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« Thread Started on Aug 2, 2003, 3:42pm » | |
Hey! I have read that there will be five movies made and that they are supposed to all be out by 2010. I'm not sure I want movies made of the books. It would really upset me if they messed the movies up. How do others feel about it? Do you want movies made? Please post your opinion.
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« Reply #1 on Mar 24, 2004, 3:51pm » | |
Five? Only five? I had assumed that they were doing them all, one for each book. I'm actually quite excited about it. I watched the Wonder Works movies every year at Christmas time when I was little, and I think that these will be ever so much better. No people in lion suits, for one.
I think you should rest assured that they will be good. Weta Workshop is doing the special effects, and they did a fantastic job on The Lord of the Rings.
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« Reply #2 on Apr 5, 2004, 6:44am » | |
Yes, hopefully they will be good.
I'll try to post some links to information about the movies that I found
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« Reply #3 on May 8, 2004, 3:16pm » | |
I'm really looking forward to the new movies. I love the old ones but the technology back then wasn't so great and there are some things I would like to see that those movies couldn't do. I'm disappointed that there will only be 5 movies though. Where did you read that?
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« Reply #4 on Jun 4, 2004, 8:32pm » | |
I can't remember the exact site. I've been to many! But all the one's I've been to said there would be five. I think they are planing to combine two of them.
I do know for sure that the man who made the Shrek movies will be directing it. I've never seen Shrek, but I hope he does a good job with drama, not just comady(did I spell that right?).
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« Reply #5 on Jul 12, 2004, 9:12pm » | |
I think that movies would be cool, as long as the director doesn't pull a Peter Jackson. (Oh, we don't need Mr. Tumnus! He's not essential to the plot! But we do need more love scenes!)
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« Reply #6 on Aug 30, 2004, 3:31pm » | |
*cough* Watch what you say about PJ...
Anyways, I'm not so sure about this director... but then I read an interview with him, and he said he is a great fan of the bookses, and will stay as close as possible to them.
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« Reply #7 on Aug 31, 2004, 6:11pm » | |
I'm not too ecstatic about the director of Shrek making The Chronicles of Narnia, but we shall see. I won't judge 'til I see the movies. I rather like the Shrek movies but hroom, I don't want Narnia to be anything like that.
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« Reply #8 on Sept 20, 2004, 4:28pm » | |
I just read that Disney is now going to be involved. *gag* I'm VERY skeptical, to be honest. I REALLY don't want them messed up. 
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« Reply #9 on Sept 27, 2004, 9:21pm » | |
Yeah, me too.  Here's an article on the new movies from AICN. Had to edit out one word but it is clean now.
PRINCE CASPIAN being prepped as the next NARNIA film!!! Plus tidbits on TLTW&TW from NZ!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here reporting as the sun sets outside of my beautiful panoramic view of Seatoun in Wellington, NZ. I just got back from Armageddon-Con, a Pop Culture expo that had such guests as Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, some Star Trek peoples and also the very first public presentation of any sort on Disney's THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. This wasn't a "Show and Tell" with footage of big Lions or cold as ice Queens making all sorts of creatures hard as stone, but rather a chat with the key effects people involved (Howard Berger of KNB EFX, Richard Taylor from WETA and Dean Wright who was the Visual Effects Supervisor on LOTR and is the same on NARNIA) as well as some words from the key set media dude, who was essentially the face of Disney.
He announced that Disney started with THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE because it's the most well known of the series, even if it isn't the beginning of the story. The big news is that Disney is about to hire a screenwriter to begin work on second film in the NARNIA series, to be PRINCE CASPIAN. That's really super cool, but he did make sure to stress that production on that won't be greenlighted until Disney sees how the first film does. But the fact that Disney's taking the step to hire a screenwriter while the first film is only half-way through production means that they want to hit the ground running, so to speak.
A question was asked about how they were going to make a full length film out of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE as it is one of the smaller stories in the NARNIA series. It seems that the beginning and the ending is going to be expanded. We are going to be seeing more of war-torn London at the beginning of the film, presumably before Lucy, Peter, Edmund and Susan are delivered unto Professor Digory Kirke. I'm actually a fan of that idea as a way to counter-balance the fantasy of Narnia.
The end battle for Narnia is also going to be expanded into quite a big battle, another expansion I'm a fan of. Richard Taylor made a comment about how he remembered reading THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE as a kid and how when he read the battle scene at the end... he felt like he finished a major tome, a hefty read... he felt like he accomplished something in getting through that epic battle. But then when he went back to read it as an adult it's almost comical how he remembered the book as it's only a few pages long.
Other tidbits: Aslan will be 99% CGI, with the only animatronic lion being used during the tied and bound Stone Table sequence. Apparently they're also going to attempt to motion capture a real lion... hehe I don't envy the poor guy that has to apply those little mo-cap balls onto the lion! Mr. and Mrs. Beaver will be 100% computer generated whereas Mr. Tumnus will be half and half. Half prosthetics (supposedly very much keeping the actor's human characteristics with only some pointy ears, different nose and goatee... oh, and his red skin) and half computer (for the goat legs, which start being CG about mid-thigh).
Apparently, the actor playing Mr. Tumnus (James McAvoy) didn't win over Howard Berger upon first glance. He thought the young actor was too young for the role, but when he was brought to KNB's studios and saw the giant Aslan they had in the studio he immediately went wide-eyed and reverently approached it before dropping to his knees and saying, "My Lord!" So, yeah... he's a geek for the material, which gives me some joy as Mr. Tumnus can really use someone with that excitement for the world and material.
Those were the big bits from the panel... Oh, Aslan's voice has not been found yet... that, too! I should be getting a tour of Weta soon, so look for a write-up on that in the near future, and I'm also working with Disney to arrange a set visit while I'm in New Zealand. I'm happy with what I've heard from the effects whizes and I hope I get blown away by what I see in Auckland. While NARNIA is not as ageless as Tolkien's LOTR series, this could make for a fantastic film series to be enjoyed by all ages for many, many decades.
So, I'm off. I'll be back soon with some cool bits. 'Til then, this is Quint bidding you all a fond farewell and adieu. 
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« Reply #10 on May 2, 2005, 12:39am » | |
Quote:| I just read that Disney is now going to be involved. *gag* I'm VERY skeptical, to be honest. I REALLY don't want them messed up. |
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Disney is not actually making them, only distrubuting the movies. Walden Media is making it.
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« Reply #11 on Jul 8, 2005, 10:47am » | |
I saw a trailer last night before War of the Worlds... I'm much more excited about the prospect of a Narnia movie now, the trailer made it look very promising.
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« Reply #12 on Jul 11, 2005, 9:12pm » | |
I saw the trailer for the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe right before Star Wars... It looks like it should be really good.
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