The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

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Writer To Adapt The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Emmy-winning writer Ann Peacock will adapt C.S. Lewis' beloved children's book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for the big screen, Variety reported. Walden Media is producing the feature adaptation in partnership with the C.S. Lewis Company.

Walden partner with the Lewis company in December to option the entire seven-part fantasy book series The Chronicles of Narnia, of which The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second and best-known installment, the trade paper reported.
 
....not sure how much I like this idea.

Do you remember the mini-series from the early to mid-nineties? I remember it being on Sunday afternoons, maybe on C4. It did a halfway good job, but just didn't seem to capture the big picture. I loved the books with a passion - I used to read and re-read them like crazy, and I think they could be too familiar to me for any adpatation to ever do them justice.

Are they still as popular?
 
That series was produced by the BBC and is available on video (possibly DVD too, but I don't know for sure).

I agree that it would be difficult to beat that adaptation, even with cgi and state of the art fx, because the stories are quintessentially English, and CS Lewis' Christian themes would inevitably be watered down by any Hollywood production.

Are they still popular?
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My daughter is half-way through them, she's read more of them than I ever did. Some of her friends have read them all. It has just celebrated an anniversary (possibly 50 years) and had a big promotion in bookshops and libraries, so I guess the answer is yes!
 
I read them once -- and I remember that mini-series - they did show it in the US a few times -- but it's been a LONG time since I've seen it / read the books ----

I liked them well enough, not sure I'd be much interested in movies done for those ---- like Dave said -- many of the themes and underlying messages would be lost ---
 
Shrek director confirmed

Adamson Helming Lion

SCIFI WIRE - Shrek co-director Andrew Adamson will helm the live-action feature-film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' classic fantasy novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for Walden Media, Variety reported. Adamson joins award-winning writer Ann Peacock, who recently signed on to adapt the book, the trade paper reported.

Former visual-effects supervisor Adamson made his feature-directing debut with the computer-animated Shrek, alongside Vicky Jensen.
 
Be very interesting as read these books when I was younger & my favourtie was 'The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe'

:blush:
 
What makes that so interesting to you?
Why was that your favourite book?
Which characters did you like best?
Do you think the stories should only be read when you are younger? Why is that?
Do you think this team will make a good job of turning the story into a film?
Do you think the BBC adaptation can be bettered?
How should they adapt it?

Bayleaf -- if you answer these kinds of questions then your posts will be more interesting, other members will have something to reply to, the thread will propagate itself and be much more interesting, and no one will be upset with you again.

Have your own opinion. Express it and use examples to back it up. Read reviews (in books, magazines and online) of things to give you insights.

Try to ask some searching questions yourself that will make another member think.

But if you really have nothing to add to the discussion, you don't NEED to post anything at all.
 
Wow, I LOVED "The Lion, Witch and The Wardrobe" so I'm excited to hear it's being turned into a film.
I remember going to my grandparents house and watching the tv series. Hehe, it was even Edmund's taste for Turkish Delight that got me eating the stuff!
Not to give spoilers away for those who don't know the story, but I cried when:
Aslan the lion died
I'm sure that there was a time when every 2 weeks "Blue Peter" used to bring that animatromic-type Aslan on. I think the lion was regarded as pretty hightect for that time.

Is it just "The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe" that is going into film production, or do you think they're concidering doing the complete Chronicles of Narnia?
... then again, "The Magician's Nephew" was the first part. "TLWATW" was the 2nd one - though certainly the most well known.
 
Ooh - the Narnia books have to be my favourites!! The Silver Chair is so the best. I've actually got the old video of TLTWATW - with that Lucy kid whose face you want to punch. The rest of it was good though. Films would be good - as long as they are following the books correctly.
 
Dave, even as a child I found the whole world of Narnia 2 be wonderful & in particular the book "the Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe', can't explain why as there's just something about that particular book that I really like

As 4 my favourite character it has 2 be Aslan as he's just great & was prepared 2 lay his life on the line 4 others

I think that the stories are suitable 4 any age as they're not aimed at children directly, but at a more general audience

As 4 the team making it into a good film, hopefully they will have read the book & so will do plenty of research before making the film

Saw the BBC version years ago & that 2 me was as close as it could possibly get 2 the book & doing it in parts like they did made it even more interesting

It shouldn't be adapted as it would ruin it

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There's going to be a movie?! I love that series, I read it quite a few times growing up.:D
 
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Yeah, Walden Media makes it, Disney are responsible and the Shrek-director shall direct it. I don't remember his name at the moment, but you can check it out at www.narnia.com Trouble is, they don't post news there very often... :(
 
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I saw a clip of this movie when I went to see something else last night. It looks quite good, I was presently surprised :D
 
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rune said:
I saw a clip of this movie when I went to see something else last night. It looks quite good, I was presently surprised :D
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Presently surprised? But not suprised in the past or the future? Sorry, couldn't resist...

Yeah, I think this is out on Boxing Day here, not sure about everywhere else. I've not seen any footage, but have seen quite a bit of the production design artwork, and it looks to be shaping up nicely. The first preview came out over the web just in the last week, though sadly it was too big for me to even consider downloading (still on neolithic dial-up, sadly). If you're interested:

http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=chroniclesofnarnia
 
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Yeah, when I went to see Hitchhiker's yesterday the trailer was on beforehand. Looks astounding. Hopfully it'll fill the post-LotR void this Christmas.
 
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It opens on 9th December in UK.
I have to say I didn't hold up much hope when I heard they were making this film (more so when I heard Disney were involved!)
However, what production stuff I have seen so far looks top notch.
In many ways, I'd be more annoyed if they mess this up than I would have been with LotR as (and I'm sure with most people) the chronicles of narnia was one of the first pure fantasy books I read as a kid and I still love reading it every now and then

here's hoping for it to be a roaring success so we can go all the way to "The Last Battle!" :D

p.s. as an aside there seems to be a real 'growth' industry with kids series being filmed at the moment. Harry Potter, Lemony Snickett & Narnia.

Here's hoping for the Famous Five next! :)
 
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