success by rewriting it to make it the exact opposite of everything which the narrative is?
Those numbsculls in charge said that "Dawn Treader" was about temptation. It was of course an insult to Lewis. "Dawn Treader" was the finest expression of Lewis' primary literary idea – the Sehnsucht that haunted him his whole life. MN is actually about temptation. Would that mean covering the same ground? What would it even be about? More green mist?
One struggles to imagine how this would work. An epic Charn sequence. How do you move that to the end of the movie? I really don't see it, even as flashback. Would the movie makers even do anything so obvious as Digory tempted in the garden to eat an apple? I'm not seeing it. I'm seeing the Witch tempting all the ugly Narnia creatures into evil instead and rallying them for a big battle in primeval Narnia. I'm seeing something completely unlike the story of MN, given the precedents.
Not trying to be sarcastic. I really can't envision how the Green Mist Mob would have structured this movie.
It does of course take a special kind of genius to say, "This book is the most popular. Let's use the name and make something totally different." Lewis would make a sophisticated point about losing your ends in means, how evil is what happens when you start with a good idea and try to do it your way instead of God's.
We call it "Going bad" in Narnia.
I'm very sad right now… I had been desperate to hear some more Narnia news but not this! Even though neither movie was perfect, I was happy with all of them and wished the franchise to continue. There is yet still hope that there will be a happy ending, but this is truly sad.
WHAT?!
time to pray 😉
No! I wanted The Silver Chair so badly! 🙁
This is sad news- I personally think Voyage was actually the best of the three films as they didn't try to make it a Lord of the Rings wannabe- yes, it was different, but it has the 'feel' of the book.
I'm to upset to say anything
Sad because the Chronicles are still the best children's fantasy books around and they deserved great movie adaptations to all 7 books.
But then again, after they seeing what Apted did to Voyage of The Dawn Treader, it might be too painful to see what his vision of Magician's Nephew or Silver Chair might be like. It felt like watching somebody slaughter your favorite child.
Narnians everywhere, one of you has the mission of growing up to be the director who will reboot this franchise the right way. I wish I could do it myself, but since it seems like all the odds are against me, I'd be more than happy if one of you actually got that chance.
I had a gut feeling when I came online today there'd be something big like this. :\
what ??