A low-quality picture of the “Voyage of the Dawn Treader” logo is posted in an entry on the Jim Hill Media blog.
Check out the entry here. The VDT logo appears about half way down the page. It’s very similar to the original logos for both The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, which is great considering the change in production studio.
It looks like Disney has taken down the official Narnia website, formerly available at Narnia.com. Â Perhaps they’re getting ready to transfer the domain to 20th Century Fox. Â Get ready, then, for an all-new Narnia.com, sometime this year.
I’ve always thought that it should be in the hands of Walden Media for this very reason. Â Walden Media holds the license on the series. Â However, Disney’s hosting capacity was probably much larger, being as big a company as they are.
John Burkitt points out who the owner of the Narnia.com domain is. It’s as I figured, the Lewis Estate owns it.
The domain belongs to:
C.S. Lewis Pte Ltd
1st Floor, Unit 4, Old Generator House
Bourne Valley Road
Poole, Dorset BH12 1DZ
GB
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” while not appearing in the top 30 weekly DVD sales since January, is nearing 5 million units sold.
According to The Numbers, PC has sold 4,798,916 copies through April 12, 2009. This figure does not include Blu-ray disc sales, and Amazon.com’s Blu-ray bundle (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian) is probably not included, either. While specific data is hard to come by, it is reasonable to assume PC has moved a total of five million discs between the two formats in the United States alone. International sales would move that figure even higher.
For those keeping tally, PC has generated over half a billion dollars in revenue from ticket sales ($419.6 million), DVD sales ($76.2 million in the United States), and television broadcasting rights (reportedly $15 million). Adding in revenue from iTunes downloads, international DVD sales, soundtrack sales, and other merchandise would move that figure higher also.
Michael Petroni has been tapped to write the next installment in “The Chronicles of Narnia” franchise, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, for Walden Media and Fox 2000.
He will take over for Richard LaGravanese, who penned the most recent draft of the C.S. Lewis novel.
Following the news that 20th Century Fox would co-finance The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, an Australian industry insider announced yesterday that Sydney was likely to host filming of the Narnia sequel.
Wow, when I woke up today, on Christmas Eve, I did not expect to read this headline all over my inbox. I did notice an awful lot of stories with Narnia in the title, and as I started to look at them, the first one I noticed was this headline: Disney jumps ship on next “Narnia.” My heart sank. Disney has been so good to us, here at NarniaFans.com, that I was looking forward to working with them again on the next Narnia.
Here’s hoping that another studio takes the opportunity to pick up where Disney left off. Come on, Fox! Get on board, and do this series to the end! We’re rooting for you!
From Reuters/The Hollywood Reporter:
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” will have to sail without Disney.
The studio said Tuesday that for budgetary and logistical reasons it will not exercise its option to co-produce and co-finance the next “Narnia” movie with producer Walden Media.
The third entry in the series, based on the classic books by C.S. Lewis, was in preproduction and set for a spring shoot for a planned May 2010 release. The development puts the participation of the talent attached in doubt. Michael Apted was on board to direct a script by Steven Knight. The key players of the second installment, “Prince Caspian” — Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell — were to return for the third film.
Animated Views has an article about the final portion of the battle at the end of Prince Caspian. They interviewed Prince Caspian’s Art Director, Frank Walsh, who provided many pictures and explanations for how things worked.
Animated Views: So, tell me, Frank. What will your last story on Prince Caspian be about?
Frank Walsh: Towards the end of Prince Caspian there is a climactic scene where the Telmarine Army, lead by King Miraz, march against the Narnians. Andrew Adamson, the director wanted to precede the final battle by setting Miraz the challenging task of having to ford a monstrous river to reach his enemy. In much the same way Julius Caesar, in 56BC, had taken his army against the Germanic tribes by a building bridge across the Rhine, so Andrew set us the task of achieving the same for his film. Caesar accomplished this task allegedly in 10 days; we had 40, accompanied by the predictable ‘flood’.
Howard Berger, who has handled special effects and makeup for the Chronicle of Narnia movies, said that actors will have a chance to interact with more fantasy creatures in the expected second sequel, Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
And that will mean more models and animatronic characters on set to stand in for complicated computer-generated visual effects that will be added in post-production, he said while giving reporters a tour of his shop this week. That will include a mix of animatronic animals and realistic costumes.
The interaction between the actors and the fantasy characters is a lot more involved than in the previous two movies, Berger said.
“In Dawn Treader there will be a lot of dialogue, and you can’t have the actors act against nothing,” Berger said.
I’ve received my copy of the Blu-ray Disc for Prince Caspian, and will be spending some time going in-depth for a review in the next few days.
Lots of things are happening around the website, as you are probably noticing. I’m enjoying increased traffic, which has lead to more information than ever before.
Look for a lot more, coming soon. More writers, more stories, and more Narnia than ever before!
Walt Disney Pictures’ “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” is now in pre-production and casting directors are accepting photos and resumes from talent.
*** Please submit photos and resumes by mail only. No phone calls or personal drop-offs *** And please don’t contact us, here at NarniaFans.com, for any roles. We can’t give you a role in any film. Also, make note that they are only casting for Dawn Treader and not any of the other Narnia films at this time.
See the post titled Photo and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.
Principal Actor Casting:
Nina Gold Casting
66-68 Margaret St.
5th Floor
London W1W 8SR
UK
Extras Casting New Zealand:
Liz Mullane
Odd Management Ltd.
PO Box 90860
Auckland Mail Centre
New Zealand
Extras Casting Mexico:
Casting Valdés
Apartado Postal 1-281
Zona Centro CP
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco 48300
Mexico
The information that we are casting for Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader is NOT CORRECT! Our company is listed as being in charge of extras casting and though of course we’d love to do it, we have NOT been contracted for it. I don’t know who is responsible for this misinformation but please help us get the word out that it is bogus, and that when we open casting for any production we announce it on our website www.mexicocasting.com/new and www.myspace.com/mexicocasting2
Production Company:
Walden Media
1888 Century Park East
14th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
in association with
Walt Disney Pictures
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521
Disney dropped the project on Christmas Eve. Fox 2000 has since picked it up. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Producers:
Mark Johnson
Andrew Adamson
Philip Steuer
Director:
Michael Apted
Filming Locations:
New Zealand
Fox Baja Studios, Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico
Prague, Czech Republic
Australia
Cast:
Ben Barnes – Prince Caspian
Georgie Henley – Lucy Pevensie
Will Poulter – Eustace Clarence Scrubb
Skandar Keynes – Edmund Pevensie
Peter Dinklage – Trumpkin
Eddie Izzard – Reepicheep
Story:
Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.
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