Sci-Fi Pulse has finally posted their red carpet interview video for Prince Caspian. In that, Douglas Gresham mentions a bit about what they’re doing with the production order for the Narnia films. From what he says, it looks like the production will continue as the books were published.

This is the smartest way to do it. Narnia purists will tell you that the only way to read the books for the first time is the original publication order. That’s what I tell anyone to do, that has not read them yet to do.

Anyway, on the red carpet in New York, Douglas Gresham says:

We still have five books to do. I’m working right now on pre-production on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and I’m already starting discussions on The Silver Chair; and we’re just toying with the idea of doing The Horse and His Boy after that. So we are thinking ahead.

This doesn’t confirm it solidly, but it does show a bit more of what they’re planning. That’ll just leave The Magician’s Nephew and The Last Battle to close out the series.

Watch the video on Sci-Fi Pulse. There’s a great part where Georgie Henley meets Liam Neeson. Priceless!

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Film premieres in London have long been the exclusive preserve of studio executives and their guests, the 1,600 chosen few who could cram into the capital’s largest cinema, the Odeon Leicester Square. Now a Hollywood studio is throwing open its doors to the public, enabling as many as 10,000 fans to walk up the red carpet at the biggest movie premiere in Britain.

Walt Disney Pictures is turning the O2 arena in Greenwich into what it describes as “the largest cinema in history” for its latest blockbuster, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Not so long ago the O2 was the much-mocked Millennium Dome, a vast empty shell on a desolate peninsula in East London. Now it has become the nation’s most popular music entertainment venue, attracting artists including the Eagles, Kylie Minogue, Led Zeppelin and Céline Dion.

If Disney’s premiere on June 19 – before the film’s general release on June 26 – is a success, the O2 could become a regular movie venue. The arena has been specially adapted with a delayed surround system to offer an “unparalleled audio-visual experience”, the organisers said.

For £12.50 a ticket, the public will be able to join the film’s cast, including Ben Barnes, the young British actor who plays Prince Caspian, and Liam Neeson, the Oscar-nominated Irish star who voices Aslan the lion, as well as the director Andrew Adamson, who also made the Oscar-winning Shrek.

Proceeds from the ticket sales will go to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, for whose redevelopment appeal Disney is raising millions of pounds.

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OneNews NZ were there at the red carpet, standing next to us as we snagged interviews with the cast and creative team.

You can watch their video from the red carpet here.

Look closely around the 27 second mark. I’m in the video shaking Andrew Adamson’s hand as he comes over to talk. Pretty cool video with some particularly hilarious editing. I still can’t believe they cut it so that Georgie Henley said what she did. Sounds worse than it was, folks!

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I’ve been pretty busy over the past week. Believe me, you want to know about this. The journey started a week ago, as I left for New York City. Over the next week, I’m going to be posting a lot of interviews and stories about the adventures, all leading up to our review of the film on May 16th!

Here is a summary of the Narnia events that I went to, that you will be able to read

about.

Friday, May 2:
Prince Caspian Press Screening

Saturday, May 3:

Press Junket. Interview upon interview with director Andrew Adamson, producer Mark Johnson, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and actors Anna Popplewell, Peter Dinklage, William Moseley, Georgie Henley and Ben Barnes.

Monday, May 5th:
TRL taping at MTV Studios. It will air on May 15th.
Barnes & Noble reading with the cast and director.

Wednesday, May 7th:
Covered the Red Carpet Premiere of Prince Caspian.

Attended the World Premiere.
Attended the after party.

I look forward to posting summaries of the events as well as the interviews over the next week. And look for the review of Prince Caspian on May 16th!

Without saying more until my review, I loved it.

(Is that saying too much Stephen and Christopher? E-mail me if it is, and if it isn’t!)

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We were there as well, but you’ll have to wait for our full report. In the meantime, here are some clips from their vantage point along the red carpet:

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From HarperCollinsChildrens: YOU COULD WIN A TRIP TO THE PRINCE CASPIAN MOVIE PREMIERE!

Enter for a chance to win a unique Narnia experience in celebration of the next blockbuster film in the Narnia franchise from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media coming to theaters May 16th, 2008!

One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a four-day/three-night trip for two to New York City to attend The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian movie premiere on May 7, 2008. Prize package includes:

* Two tickets to the movie premiere event
* Roundtrip coach-class airfare for two to New York
* Ground transportation to and from the airport in New York
* Standard room hotel accommodations based on double-occupancy rates

Approximate retail value: US$4,000

Two (2) First Prize Winners will each receive a Prince Caspian Treasure Chest including Prince Caspian action figures, a Battle Catapult Playset, and a Deluxe Castle Playset from Play Along Toys; role play costumes and accessories from Disguise Toys; The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Collector’s Edition Monopoly Game, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’s Castle 3-D puzzle, a Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian Poster Puzzle; The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Wii videogame; and a complete Prince Caspian Movie Tie-In Library of books from HarperCollins Publishers. (ARV: US$1,000)

Seven (7) Second Prize Winners will each receive a complete Prince Caspian Movie Tie-In Library of books from HarperCollins Publishers, a copy of the new interactive gift edition, Narnia Chronology: From the Archives of the Last King, a signed copy of The Chronicles of Narnia Pop-Up by Robert Sabuda and a copy of The Chronicles of Narnia Box Set signed by the three-time Caldecott Medal-winning artist David Wiesner. (ARV: US$500)

Fifty (50) Third Prize Winners will each receive The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Wii videogame. (ARV: US$40)

No purchase necessary. Open to all legal residents of the United States (except residents of Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. Territories and Possessions) and all legal residents of Canada (except residents of Quebec) age 10 and up as of 3/6/08. The last entry will be accepted on 4/11/08 at 5:00 p.m. (EST).

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NarniaFans.com is proud to present the world premiere of the trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian! We have the trailer in the best quality available: Quicktime.

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I’ll try to write a real transcript up as soon as possible (I’m working on it starting with the on screen titles).

WALT DISNEY PICTURES logo
WALDEN MEDIA logo

THIS SUMMER
THE TIME HAS COME
TO JOURNEY BACK…
TO NARNIA

WALT DISNEY PICTURES & WALDEN MEDIA PRESENT

ONE YEAR LATER FOR THEM
1300 YEARS FOR NARNIA
A NEW AGE HAS BEGUN
FROM C.S. LEWIS’ EPIC MASTERPIECE

THIS MAY
THE FATE OF ALL
LIES WITH THE DESTINY OF ONE

MAY 16TH
NARNIA.COM

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Director Andrew Adamson has selected a winner in the Narnia Fan Art contest! The winning entry will be posted following Comic-Con, and the winner will receive a trip for two to the World Premiere of Prince Caspian! However, due to production circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to print the winning piece of art in time for Comic-Con. Visit Narnia.com next week for the big reveal!

Thanks to Trevor for the news!

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Laura Zamzow was able to attend the World Premiere of the Chronicles of Narnia Suite last night. She sent us along some pictures from the event that she took in the lobby (as I’m sure no photography of any kind was allowed in the auditorium). The pictures are primarily props from the film. Very cool stuff. She also tells us about the concert itself. Read on!

As a fan of your site, I thought you might like to at least see some photos from the World Premiere of the Chronicles of Narnia Suite by Harry Gregson-Williams in Denver last night. In the lobby they had some props from the film including Peter’s sword and Father Christmas’s Robe.

The concert was wonderful-the suite was made up of all the main themes from the film and the highlight for everyone seemed to be the fourth movement: The Battle of Beruna. There were 3 screens in Boettcher Hall and they displayed still photos as well as clips from the film while the music was being played. Another highlight was a taped introduction by William Moseley and Anna Popplewell from the set of Prince Caspian.

I hope you enjoy the photos and thank you for creating this fun website!
~Laura Zamzow

View the Images at WaldenFans.com

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Reported by John Innes

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall last night entered the wintry world of Narnia at the world premiere of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.

Charles and Camilla joined the stars of the new movie version of CS Lewis’s classic tale, including Tilda Swinton, who plays the White Witch.

Swinton looked every inch the ice queen in her white floor-length skirt and fitted jacket decorated with dramatic gold raffled neckline and cusp.

The Prince and the Duchess stepped out onto a frosty blue carpet rather than the usual red one, in keeping with the film’s snowy setting.

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe is the first of the Chronicles of Narnia series to make it to the big screen.

Fake snow swirled around the Royal Albert Hall in London, and sculptures resembling chunks of blue ice decorated the entrance.

Celebrities

Among the celebrities who attended the special screening of Disney’s long-awaited £62 million movie were Joan Collins, Sadie Frost, Lennie Henry, Kelly Brook, Sir Roger Moore and Coleen McLoughlin.

Camilla wore a long midnight blue silk skirt by Robinson Valentine and a black cashmere jacket decorated with jet beading to the black-tie do.

And the royals chatted to the stars of the adaptation ahead of the screening.

Dawn French, who voices Mrs Beaver, said afterwards: “The Duchess was very funny. She’s got good jokes.

“I play Mrs Beaver, and Ray (Winstone) plays Mr Beaver.

“She told us not to nip each other.”

Winstone said he discussed Mr Beaver’s accent with Charles.

“It’s an East London one, of course,” the actor said.

Swinton revealed after chatting to Camilla: “The Duchess said that her daughter was so frightened of the White Witch that she didn’t want to come tonight.”

The royals also met James McAvoy, who plays the Fawn, Mr Tumnus, and the film’s child stars.

William Moseley plays Peter, Skandar Keynes appears as Edmund, Anna Popplewell is Susan and ten-year-old Georgie Henley plays Lucy.

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe tells the magical story of the Pevensie children, who discover a wardrobe that is the gateway to the land of Narnia, a frozen winterland of good and evil.

It has been tipped as the Christmas blockbuster to rival Harry Potter.

However, author Philip Pullman has dismissed CS Lewis as “blatantly racist” and “monumentally disparaging of women”.

Lewis was a Christian covert and wrote the Chronicles as a Christian allegory, with Aslan the lion representing Christ.

Disney is promoting the film to the religious by appointing Outreach, an evangelical publisher, to promote the Christian message behind the move in British churches. The premiere was in aid of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund.

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