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Cast and crew for Disney’s upcoming Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian fielded audience questions this morning at the New York Comic Con. On hand were stars Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian), William Moseley (Peter Pevensie), Peter Dinklage (Trumpkin), as well as producer Mark Johnson.

Johnson said that the third Narnia film, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, will begin shooting this October and is looking at a May 2010 release date.

Following with the book, Caspian will be in the next movie, along with only two of the Pevensie children. While there are seven books in the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, Johnson said that there are no plans at this time to make more Narnia films after Dawn Treader. Johnson followed up by saying that if the next two films are successful, there could be a possibility to continue with the film saga, with The Silver Chair being the next one.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, is currently in post-production and heading to theaters on May 16th. But first, the good prince — and the cast and crew of the film — will be stopping by Manhattan this weekend for the third annual New York Comic-Con.

Join IGN Movies’ Editor in Chief Eric Moro this Saturday, April 19th, as he moderates the Prince Caspian panel. Joining him for the event will be Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian), William Moseley (Peter Pevensie), Peter Dinklage (Trumpkin), and producer Mark Johnson for an audience Q&A and a screening of exclusive new footage from the film.

It’s one year after the events of the first movie, but over a thousand years have passed in Narnia when the Pevensie siblings return to the fabled land of Aslan. There, new adventures — and dangers, of course — await them as does a new ally in the person of the titular prince.

New York Comic-Con is, as always, being held at Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Center this weekend. So stop by the IGN Theater at the con on Saturday, April 19th at 11 a.m. All non-talking lions will be caged, we promise!

Visit IGN for more, and keep an eye over there for the conference

ComingSoon.net reports on the Narnia Panel:

The Disney panel began with The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Richard Taylor of Weta came out first and introduced some of the other crew members. These included the costume designer, creature designer, and others. Via satellite from Prague was director Andrew Adamson.

They kicked things off by showing a pre-viz animatic from the new movie. It showed one of the children from the first movie being picked up and flown to a Telmarine castle on an island by a griffin. After disabling a guard, the other Pevensie children arrive with other griffins and storm the castle. They are aided by mice who sneak in (despite interference by a cat).

The second clip was a sizzle reel where they showed some new footage, behind the scenes clips, and other goodies. They emphasized how much more action-packed this second film is, and that was very apparent from the clips. We saw a lot of battles and action. Also shown were the new dwarf character, Trumpkin played by Peter Dinklage, and the sword fighting mouse, Reepicheep. Lots more at ComingSoon.net including a picture of a Telmarine soldier!

From IESB: Here is some of the juicy tid bits we heard!

- The film is almost done shooting and will be ready for release next May.
- Expect Caspian to be much darker, more gritty and action packed!!
- Unlike Narnia 1, the creatures will have a wide range of ages, sex, and body type in each species
- Caspian’s Dwarves Nikabrik and Trumpkin will be played by Warwick Davis and Peter Dinklage.
- Andrew Adamson will NOT be returning as director for future installments
- The Voyage of the Dawn Trader will begin shooting in Jan-Feb of 08 for a release date of May 09.
- There will be a new Narnia EVERY May for the Next 6 years as they are making ALL books into movies.

Look for our full report from the show floor, coming soon. We’ve got three people that were in attendance of this presentation, and they promised to write about it.

If anyone is going and would like to report, just send us an e-mail. Here’s what’s happening in the world of Narnia at the San Diego Comic-Con:

Thurs., July 14, 2005
12:00-1:30 The Digital Bits: DVD Producers 2005 – Join Bill Hunt and Todd Doogan of The Digital Bits.com, as they discuss DVD production and the future of the format with some of the leading special-edition DVD producers working in Hollywood today. Panelists will include Charles de Lauzirika (Alien Quadrilogy, Spider-Man 2, Kingdom of Heaven, Domino), JM Kenny (Midnight Cowboy: 35th Anniversary Edition, Stealth, An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder, Mallrats 10th Anniversary Edition) and Robert Meyer Burnett (X-Men 1.5, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Superman and director of Free Enterprise), who may offer previews of their forthcoming DVD releases. Audience Q&A and a DVD player giveaway will follow the discussion. Room 6CDEF

Sun., July 17, 2005
12:30-1:30 Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media present The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – Journey through the wardrobe and into the extraordinary world of Narnia for a revealing look at Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media’s spectacular new film based on the C. S. Lewis classic. Enter the magical land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs and giants that has been cursed to eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. And meet the noble and mystical ruler, the lion Aslan, who holds the key to helping four siblings free Narnia from Jadis’ icy spell forever. Perry Moore moderates. Director Andrew Adamson (Shrek, Shrek 2) will be joined by some of the key filmmaking talents for a behind-the-scenes excursion into one of the most highly anticipated fantasy-adventures of all-time, including Oscar® winning producer Mark Johnson, 4-time Academy Award®-winning effects wizard Richard Taylor, special make-up effects man Howard Berger, and CGI animation visual effects supervisor Dean Wright (The Lord of the Rings trilogy). Hall H