Michael Petroni has been tapped to write the next installment in “The Chronicles of Narnia” franchise, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, for Walden Media and Fox 2000.

He will take over for Richard LaGravanese, who penned the most recent draft of the C.S. Lewis novel.

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ComingSoon.net interviewed producer Mark Johnson about the future of Narnia, and during the interview they spoke about Dawn Treader and possible 3-D Narnia films.

CS: So we know that Ben and Skandar and Georgie will be returning but will you bring back Weta and use the same writers on the next few movies?
Johnson: We actually have a different writer right now on “Dawn Treader,” it’s a complicated process but it’s like the books. You want to have the connection to the prior movies but at the same time, it’s a whole new world.

CS: When do you start thinking about “The Silver Chair“? Do you have to wait until the next one’s finished again?
Johnson: Yeah, we don’t have a director for that, but we will soon enough. We’ve already been talking to some people. Let’s see how this movie does.

CS: Also, in “The Silver Chair,” Ben’s going to be 50 years older.
Johnson: That’s exactly right. I think when you see Caspian, he’s at the dock and getting on the boat and he’s an old man.

CS: I know that both Walden Media and Disney are really big on the 3-D experience, so do you think you’ll ever take “Narnia” into the 3-D realm? Have you had any talks about shooting future movies or scenes in 3-D?
Johnson: We did. We even talked about this for a while. Could we make this 3-D? I would guess that if we keep making these, we’re bound to make one or two in 3-D. You’re right. It so lends itself to it.

CS: When you started this movie, I’m not sure 3-D had exploded like it has in the last few months. I’m surprised to see you producing a lot more independent films this year as well, like “Ballast” and (”Narnia” executive producer) Perry Moore’s movie “Lake City.”
Johnson: Yeah, yeah, we’re really pleased that this year we had two movies I was involved in at Sundance, and then “Ballast” won Best Director.

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The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films announced the nominations for the 32nd annual Saturn Awards on Feb. 15, and leading the pack is George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith, with 10 nominations. The awards will be presented May 2 in Universal City, Calif.

Batman Begins came in a close second, with nine nominations. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire each received eight nominations.

In the television categories, ABC’s Lost and The WB’s Smallville received a total of six nominations each. SCI FI Channel’s original series Battlestar Galactica garnered four nominations, while SCI FI’s Stargate SG-1 and its original miniseries The Triangle each received three nominations.

This year the academy established categories to honor and recognize video-game releases. Games that received nominations include Psychonauts, Timesplitters: Future Perfect, Guild Wars, F.E.A.R., Indigo Prophecy, Star Wars Battlefront II and Peter Jackson’s King Kong.

Best Fantasy Film

•Batman Begins (Warner Bros.)
•Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Warner Bros.)
•The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Buena Vista)
•Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.)
•King Kong (Universal)
•Zathura (Sony)

Best Actress

•Jodie Foster
Flightplan (Buena Vista)
•Laura Linney
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Screen Gems / Sony)
•Rachel McAdams
Red Eye (DreamWorks SKG)
•Natalie Portman
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm)
•Tilda Swinton
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Buena Vista)
•Naomi Watts
King Kong (Universal)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor

•Alex Etel
Millions (Fox Searchlight)
•Dakota Fanning
War of the Worlds (Paramount)
•Freddie Highmore
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Warner Bros.)
•Josh Hutcherson
Zathura (Sony)
•William Moseley
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Buena Vista)
•Daniel Radcliffe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.)

Best Director

•Andrew Adamson
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Buena Vista)
•Peter Jackson
King Kong (Universal)
•George Lucas
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm)
•Mike Newell
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.)
•Christopher Nolan
Batman Begins (Warner Bros.)
•Steven Spielberg
War of the Worlds (Paramount)

Best Writer

•Steve Kloves
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.)
•David Koepp
War of the Worlds (Paramount)
•Christopher Nolan
David S. Goyer
Batman Begins (Warner Bros.)
•Ann Peacock
Andrew Adamson
Christopher Markus
Steven McFeely
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Buena Vista)
•George Lucas
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm)
•Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
King Kong (Universal)

Best Costume

•Trisha Biggar
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm)
•Lindy Hemming
Batman Begins (Warner Bros.)
•Isis Mussenden
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Buena Vista)
•Gabriella Pescucci
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Warner Bros.)
•Terry Ryan
King Kong (Universal)
•Jany Temime
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.)

Best Make Up

•Howard Berger
Nikki Gooley
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Buena Vista)
•Howard Berger
Greg Nicotero
Land of the Dead (Universal)
•Howard Berger
Greg Nicotero
Sin City (Buena Vista)
•Nick Dudman
Amanda Knight
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.)
•Dave Elsey
Lou Elsey
Nikki Gooley
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm)
•Richard Taylor
Gino Acevedo
Dominie Till
Peter Swords-King
King Kong (Universal)

Best Special Effects

•John Knoll
Roger Guyett
Rob Coleman
Brian Gernand
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm)
•Joe Letteri
Richard Taylor
Christian Rivers
Brian Van’t Hul
King Kong (Universal)
•Jim Mitchell
Tim Alexander
Tim Webber
John Richardson
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.)
•Dennis Muren
Pablo Helman
Randal M. Dutra
Daniel Sudick
War of the Worlds (Paramount)
•Janek Sirrs
Dan Glass
Chris Corbould
Paul Franklin
Batman Begins (Warner Bros.)
•Dean Wright
Bill Westenhofer
Jim Berney
Scott Farrar
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Buena Vista)

It’s also the last day to vote for James McAvoy for the BAFTA Awards.

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