In an interview about Dorian Gray, Ben Barnes was asked about the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Specifically, what may have changed between the book and the film. This is a question that we all have about the film, and though many fans would like to see the film shot page for page with the book, movies are completely different animals. Sometimes books don’t translate very well into movies as they are written. In our own minds they seem as movies, though, and based on each of our own imaginations, when we read Narnia, each of our experiences is going to be different. So how do you take C.S. Lewis’ very loose, open descriptions to film and make everyone’s version? You really can’t. But what about a story like that found in this book? Well, on film, it needs more than the book has. Here’s what Ben has to say about it.
His debut as the eponymous royal in the second Narnia movie, 2008’s Prince Caspian, helped the film to rack up over $400 million at the box office, and he will now reprise the role in the adaptation of Lewis’s third book in the series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and all the stories from the Chronicles of Narina are some of the most beloved children’s stories and the movies have recently become major motion pictures and blockbuster hits. The movies’ producer and Lewis’ step-son Douglas Gresham visited FOX 35 to talk about how Lewis has influenced his life, both through his writings and as an adopted member of Lewis family. He also mentions that he’s just come from the set of the Lone Islands from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in Australia, and that he hopes to make all seven books into films.
Gary Sweet, who plays Drinian in the film The Voyage of the Dawn Treader spent a few moments talking to Spencer Howson at the Radio United broadcast. I’ve taken the time to transcribe what was said in the interview, here.
MundoNarnia has interviewed Storyboard Artist Mike Vosburg about his work on The Chronicles of Narnia. He did work on each of the films, including spending about a year working on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. He has also spent some time working on Harry Potter as well as Walden Media’s Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.
Aslan’s Country has posted an interview with Narnia storyboard artist Tom Nelson. He speaks about his time working on the Narnia films, as well as working with both Andrew Adamson and Michael Apted. He also goes into how he got into storyboarding as well as the process of storyboarding. He’s storyboarded on both Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It’s a great little interview, and I hope that you enjoy it.
Portugese Narnia Fansite MundoNarnia.com had the opportunity to interview Tom Nelson, a storyboard artist who has done work on all three Narnia films so far, including the upcoming Voyage of the Dawn Treader. How the interview came up is one thing, but they’ve alerted us to it, which you can read here.
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Ben Barnes is a very down to earth guy, and provides a really good example of what he went through on the promotional tour for Prince Caspian. He mentions New York, where I saw him about four out of the seven days that I was there, and sometimes twice in one day, so I can attest to what he says about his experience there.
It can be hard work being a Hollywood hero. Just ask Ben Barnes, a.k.a. Prince Caspian, star of the billion-dollar-grossing Chronicles of Narnia franchise.
Weta Cast is a brilliant podcast created by the folks at Weta. This episode features a pair of interviews with a couple of guys you may have heard of: Richard Taylor and Shane Rangi.
Richard Taylor is behind the weapons and armor you see in both The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia.
Shane Rangi is a great friend to NarniaFans.com, and he played at least seven roles in Prince Caspian as well as a couple in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe including both major Minotaurs: Asterius and Otmin.
Download and listen to Weta Cast here
Thanks to Magnus for writing us about it!
ComingSoon.net has a fantastic interview with Ben Barnes about his role in Easy Virtue. Be sure to read the whole thing there. In the interview, though, the questions turn to The Voyage of the Dawn Treader where Ben reveals… nothing about the movie! However, he is very excited to finally film the movie, which was supposed to start shooting twice in the last two years. We concur with that excitement.
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