Comments on: Is Voyage of the Dawn Treader dead? FALSE!

By: Paul Martin

Paul Martin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:04:25 +0000

The war scenes were far from traumatic in the first film, and didn’t show as much of the real effects of war in the same way that Prince Caspian does. The phrase “I think you’ll find Narnia a darker place than you remember” is something that I think was a detriment to many families.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:46:11 +0000

“And use the family friendliness of the series to your advantage. That Prince Caspian was promoted as a different, darker Narnia may have scared families off a bit.”

oh for crying out loud, the second one was too dark for a family friendly film? – seriously? – remember the WORLD WAR? – you know, the one in which the kid’s father is fighting and the whole reason they are sent away to the country in the first place? – and you are the people who for sure have read the books – the series ends with everybody dying in a train wreck! – i mean, i know this is practically celebrated as a good thing in the book, but really – how much darker can you get? – the whole series is a buildup for their deaths! – dark? – yeah – of course it is! – but, since when have children not been handling “dark” in movies – The Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Lion King, Old Yeller, Bambi…

By: joasia

joasia — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:14:54 +0000

I’m writing in support of the comments re. film version of Voyage of the Dawn Treader. As a lifelong Chronicles of Narnia fan, I was very impressed with Walden Media’s movie interpretations. I think that as long as Douglas Gresham is on board, Narnia fans will have nothing to worry about. It’s not such a big tragedy that Disney has bailed. Has anyone approached Icon Productions (Mel Gibson)?

By: tsarina

tsarina — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:22:51 +0000

I often wondered at Disney/Walden releasing Prince Caspian. It is the weakest book of the seven. I thought they might have done well to combine it with Dawn Treader. I do hope that another studio picks up Disney’s option or that Walden finds some financial assistance and can go ahead before the stars get too old. Please at least go direct-to-DVD if theatrical is too expensive.

These have been my favourite books since I first read them at age 10. I am looking forward to owning all of them on DVD.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:23:28 +0000

I am happy that Walden is sticking with The Chronicles of Narnia. I am praying that a studio will pick it up

By: Terb

Terb — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:15:21 +0000

I actually think Dawn Treader has better chances of bringing the money in than Prince Caspian, simply because VDT is usually regarded as the more popular book compared to PC. I really hope they get a good studio to finance the movie, and that they stick closer to the canon, so as not to drive Narnian purists to boycott the film.

By: The Lion Hearted

The Lion Hearted — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:16:03 +0000

Oh thank goodness! I’m glad that Walden isn’t giving up completely.

By: RE de Leon

RE de Leon — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:25:40 +0000

Hm. I’m not sure this is the best venue for doing so, but I’d like to express my heartfelt appreciation for Walden Media and to Douglas Gresham who have really done great work to get the Narnia stories brought to a wider, movie-going audience.

And I’m glad we’re now looking for someone other than Disney to serve as distributor for these films. I have a feeling that there are studios out there who have a much better sense of what makes the Narnia stories work.

I’m excited to find out whose logo I’ll be looking at when I finally get to watch The Voyage of the Dawn Treader!

RE de Leon
from The Philippine Order of Narnians