Narnia Is Coming
05/13/2005 23:44 Filed in: Movies and Television
USA Today ran an article today (I can't think of any other way to phrase that) about the upcoming big screen adaptation of C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
The first trailer will air this Saturday night (May 7) during ABC's showing of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I suppose that's a fitting time to show it because in terms of literary ancestry, we probably wouldn't have Harry Potter if we had not had The Chronicles of Narnia first. As soon as the trailer is available online, I will update this blog entry to provide a link.
Update: the trailer is now available: http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/thechroniclesofnarnia/
- The movie is co-produced by Disney and Walden Media (the creators of family entertainment such as Holes and Because of Winn-Dixie).
- Plans are currently to produce all seven books into movies (just like the plans for the Harry Potter series).
- The director is Andrew Adamson who also directed Shrek and Shrek 2.
- Tilda Swinton (who I thought was wonderful as Gabriel in Constantine) plays the witch. Very good casting in my opinion.
- Douglas Gresham, head of Lewis' estate, is co-producer of the film (which means it has family support).
The movie itself won't be out until December. But that's okay. We need something to pick up the slack since the Lord of the Rings trilogy ended as the end-of-the-year-big-movie-tradition. Until then, I suppose you can read the story again to yourself or read it to your children. And be sure and explain to them exactly what a wardrobe is. I doubt it's in their vocabulary.