With filming happening on location at The Spit, we are able to bring you more pictures from the set of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  These feature Will Poulter as Eustace Clarence Scrubb, David Vallon as Gumpas and there’s even a glimpse of Ben Barnes in the role of Caspian.  We haven’t yet gotten a clear picture of him in costume, but it appears his hair is much much longer than in the first film, and he may have retained the facial hair that he was growing out during the the early months of the year.  I can’t wait to see more for myself!  This is getting very exciting.  It does look, however, like they’ve ramped up some of the Narrowhaven portion to make it into more of a struggle.  However, it may only be Eustace that acts up, with really fits into his character pretty well.  Especially if he is the only one that reacts with a struggle and the rest don’t.  Only time, and the motion picture, will tell! (more…)

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This morning a message came to me from Salembr on Twitter, about some concept art that was found for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  It is artwork by Spalenka, and is brilliant artwork.

The art appeared on the website, MundoNarnia, but has been removed at the request of the artist.  We apologize for any trouble this may have caused, we meant no harm, and truly felt the art to be beautiful.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie director Michael Apted says of the artist: “Greg is highly imaginative, with a real understanding of how to create magical images out of the beauty of the natural world.”

Link removed at the request of the artist.

The artist also did work on The Ant Bully, among other.

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Ben Barnes, who we all know plays Caspian in Prince Caspian, is excited to move on to filming his favorite book in the series.

Barnes plans to return to Narnia mid-year when the third movie in the series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, is filmed on the Gold Coast.

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The Early Childhood Parenting section of Chicago’s Examiner.com has chosen the name “Caspian” as the Baby Name of the day. It’s not really a name you hear all that much, but I guess it is gaining in popularity.

I can see plenty of NarniaFans naming their children after characters. However if they do, there are two things two keep in mind. If you name a child ” Eustace Clarence Scrubb” they better deserve it, and if you name a child Reepicheep, well, ” You people have no imagination.”

You can read the rest of the article by clicking the source link. There really isn’t much to the article past the mention of Narnia and the meaning behind the name. However, it is still nice to have the name Caspian get noticed.

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ComingSoon.net interviewed producer Mark Johnson about the future of Narnia, and during the interview they spoke about Dawn Treader and possible 3-D Narnia films.

CS: So we know that Ben and Skandar and Georgie will be returning but will you bring back Weta and use the same writers on the next few movies?
Johnson: We actually have a different writer right now on “Dawn Treader,” it’s a complicated process but it’s like the books. You want to have the connection to the prior movies but at the same time, it’s a whole new world.

CS: When do you start thinking about “The Silver Chair“? Do you have to wait until the next one’s finished again?
Johnson: Yeah, we don’t have a director for that, but we will soon enough. We’ve already been talking to some people. Let’s see how this movie does.

CS: Also, in “The Silver Chair,” Ben’s going to be 50 years older.
Johnson: That’s exactly right. I think when you see Caspian, he’s at the dock and getting on the boat and he’s an old man.

CS: I know that both Walden Media and Disney are really big on the 3-D experience, so do you think you’ll ever take “Narnia” into the 3-D realm? Have you had any talks about shooting future movies or scenes in 3-D?
Johnson: We did. We even talked about this for a while. Could we make this 3-D? I would guess that if we keep making these, we’re bound to make one or two in 3-D. You’re right. It so lends itself to it.

CS: When you started this movie, I’m not sure 3-D had exploded like it has in the last few months. I’m surprised to see you producing a lot more independent films this year as well, like “Ballast” and (”Narnia” executive producer) Perry Moore’s movie “Lake City.”
Johnson: Yeah, yeah, we’re really pleased that this year we had two movies I was involved in at Sundance, and then “Ballast” won Best Director.

Read the rest at ComingSoon.net

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Welcome to Tumnus’s Book Shelf where we review any and all books related to Narnia and CS Lewis! For this weeks review, we will be looking at Lucy’s Journey the second of two books in the “I Can Read Series”

Title: The I Can Read Series: Lucy’s Journey
Author: Jennifer Frantz ( adapted from the novel by CS Lewis)
Publisher: HarperTrophy (April 1, 2008)

ISBN-10: 0061231630

ISBN-13: 978-0061231636

Summary of the book:

Narnia is in danger and Lucy wants to help. She knows the only one who can do that is Aslan. On their journey to meet Caspian she claims to see him. No one believes her. As everyone prepared for battle Lucy had a different plan. She snuck away to the woods where she encountered Aslan. She asked him to help. He said that not only will he help save Narnia, but Lucy will too. She isn’t sure if she can, but Aslan assures her she can as she is just as brave as a lion.

Review:

Unlike with The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe where there were four books in the “I can Read” series, focusing on each of the children, there are only two that tie into Prince Caspian. This is Narnia was the first book, this one: Lucy’s Journey is the second. Much like with the other book it is an easily written book meant for young readers.

All of the same elements from This is Narnia, are in place. The book is very easy to read, and in essence it is a brief summary of the chapters of Prince Caspian where Lucy encounters Aslan. The style is very quick paced and it contains plenty of verbs to keep the story moving. Dialogue is cut but the general point of this part of the story is in tact.

Jennifer Frantz has to be given credit for trying to do an adaptation of a few chapters of a book meant for older kids. She tries not to sacrifice much from the story but at the same time make it approachable for kids. A lot of the more difficult concepts are missing, and even a few of the allegorical aspects of Aslan are diminished.

Pictures are again taken from the movie. These pictures are essentially, much like with the other books, still shots. The scenery is beautiful, Aslan looks impressive, and Lucy is looking even more like the Lucy I envisioned when I heard the stories younger. Chances are if kids are raised on this, this Lucy will be the version in their minds.

While the message is cut down from the story, it does still have a “positive” message for kids. That message is that a child can be brave and do great things. For most readers they may find this to be an over-simplified message for kids to hear. However, Lucy’s unshakable faith in Aslan as Narnia’s only hope is still present in the book, just as much as it was in Lewis’ original novel.

The story also ends way too abruptly, and would probably even leave a young reader hanging. The story ends with Aslan telling her she can be as brave as a lion and her wondering if she can free Narnia. The readers never get any idea as to whether or not she and Aslan are able to save their beloved country. You end the story, with her only just having met up with Aslan, but Narnia is still in danger. It’s like pausing Star Wars right after Luke Skywalker says, “ I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father” or ending Lord of the Rings ( both the book, and the film) with Frodo saying, “ I will take the Ring to Mordor, though I do not know the way!” and neither of them heading out on their quest beyond that. One can only hope that the young readers will ask what happens next for Lucy and want to hear the full story.

With the truncated ending and the watered down message , this version of Lucy Pevensies journey isn’t as good as Lucy’s story from the book or the film. However, as a tool for getting kids to read by giving them an engaging story based on a classic, with clear, easy to understand words and concepts Lucy’s Journey serves it’s purposes.

4 out of 5 Shields.

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One of the biggest names in Hollywood is getting to become part of one of the biggest fantasy franchises. Sources indicate that child star Lindsey Lohan has received a role in the next installment of the Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. She has been tapped to play the small, but memorable character of the daughter of Ramandu.

Fans of the series will remember that Caspian, Lucy, Edmund and Eustace meet the character at the last island they landed on before they reached the edge of the world of Narnia. The character is the daughter of the wizard Ramandu, a retried star. She and Caspian fall in love and get married. The two of them become the parents of Prince Rillian, one of the main figures in The Silver Chair.

The character is never named, but expect the screen writers to amend that situation. The star’s agent says that this will be a great way for her to repair her image following her legal problems that were the subject of tabloids for weeks, as well as the box office failures of her recent films.

An executive from Disney said, “We are honored to have her coming back. She has had a great record with us.”

The actress has gone on to say, “I really like the books. They’re my favorite. Goblet of Fire is my favorite out of all of them. Wait, this isn’t Harry Potter? Oh well, a jobs a job.”

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