For David Vallon, going to work is a slightly different experience than it is for most people. The Springfield Lakes-based actor has been performing since he was a child, but most recently has been cast in the upcoming third installment of the Narnia series, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which is currently being filmed on Brisbane’s bayside.
Total Film is a UK magazine, and they’ve just released a list of the twenty films releasing during the year 2010 that they’re excited about. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is on the list at #20. The primary reason that they’re excited? Director Michael Apted. He is bound to bring a steady hand as a director of a great many films prior to this, and that experience could be a key to this effort. Andrew Adamson, while capable, had only directed Shrek and Shrek 2, both animated, prior to this. While I don’t look at animation as a very different medium, as they’re still films, I do think that the lack of experience directing live action created a learning curve to it, as far as getting shots that you want as well as performances.
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…)
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)
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.”
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” the third in the epic series of films based on the bestselling books by C.S. Lewis, will begin principal photography on location in Queensland, Australia, today – July 27, 2009. The production, a joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Walden Media, continues the franchise which commenced with
The spectacular, Oscar®-winning 2005 release, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and its 2008 follow-up, “Prince Caspian,” whose combined global box office gross tops $1.2 billion.
No sooner did producer Perry Moore say that Principal Photography started next week, than we got reports to the contrary from a number of people. I haven’t been online in a few hours, though, so I wasn’t able to catch them until just now.
Director Michael Apted’s personal assistant Cort Kristensen says that filming started on July 22. They’ve got the first shot of the movie’s schedule, though there is no word on what that shot is, or where it will fit in the movie.
A new Narnia fan site has just launched and they have an interview with John Dickenson, who worked as a concept artist for Prince Caspian. He also spent some time working on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
How goes work on the Dawn Treader?
“It’s been over a year since I worked on it up in L.A. They are now shooting it down in Australia. It was my highlight so far in my career to be a part of. The 3 of us(Justin, Vance), got to work with Director Michael Apted, who was amazing to work for. We really liked the way he went about making a movie. And we also got to work with an amazingly talented Production Designer named Jan Roelfs. He had some great takes on the way this film should look and feel. We also met with Wetta’s Richard Taylor for an afternoon. He was a great inspiration. We hope to get the chance to work with him in the future. He left when we did, so I have no idea how the new PD will do on it. But the work we created was some of our best I feel. Once the movies out, I’ll post all my art on my website.”
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