Disney plans to have a new Narnia movie released every year after this one. I think that sounds cool, but at the same time one year is not enough time for the franchise to feel fresh to public, and a lack of interest will come about quickly. However, as a Narnia fan this won't be a problem for me, and it's kind of exciting knowing that there will be a Narnia movie being released around the time of both my High School graduation and my College graduation.
I'm definitely excited for this. From the trailer it looks like its going to have some good action scenes and should be really exciting. This article is a few days old but they showed MSN 45 min. of the movie and here are their thoughts.
http://movies.msn.com/movies/hitlist/02-26-08?GT1=MOVIES5
I think I heard they were going to do them so quickly one after another was so the characters dont get too old. Anyone else here that?
Why would anyone say it's darker? Silver Chair, and Last Battle are without a doubt the darkest installments in the series.
Dawn Treader will most likely be better than Caspian, and i'm not just saying that because it's like The Odyssey, which I enjoyed very much.
My favorite in the series though, A Horse and his Boy, won't be hitting theaters for quite some time.
Ergh, Horse and his Boy was monotomous.
You say anyone, I say the producers of the film and those covering its various press releases. Obviously they have got the marketing schtick going on there and trying to bring in those LotR dollars, but I think they've taken the sentiment to heart with the design of the film.
I think that's a smart dicision, because with the huge success of LotR people will gravitate towards a movie that offers a simillar feel. Not only is it good for general audiances, but it's good for the fans. As you said, this story is very tame, and some serious sprucing up may be just what the movie needs.
One thing i've been wondering though is how well Voyage is going to fare. People will be reminded of Pirates, and that might create interest, but there is not much action in the book, except for the monster fight, and THAT was already seen in Pirates. More changes are likely to happen to Voyage than to Prince.
Let Voyage be a slow burner then. They will have a few problems if they are scared of taking the blatant religous angle of the destination (what else could they do with it!?) of the ship, i.e. the after-life, but they'll have to get through that hurdle somehow. They completely derailed the The Northern Lights when putting that into the film by disregarding and playing down the amatuerish-atheist tones the books (of which are idiotic in the first place), so let's hope they keep things as they should be script-wise.
Again, I don't think Narnia should be an action filled series, albeit the action pieces should be done well, but all the same, let the story, dialogue and the performances of the four Pensieve kids (which were well done in the first installment) take the brunt of the responsibility.
They plan on releasing all of the books to film, in publishing order, not chronological. So Silver Chair is coming after Voyage. If Disney has switched their pace to every other year then we won't see Chair until 2012. This could be because the last couple installments have the Pevensies as adults, and they want them to be the right age when the time comes around [although they may get too old so pace might quicken again.]
As for touching on Voyages religious angle, I think the ending will be treated like the Grey Havens in LotR, where it's implied where they're going, but it's not a huge smack in the face. Also i have no problem with Voyage being story, and character driven, the thing is will the public [who's dollars translate into success, which in turn translates into more movies] want a lot of story, or at least a 50/50 story/action compromise. The Odyssey was a great film, that had good story, and was character driven; but that was made for TV. Not that I'm worried about Voyage bombing [it won't] it's just that a lack of interest in further movies by the public would not be good for the franchise. The director picked for Voyage will have to be a very good, experienced director [didn't they already pick one?].
narnia at your doorstep
Hey for all those people who are fans of the The Chronicles of Narnia book series.The second book Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian will be hitting the scenes on May 16, 2008. Ben Barnes is playing the character of his lifetime. Prince Caspian is looking for followers to fight against the Telmarines.
I am so excited.. The movie will be a must watch. For people who haven’t read the Narnia collection the movies are generally better!Lets share our thoughts on this.