Narnia News

[Cliff]

Narnia: Caspian Moves Forward

Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media are moving ahead with a sequel to their hit The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Andrew Adamson is set to return to the director's chair, having just signed a deal to helm The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Adamson also will serve as a producer and co-writer, collaborating with returning writers Christopher Markus and Steve McFeeley. The principal cast is coming back, as is producer Mark Johnson, the trade paper reported.

A screenplay is not yet written, but production is scheduled to begin this year with an eye toward a Christmas 2007 release. Caspian finds the four Pevensie siblings pulled back into the land of Narnia, where 1,000 years have passed since they left. The children are again enlisted to join the colorful creatures of Narnia, who have been driven into the wild, unfriendly parts of the land. The Pevensies must struggle to overthrow a usurping king named Miraz and restore the rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian.

Caspian, published in 1951, is the second book in the seven-book series written by C.S. Lewis.

[mindseye]

although i really loved the lion, the witch and the wardrobe, i never really got into the rest of the books. maybe now that there is going to be movies i will end up reading them. (i refuse to see movies before reading the book, and was very glad i had read narnia before seeing the movie). Do you think they will do the entire series?

[bakersdozen]

That's fantastic! I really like Prince Caspian so I look forward to seeing it. I really hope they cast the same actors as the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe because those kids were really good actors! Wonder where they were during the Harry Potter auditions........

[Cliff]

Yes, it's the same cast of kids - the article says that!

[joss]

That's great news!! Thanks for posting <3

[Cliff]

You're welcome. I really need to get around to actually seeing the movie!

[bakersdozen]

You should, the movie's fantastic!

[Cliff]

Yeah, but it'll have to be a renter - I get to go to the movies once in a blue moon (like last night - which was the first time since August!)

[FrodoFreak87]

what movie did you see?
That's cool I was hoping they'd make more, even though I havn't seen it, but it looks good!

[addboy]

I'm so excited!

[Cliff]

frodofreak87 said:

what movie did you see?
That's cool I was hoping they'd make more, even though I havn't seen it, but it looks good!

We went to see King Kong, but it was sold out (!) so we ended up seeing Underworld: Evolution instead.

I liked the first Underworld a lot.

This one? Not so much.

[addboy]

I saw the first one, but not the 2nd...guess I won't.

[matt]

It was good fun, looking forward to the next one.

[charliefan92489]

Really? Sweet! I love the books, and the Lion The Wich and the Wardrobe is really good. Disney has got alot of things going good for it right now.(Narnia, POTC 2, and others) I cant wait to see prince caspan!!!

[matt]

I remember last few times I was in the UK, I went to Oxford and had a drink at the Eagle and Child, where 'The Inklings', CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Charles Williams, and several others met and discussed their writing and shot the breeze. Pretty wild to think you're sitting at the same table where those guys once sat and discussed the creation of worlds which would turn out to be Middle Earth and Narnia.

Plus, they give away free menus as keepsakes.