Dawn Treader Movie Blog #0: “Dedicated to the Ones He Loves”

Dear Friends:

We are delighted to offer the first of a planned series of reports direct from the set of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. These will not be the kinds of canned pieces you’d find on “traditional” outlets. Instead, you’ll be getting unfiltered reports from and about the filmmakers, as they work tirelessly to bring all the magic of C.S. Lewis’ beloved story and characters to the big screen:

“Dedicated to the Ones He Loves” by Ernie Malik

“All Narnians, with grateful hearts may we give thanks to the crew of the mighty Dawn Treader for their strong minds and artisan hands”

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Dawn Treader Filming Wrapping Up

Filming on the next film in the Narnia series appears to have wrapped a bit earlier than expected, as the cast and crew joined each other for the wrap party this weekend.  The scheduled wrap is November 27th, so either they finished filming early, or they had the party scheduled, and still have some filming left to do.  Either way, this is a very exciting time, as the film is moving into the next phase of the journey to the silver screen: post-production.

It’s actually been in post-production since they started active production, as shooting digitally has allowed the editor to work while footage came in.  Somewhere out there the film has been pieced together since day one of the shoot.

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New Dawn Treader Set Videos – Georgie Henley Featured

The videographer that seems to be constantly spying on the set of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has been at it again, and we have three more videos from her. xxchamaraxx has been quite busy posting new ones, including one that she posted a mere 20 minutes prior to this writing. See the videos below:

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Some more set pics: “Here there be Georgie!” UPDATED

Along with Skandar as Edmund, NarniaFans have been waiting for pictures of Georgie Henley as Lucy. Now at last, dear fans and friends we have them! For those fans wanting to spare themselves of feeling “old” by seeing how grown up Georgie has become, you may want to look away.
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Dawn Treader Set Photos: Eustace and Minotaur…and more video

Narnia Fans Spy Kerrie wrote in with more pictures from the set of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  This time, featuring some amazing shots of a Minotaur and Eustace (Will Poulter) on board the Dawn Treader.  If these photos are from a scene in the film, it looks like Eustace and the Minotaur could be friends, unless the Minotaur is carrying out punishment on him.  This is all complete speculation on my part, based only on three stills that you can see here.

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Locals Flock to Dawn Treader Filming

The Bayside Bulletin has a report on the filming of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader last week at Cleveland Point.  Locals were invited to watch the filming, and they indeed came out to watch.  Some even spotted Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley on set!

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More Pictures of The Spit, The Dawn Treader and the Actors

We’ve found still more pictures from the set of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  These include the Spit, which is the location they are shooting the Narrowhaven scenes from the movie, as well as some new pictures of the Dawn Treader, as it quickly comes together.  There are also some very clear shots of Will Poulter as Eustace, and Georgie Henley as Lucy.  We’ve not yet seen Skandar Keynes as Edmund in this film, nor Ben Barnes as Caspian.  I wonder if they’re being shielded from the public eye for good reason.  Perhaps there are physical changes that the production is keeping secret for as long as possible.  Or perhaps it’s just that they haven’t been needed on the sets we’ve seen.

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Narnia: Dawn Treader Stars and Crew Love the Gold Coast

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader started filming at the studios this week across several expensive sets, including a $2.1 million water tank, magicians garden and 30m ship.  Director Michael Apted, whose previous films include the James Bond feature The World Is Not Enough and Gorillas in the Mist, made the most of the glorious Gold Coast winter weather by shooting key scenes in the tank during the afternoon.  ”We came here for the weather and location and so far its been spectacular,” he said.  (Also: new pictures of the back of the Dawn Treader)

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On Friday, Premier Anna Bligh welcomed director Michael Apted along with two of the young stars of the film, Georgie Henley and Will Poulter, who play Lucy and Eustace respectively, to the Gold Coast of Australia.  And now we have a first look at them in costume, speaking to the premier on the set!

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The Dawn Treader comes to Oz

On Friday, Premier Anna Bligh welcomed director Michael Apted and two of the young stars of the film, Georgie Henley (Lucy Pevensie) and Will Poulter (Eustace Clarence Scrubb), to the Gold Coast of Australia.  The premier commented “This is set to be the largest budget film ever produced in Queensland.  It’s a big investment here in the film industry at a time when we need it most.  We expect to see the creation of 2,000 jobs because of this production.  In December 2010 the filming that’s happening here on the Gold Coast will be on the big screen right around the world – I can’t wait to see it on the big screen and to see the Gold Coast shine.”

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