Andrew Adamson to direct adaptation of Mister Pip

Andrew Adamson, who directed the previous two Narnia films: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian prior to passing the reigns to Michael Apted for the third, has just written and will direct an adaptation of the Lloyd Jones novel, Mister Pip.  It is a film that is set in a province of Papua New Guinea, where director Adamson spent much of his childhood.

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Welcome to this week’s mailbag!  With all of the news and excitement from the last week, it’s hard to believe that the Dawn Treader is actually kicking into gear.  We’re getting our third Narnia film, folks, and that is very exciting.

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This week’s mailbag features a topic that is very interesting to me: that of the relationship of J.R.R. Tolkien and his writing to C.S. Lewis and his.  Other topics include what Anna Popplewell and William Moseley are up to next, and Andrew Adamson’s past in Papua New Guinea.  I’ll see if I have the time to reach back into the mailbag archives after the five letters that I received this week.  Be sure to look through the comments from last week’s mailbag for some fascinating follow-up information as well!  Let’s get started!

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