If you go to the movies this Christmas you just may see this fabulous wardrobe advertising the Chronicles of Narnia, December 2005. This six-foot display is now appearing in some Cinemark theaters on the west coast.
The producers behind a major film in the South Island have issued a blanket ban on media interviews after a controversial resource consent application. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is being filmed at Flock Hill in Canterbury.
Earlier this month it was revealed the Selwyn District Council had given the filmmakers the go ahead to build a major road in the area. Film spokesman Ernie Malik says media coverage of the film has been restricted until all aspects of the issue are settled.
Q: At what point will the decision be made to start on the next one? Opening weekend, or even before?
MARK: You know, technically, I’ve heard that there is some reluctance to start the sequel until the original has proven itself to be a success. That’s kind of too late for us, because it means the sequel- the earliest it could be available is two, two and a half years after the original, which I think is too late. Also we have a problem because the kids will almost grow out of the roles. We are about to have the writers start on Prince Caspian and that’s motivated by a number of things. That’s the one the four kids really figure in, and they are a year older, at the opening they’re at the train station to go off to school, it’s a year later, so that we can live with. Already, I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this to you, but Georgie and Skandar, who play Lucy and Edmond, have both shot up between 3 and 5 inches since we started filming. We are shooting the movie very much in continuity, so it actually helps, they become more grown up in the coarse of this adventure.
Q: You talked about the battle scenes in the book. Are there any other elements that you’ve expanded on?
MARK: We’re going to start this movie during World War 2, so we see the bombing of London, and then we go to the Pevensie’s house, and we see them running into the bomb shelter, and then their put on the train to be sent to the country side, which is where the professor lives and the adventure begins. So we get to start the movie with a big action sequence, and also, for a young audience, it tells us that there is a battle in Britain and it’s true, thousands of kids were sent into the countryside while London was being bombed. And, like the battle, that’s one paragraph in the book.
Q: Any other things?
MARK: Those are the two big things, I’m sure there are some others; I think we’re very faithful to the book, both in spirit and the specific. And I’m very aware of it, very often you do a movie based on a book and there are loyal readers of the book who don’t want you to change anything. Years ago, I produced the natural and people were furious that we’d changed the ending, even though – who wrote it, loved it, and we have a movie out this summer in the states, the notebook, and some people are upset that we made changes to it.
Q: Is there a run time you’re aiming at?
MARK: No. Lately, a lot of kids movies have been long, 2 ½ hours. I don’t think this needs that kind of time at all. Ideally I’d like it to be a two-hour movie but it really does come down to what works for us.
Q: What was the most difficult sequence to shoot?
MARK: The interiors of the white witches compound, it is so hard to light, the camera man, Don McAlpine, who shot “Moulin Rouge,” said to me, “I have no idea how to do that,” and came in over the weekend and played with fluorescent lights, and was hanging Christmas lights around the set. And then there are little things. The wolves, they look great, but Andrew’s really tough, he said, “they look too happy. They look like they’re having a good time.” So we had to arrange it in some way so they’d look angry, teach the wolves to act”¦(laughs)
Q: What’s the most rewarding thing you’ve done?
MARK: You know, Lucy meeting Mr. Tumnus just brings tears to my eyes, it was so sweet, there’s is a sense of”¦he’s been told that humans are evil, and he all of a sudden meets this little girl, and seeing the two of them just become fast and dear friends. And I think it was the first time I sat there and really felt the potential of the movie. I always knew that it was there, but I just looked at that and thought, “This movie is going to really work.”
Garth Franklin writes: Today, my gambling skills payed off. I won a little amateur box-office pool and have thus been given the chance to be the first in the world to officially premiere this first proper artwork from the movie, more specifically imagery of the opening scenes in WW2 Britain when the children are sent to the house containing the magical wardrobe. Here is the simply beautiful art for your perusal, enjoy:
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There are seven books in the series. Disney is going to make a franchise out of these. The presentation focused on the history of the books. We do get to see the children. One photo of the White Witch with icicles out of the top of her head, sort of like a crown. WETA will be doing the creatures in this one. That’s great news. They showed a short animatic of a possible CG battle. If you can picture the Battle at Pelennor Fields from ROTK with minotaurs, centaurs, and griffins, that’s what it looked like.
[Evanescence's Amy] Lee has also been working on music for the upcoming film “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe,” inspired by the children’s book by C.S. Lewis. The dark and morose tale, about four children who discover a magical land in the clutches of an evil witch, not only was a childhood favorite of Lee’s, but its aesthetic suits the gothic-leaning singer perfectly.
“I love the kind of stranger children’s stuff,” she said. “I think that’s very much what our music is inspired by. Not only death and the morbid stuff, but that it comes from the perspective of a child and things relating to childhood, because that’s what I went through.”
Lee was offered a small role in the film, currently in production in New Zealand, but considering the role she requested, the film’s producers may have been too freaked out to give her a part.
“They were like, ‘Do you want to do a cameo?’ And I was like, ‘Hell yeah! Let me die. I want to be somebody who gets murdered.’ So I don’t think that’s going to happen.”
From the Official Site: Welcome to issue two of the official newsletter for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Between now the film’s opening on December 9, 2005, you will receive monthly newsletter updates that will serve as your gateway into all things Narnia to keep you informed and up-to-date about everything related to the film. Welcome and enjoy all the latest Narnia news from both sides of the wardrobe.
Well, it’s really not that new. It’s the old artwork with the new logo attached to it. It’s a really nice poster image though. Take a look at this small version and click the link below to see the larger version at the source story.
Disney has shown a growing interest in video games, with Chief Executive Michael Eisner making an appearance at games industry trade show E3 earlier this year.
Mooney said Disney was interested in the hand-held market, which appeals to a younger crowd than video-console games.
Mooney added that Disney would tie in video games to movies, and potentially launch games before films to help promote them, as with “The Chronicles of Narnia,” a new movie franchise that Disney will launch next year based on the books by C.S. Lewis.
He said Disney would consider buying game publishers, but would not make any acquisitions that would dilute earnings.
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