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Dawn Treader in TimesOnlines 50 Biggest Movies for 2010 List

Paul Martin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:39:01 +0000

Coming in at #16 on their list, is The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. They write: One of a number of franchises jostling for the soon-to-be vacated Harry Potter spot, the Narnia series suffered something of a setback with Prince Caspian’s lacklustre performance. Dawn Treader is, though, considered by the Narnia faithful to be one of the best books of the set.

The best known names in the film, Liam Neeson and Eddie Izzard, don’t actually appear onscreen, but lend their voices to two of the fanciful characters encountered by the young cast as they seek the Seven Lost Lords of Narnia. For good or for ill, this will be a turning point in this series. If it succeeds, The Silver Chair and other Narnia movies will win an enormous worldwide audience. If receipts are broadly similar to those of its predecessor, it could well be the last of the Narnia films.

See the full list here

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Mill Film to work on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Paul Martin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:45:21 +0000

Mill Film has recently been awarded work on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Will Cohen, Group Director of Mill Film, said; “We are extremely excited to be involved with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader along with the opportunity to work with the multi award winning team of Angus Bickerton, Visual Effects Supervisor and Barrie Hemsley, Visual Effect Producer.” (Whose collective credits include: Angels & Demons, Inkheart, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and 10,000 BC; and Rome).

Recent Mill Film recent projects include the critically acclaimed ‘The Damned United’, David Almond’s award winning adaptation of his bestselling children’s book ‘Skellig’, and Jordan Scott’s feature film directorial debut ‘Cracks’ due for release later this year.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is produced by Walden Media and 20th Century Fox and is scheduled for release in December 2010.

-Mill Film

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News Blogger visits Dawn Treader Set

Paul Martin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:15:31 +0000

It was as though I pushed past the overcoats at the back of the wardrobe and wandered into another strange, wonderful world.

Yesterday, I was given a tour of the set of the latest Narnia film, “Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”

I wasn’t allowed to take photos of the set (you’ll have to wait for the movie to come to cinemas at the end of 2010) but I can describe some of what I saw. It was very impressive.

I saw four sets. The first one was a medieval, Italian village with dirt streets and high, stone, castle-like walls. Construction workers were pulling it down as filming was finished in that set.

The next three sets I saw were of the ship, the Dawn Treader, where most of the action takes place.

read the rest at abc.net.au

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Will Poulter talks Dawn Treader

Paul Martin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:02:28 +0000

You’re filming The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader in Australia at the moment, how’s that going?

Will Poulter: Its really good fun thank you, I’m really enjoying myself but I am missing home quite a bit, especially my family and friends. Although I will be sad to leave I will be really pleased to be home for Christmas.

Your character, Eustace Scrubb, isn’t very well behaved and of course you played the ‘most badly behaved kid in school’ in Son of Rambow. How do you keep getting these type of roles?

Will Poulter: I know, I would really like to play a nice character for once! I feel quite bad about having to play those characters and I hope there is no one like Eustace Scrubb!

The famous introduction in the book by CS Lewis is: “There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.” Would you say that’s a fair evaluation of your character?

Will Poulter: Absolutely. He is a complete brat, he’s obnoxious, rude, selfish and cowardly and has no respect for anyone other than himself. However he does become a much better adjusted person at the end of the book.

-read the rest of the interview at On the Box

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Dawn Treader Cast and Crew Celebrates Halloween

Paul Martin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:54:45 +0000

Oscar award-winning make-up artist Howard Berger threw a Halloween party for fellow cast and crew of the Chronicles of Narnia film on Saturday.

Berger, from the US, tells CC he was feeling homesick and wanted to bring the American holiday to the Gold Coast with a party at Southport Bowls Club.

He says Halloween is one of his favourite holidays and he’s even more enthusiastic than his teenage kids.

“I phoned to ask them about Halloween and they were like ‘Dad, it’s not until tomorrow.’ I’m more excited about it than they are,” says Berger, who has worked on blockbusters Inglourious Basterds, The Bucket List and Transformers.

It’s no surprise he is a fan of Halloween as he’s been a make-up artist for the world’s biggest horror films.

As filming for Chronicles of Narnia wraps up on the Gold Coast in three weeks lead actor Ben Barnes says he is sad about leaving.

Barnes, at a Halloween party for fellow cast and crew of the Chronicles of Narnia film at the Southport Bowls Club on Saturday, says he has enjoyed his time on the Gold Coast and is not looking forward to returning home to the UK.

“The Gold Coast is beautiful,” he says.

Skandar Keynes, who celebrated Halloween with cast and crew on Saturday at the Southport Bowls Club, tells CC the Gold Coast gives him the heebie jeebies.

That, and ‘evil pumpkins.’

But Keynes failed to give CC an explanation as to why he finds our town petrifying.

“I don’t know,” he says jokingly.

-via Goldcoast.com.au

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Dawn Treader’s Dragon Cave Set?

Paul Martin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:07:08 +0000

I know that this is a little bit late, but I’m still working on a whole bunch of new things that are going to knock your socks off. Believe me when I say, you haven’t seen anything yet! We’re currently figuring out the release cycle for the content, but when it starts, it’s going to be something you won’t want to miss.

From MundoNarnia comes a photograph of what looks like the Dragon Cave set from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader where Eustace makes a few changes! Take a look.

-via Mundo Narnia

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Taste of home for Narnia: Dawn Treader crew

Paul Martin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:32:51 +0000

Big things are coming soon, but this is not part of that, just so you know. You’ll know it when you see it! Anyway, here’s the news.

PLAYING a cast of characters who routinely slip out of England and into the magical world of Narnia should make the British actors who recently finished filming at Cleveland Point accustomed to being away from home.

But they were delighted in the final days of filming to receive a care package from Birkdale couple Louise and Adrian Warner, who run Britain on the Bayside.

Louise took her two sons, Charlie, 8, and Thomas, 5, down to the set with the hamper of goodies, which they handed over to one of Narnia’s fawns.

“I’d been taking the kids down to the set fairly often to see it being built, and when we heard nearly all the cast and a lot of the crew were British, and that they still had filming to finish on the Gold Coast and in New Zealand, we thought they’d appreciate a few treats from home,” Louise said.

“We’ve since heard back that all the cast were thrilled with the hamper, and we referred a few of the directors and producers to The Vine bottle shop next to our store, because they import a whole range of British beers which we heard they were pining for.”

Louise said the hamper included some of their most popular items: Crisps, not chips; a soft drink called Vimto; British Cadbury’s chocolate, which has fewer emulsifiers than Australian Cadbury’s because of the cooler climate; Minstrels, a larger, non-coloured version of M&Ms; Crawfords custard creams and bourbon creams biscuits; and Party Ring biscuits, which are often worn on the fingers of children at birthday parties.

-via Bayside Bulletin

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Ben Barnes talks Dawn Treader Book versus Film

Paul Martin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:58:12 +0000

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.

Let’s talk about the “Dawn Treader” movie. I know you can’t reveal any spoilers, but what’s in the movie that’s different from the book?

Ben Barnes: They’ve stolen a couple of ideas from some of the later ["Chronicles of Narnia"] books. [It’s] a very difficult book to adapt, because it’s very episodic. It’s chapter by chapter. They go on the voyage, they go to one island, a bit more voyage, another island, a bit more voyage, another island. It’s very satisfying to read; every chapter by chapter, it’s very exciting. But it has no real through line. And so they have to kind of steal other elements to sew it all together. I think they’ve done it in a really clever, unobtrusive way.

What’s interesting is the first thing he says here: they’ve stolen a couple of ideas from some of the later (emphasis added) books. The questions I have now are: What books and what ideas from those books? Anybody have ideas for what it could be?

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Cinesite Wins Major Contract on the The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Paul Martin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:05:03 +0000

Cinesite today confirmed that we have won a large contract for visual effects on the latest installment in the highly successful Chronicles of Narnia series, “The Voyage of The Dawn Treader.”

This news follows other recent major announcements, including a large award of work for Fox’s “Marmaduke,” and winning an Emmy award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for HBO’s highly acclaimed mini-series “Generation Kill” two weeks ago.

More announcements about new production awards are likely to be made over the coming two weeks. Cinesite is currently undertaking a major international recruitment drive, and is refurbishing key areas of our Soho-based Sheraton Street facility to accommodate the influx of new, exciting projects.

Dawn Treader, Directed by Michael Apted, follows the continuing adventures of Lucy and Edmund Pevensie, as they return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace. They meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.

The production is currently filming on the Gold Coast of Australia. Angus Bickerton is Visual Effects Supervisor (Angels & Demons, Inkheart, The Da Vinci Code, Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and Barrie Hemsley is Visual Effects Producer (Angels & Demons, 10,000 BC, 1408). Cinesite’s Matt Kasmir and Jensen Toms are supervising the 2D and 3D aspects of our work (both have recently worked on Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time).

The Voyage of The Dawn Treader is scheduled for release in late 2010.

Cinesite is also currently working on Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2, Naked Beauty, Clash Of The Titans, Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time, Marmaduke, Leap Year and The Prisoner.

Learn about Cinesite

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The Dawn Treader, from Above

Mike — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:09:28 +0000

Ain’t It Cool News has posted two aerial pictures of the Dawn Treader taken as it “sat” at Cleveland Point in Australia.

Warning: there is some vulgarity and innuendo in their post, so avoid clicking over if such language may offend you.

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