Narnia Is Coming!!

Post by **Furls Fire** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:26 pm

I read somewhere on the net, and I can't remember where, that pre-production for "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" has begun in New Zealand. Work has begun at WETA Workshop, the same place that created all those wonderful costumes, weapons, armor, ENTS, minatures, models...etc...for LOTR.

I can't recall the directors name, but if WETA is involved, I'm sure this will be a fantastic production

Post by **DukkhaWaynhim** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:07 pm

Very Cool! Please post more as more information comes in!

DukkhaWaynhim
[Weird, warped, and White Queen Bewitched]

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:09 pm

I saw the same account in the Ann Arbor News a couple of days ago. I cannot remember the name of the director, either, but he wants to make seven seperate films, all given a big budget treatment, and yes - to be fimed in NZ.

Let me do a quick google and I will be back to this thread if I can find something about it.

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:12 pm

Here we go:

News

East December 22, 2003

'Lion' to Be Shot in New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand (AP) -- "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the beloved fantasy novel by C.S. Lewis, will be made into a film in New Zealand, a newspaper reported Friday.

New Zealander Andrew Adamson, best known for the Oscar-winning animated feature "Shrek," will direct the film and Walden Media will produce it.

"We are extremely happy and excited to be starting work on the film in New Zealand," Wellington's Dominion Post Newspaper quoted Adamson as saying.

The movie is expected to be the first of five films based on Lewis' seven Chronicles of Narnia books, to which Walden holds the film rights.

Director Peter Jackson shot the three "Lord of the Rings" films, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy book series, in New Zealand using its unspoiled landscapes.

The $110 million budget film will start production preparations early in 2004, although work on the Chronicles has already started at Jackson's Weta Workshop in Wellington.

A spokeswoman for Weta confirmed it was currently working on the project, but declined to give details.

Shooting, much of it in South Island forests, high country and coastal areas, will begin mid-2004, the reports said.

Taxpayers will help foot the bill for the film, which will be made using a screen production grant scheme set up by the government this year.

Under the plan, production companies can receive up to 12.5 percent of their total costs back at the end of production.

"The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe," published in 1950, is the second and best-known novel in the seven-part Narnia series. It also includes "The Magician's Nephew," "The Horse and His Boy," "Prince Caspian," "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," "The Silver Chair" and "The Last Battle."

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Post by **hierachy** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 8:59 pm

I've already seen an on screnn version of TLTWATW. It was quite a long time ago though.

Post by **hierachy** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:00 pm

Hehehehehheheeheeee! Can you see the hidden message in my abbreviation?

Post by **DukkhaWaynhim** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:05 pm

And thus did the pr0n virus spread throughout the entire Watch board, infecting all with bouts of glee/disgust...

DW
[Weird, warped, and Wapner-ific!]

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:06 pm

lol. Took me a while to get that.

It's about time they did film versions of the other books, they've done the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe so many times already....
Any idea which four other books are being done?

Post by **DukkhaWaynhim** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:08 pm

Thank you, Duchess, for the Narnia update!!

DW
[Weird, warped, and wisdom-seeking]

Post by **Landwaster** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:18 pm

LOL hierachy!

Yeah I have a video of the Dawn Treader somewhere in storage ... but I'm sure this will eclipse that style!

I want Silver Chair!

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:57 am

I want the Horse and his Boy!

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Sun May 16, 2004 10:14 pm

Here is a website I found today with all the news and gossip about the Narnia movie:
www.narniaweb.com

Post by **variol son** » Sun May 16, 2004 11:58 pm

Murrin wrote:lol. Took me a while to get that.

It's about time they did film versions of the other books, they've done the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe so many times already....
Any idea which four other books are being done?

My guess is that The Magician's Nephew and A Horse and his Boy will be left out, since they don't feature the four Pevensie children, or their cousin and his friend.

Our news in NZ told us that Nicole Kidman was considering the part of Jadis, the White Witch.

Sum sui generis
Vs

Post by **Cate** » Sat May 22, 2004 12:40 am

I own a set of TLTWATW from a few years back, and my whole family loves it. It would be great to see a new version of it.

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