The next 3 Narnia films will be made back to back!

[ramsaur]

That's why Prince Caspian got pushed back six months to allow the filmmakers to make Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair all at the same time!

http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=895&dl=9563075

[Lucy the Marshwiggle]

THAT WOULD SUCK!!!!!!! I want them to be all different. VOTDT is a LONG story and has many events in it. I would hate for them to combine them all together. It just wont have the same effect!

[Bowofmystery]

THAT WOULD SUCK!!!!!!! I want them to be all different. VOTDT is a LONG story and has many events in it. I would hate for them to combine them all together. It just wont have the same effect!

I think that what ramsaur means that they will all be filmed at the same time, not all made into one movie. Hopefully they will be released closer together and therefore we don't have so long to wait before seeing the next in the series.
That is the way that they did LOTR, filmed them all at the same time them released them over three years.
But i do agree that if they did combine them all together then that would suck, and i doubt that they would so that to something with as much potential as Narnia!

[Dakota and Elle]

played georgie in all narnia movies with


sorry for my bad english

[LifeMaiden]

I think that what ramsaur means that they will all be filmed at the same time, not all made into one movie. Hopefully they will be released closer together and therefore we don't have so long to wait before seeing the next in the series.
That is the way that they did LOTR, filmed them all at the same time them released them over three years.
But i do agree that if they did combine them all together then that would suck, and i doubt that they would so that to something with as much potential as Narnia!



There would be so many events and characters/creatures that I'd get dizzy. While of course if you read the books you'd know who was who, the amount of things happening would just make for a movie too short and probably one that would leave out a lot of things. I'm pretty sure they mean they are filming back to back, to keep the ages ( esp Georgie Henley who will be in the VOTDT) of some of the cast realistic...so Georgie's not like, 20 when they make the VOTDT LOL.

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

What? No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. NO.
No.
This can't be happening. No....No. No.
Does that mean that auditions for all the films are going to be at the same time? No, please tell me the answer is no. Please.

No. No. No. No.

[-Daughter of Eve-]

I suppose that could be good...but NOT if they made ONE movie of all those books...I mean,then it wouldn't take like 10 years to get all movies done...but like you said ^ there's gonna be lots of auditions..at the same time...yikes :D

[PeterC]

That's why Prince Caspian got pushed back six months to allow the filmmakers to make Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair all at the same time!

http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=895&dl=9563075
I'D HIT THAT!!!
I bet there all going to be bad now!

[ramandu's_daughter]

NO!!! that is so awful! they should SO not do that, because a) the movies are gonna stink and b) everyone will get tired of waiting and the people who only saw the first one and didn't read the books will forget and be like, "What in the world is Prince Caspian!?"

[PeterC]

NO!!! that is so awful! they should SO not do that, because a) the movies are gonna stink and b) everyone will get tired of waiting and the people who only saw the first one and didn't read the books will forget and be like, "What in the world is Prince Caspian!?"
Thats what i said!They got to take there time!!!

[ramandu's_daughter]

I agree. They should take their time! I would rather wait a few years each time for a really good movie then wait a longer time for a bad one, and then not have to wait.

[PeterC]

I agree. They should take their time! I would rather wait a few years each time for a really good movie then wait a longer time for a bad one, and then not have to wait.
Exactly.They should not rush things, people who do that get really bad results...

[ramandu's_daughter]

(sorry I'll get back on topic in a second) Madman do you want a quote of the day because today's is good and no one is responding yet...:D
But I personnally think it's a bad idea, and people who aren't exactly devoted to Narnia would forget. i agree that people should not rush things... I know from experience of schoolwork that you honestly do get BAAADD results. :p if I could, I would so go on strike until they changed their minds.

[-Forever_Young-]

Say WHAT??!? That would be awful! I don't know about the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, but it would be terrible for Narnia! The reason LWW was so good was that they took their time and didn't cram it all.

[I♥Georgie]

That will be so long i don't think i would be knocked out judging by the hours :mad: :rolleyes: LOL

[Solya]

Actually, I think this is a rather good idea. :) They are certainly going to take their time with every single one of them, but this way of filming prevents the actors from getting too old and it will make sure that lots of other stuff goes okay too. They did the same thing with Lord of the Rings, remember, and we all know how beautiful that turned out to be. :D

[ABright5]

Shooting back to back just means that, when the Script writers have finnished writing, they would hand the script over to the cast, and start writing for then next film.

Then, when the first film has been filmed, the cast would pass on the film to the editors and SFX people, and take the next script from the writers and start straight away on that.

They are not filming all three at the same time, just one after the other.

They are doing it so that Georgie and Skandar don't grow too old.


They are doing the same thing for Pirates of the Caribbean.

[SlpNarniaQueen]

Yay, Praise The Lord!

[LifeMaiden]

Yay, Praise The Lord!


Off topic but SlpNarniaqueen I love that signature...that sign has some cool sayings. I like the one about " use my name in vain and I'll make rush hour longer". :D

[ramsaur]

I don't see what's wrong with this to yall. It's not bad at all its great! you saw lord of the rings and they shot all 3 flims back to back and they all turned out so perfect. Pirates of the Caribbean did dead man's chest and at world's end (3) back to back and dead man's chest was good and footage has been reavealed with pirates 3 and it look awesome so this will be the same thing yall just watch.

[echoscot]

I have to agree that they are doing this smart. It makes a lot of sense because PC, VDT and SC have a continuous thread, much like LOTR. The Pevensies, themselves introduce Eustace who introduces us to Jill. Likewise, Prince Caspian, himself, is in all three following his Princehood, reign and the fate of his son. In addition the Narnian timeline flows very consistently and smoothly through these three.

Then they can do HHB, MN and LB separately, because they are each unique distinct stories, though still with some commonality. However, the timeline and characters are not smooth transitions. Not that this is bad, just makes them separate.

[LifeMaiden]

I have to agree that they are doing this smart. It makes a lot of sense because PC, VDT and SC have a continuous thread, much like LOTR. The Pevensies, themselves introduce Eustace who introduces us to Jill. Likewise, Prince Caspian, himself, is in all three following his Princehood, reign and the fate of his son. In addition the Narnian timeline flows very consistently and smoothly through these three.

Then they can do HHB, MN and LB separately, because they are each unique distinct stories, though still with some commonality. However, the timeline and characters are not smooth transitions. Not that this is bad, just makes them separate.



So they are NOT going to make seperate movies, then, Echo, they will combine PC, VOTDT and SC....into ONE MOVIE???????????? Am I understanding this right???????????????????

[LifeMaiden]

Shooting back to back just means that, when the Script writers have finnished writing, they would hand the script over to the cast, and start writing for then next film.

Then, when the first film has been filmed, the cast would pass on the film to the editors and SFX people, and take the next script from the writers and start straight away on that.

They are not filming all three at the same time, just one after the other.

They are doing it so that Georgie and Skandar don't grow too old.


They are doing the same thing for Pirates of the Caribbean.


* IceMaiden Sinks into the floor with relief*

[Galadriel]

This is very intelligent filmmaking. The production values will be consistent and the same characters and actors can be used in all the projects.

[LifeMaiden]

This is very intelligent filmmaking. The production values will be consistent and the same characters and actors can be used in all the projects.

That's because it's being done by Adamson :D

[Bramblefox]

They would probably film them all at the SAME TIME, like Lord of the Rings, not make them into one movie.

[Lucy_QueenofNarnia]

Yea, they all aren't going to be in one movie, just filming them back to back to keep up with the aging for Georgie and Skandar, and then the kid who will play Eustace.

Because if you think about it, unless they can pull off a miracle with makeup and wardrobe (seen it before; its possible) there's going to be a TOTAL obvious aging difference in all of the 4 Pevensie actors between LWW and PC. If they haven't even started filming yet, just think. It's only supposed to be a year after LWW.

And an added bonus--at least the next three movies should be coming out about a year after one another, and not waiting 2 years between them, right? :D

[ABright5]

Yea, they all aren't going to be in one movie, just filming them back to back to keep up with the aging for Georgie and Skandar, and then the kid who will play Eustace.

Because if you think about it, unless they can pull off a miracle with makeup and wardrobe (seen it before; its possible) there's going to be a TOTAL obvious aging difference in all of the 4 Pevensie actors between LWW and PC. If they haven't even started filming yet, just think. It's only supposed to be a year after LWW.

And an added bonus--at least the next three movies should be coming out about a year after one another, and not waiting 2 years between them, right? :D


It does depend on how long Walden Media decide to wait.
They are going to want to make as much money, and win as many oscars as possible, and so they are likely to wait until the "opportune moment" until they release each of them, even if it means keeping them "under their belts" for a while.


Also, Georgie at least has already grown a lot since the end of LWW.

They haven't started filming yet, and they aren't going to until at least January.

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

Ok guys i am seriously totally upset about this. are they really being made back-to-back????

[office]

Ok guys i am seriously totally upset about this. are they really being made back-to-back????
whats wrong with that?

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

whats wrong with that?
well, it means they'll all be made next year and they can't do that b/c then my parents definatly won't let me go audition for jill b/c i'd only b 13 and i'd i'd just omg no it can't b true

[office]

well, it means they'll all be made next year and they can't do that b/c then my parents definatly won't let me go audition for jill b/c i'd only b 13 and i'd i'd just omg no it can't b true
maybe you can send in an audition tape.

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

maybe you can send in an audition tape.
good idea...:) i wonder waht would happen if i did get the part.....*hopes*
i should find pippa hall's address to do that.....

[devoted]

Why is Adamson keeping quiet about the back to back filming?

[Adanedhel]

That's why Prince Caspian got pushed back six months to allow the filmmakers to make Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair all at the same time!

http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=895&dl=9563075

I had never heard that before! Im shocked and confused to know why they would do that.

[Lucy_QueenofNarnia]

I had never heard that before! Im shocked and confused to know why they would do that.

so that the kids won't age as much as they did between shooting LWW and PC, most likely.

[Narnia-Fan89]

If that means that all the stories are in one movie... SUCKISH!!!

And I thought that Prince Caspain was coming out in Summer 2008 not Christmas?! GRRR WE HAVE TO WAIT LONGER

[LifeMaiden]

By filming back to back we all got confused here LOL. I thought it meant there was going to be ONE movie PRINCE CASPIAN with two other movies intergrated into it VOTDT and SC. But it just means then that Adamson is fiilming Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and Silver Chair back to back...and releasing them at the proper times...Prince Caspian in 2008, maybe VOTDT in 2009 and PC in 2010. Or does that make sense?

[Solya]

Makes perfect sense. To be honest, I thought of that straight away when I read the article. They'll shoot the movies one after another without a real break of months inbetween. :) I guess it'll be something like Lord of the Rings, which was also shot back-to-back... every year a new movie and stuff.

[rsrikanth05]

When will they ever film Horse and His Boy, and magiciann's Nephew?
Those are my favourite books.

[Lucy_QueenofNarnia]

Yea it is confusing a few people. But it just wouldn't make sense to cram three books into one movie.

He's doing it LotR-style, filming them together, and then releasing them about a year apart.

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

When will they ever film Horse and His Boy, and magiciann's Nephew?
Those are my favourite books.
yes click the link

[LifeMaiden]

Hehe...I wonder if they'll use the same grown up actors who played the Pevensies in the LWW as the ones who will be in the Horse and His Boy. That would be interesting. I hope they do, because the four actors in the LWW were great grown up Pevensies :D

[Lucy_QueenofNarnia]

Hehe...I wonder if they'll use the same grown up actors who played the Pevensies in the LWW as the ones who will be in the Horse and His Boy. That would be interesting. I hope they do, because the four actors in the LWW were great grown up Pevensies :D

I agree! I hope they do--it would just look strange if they didn't use them again. Hopefully they'll agree to come back when they get around to filming the Horse and His Boy. :)

[I♥Georgie]

you lie stop lieing :eek:

[LifeMaiden]

you lie stop lieing :eek:

HUH? Who's lying? LOL. :p We were just saying we hoped that the actors who played the adult Pevensies would come back and play their roles in the HORSE AND HIS BOY!

[I♥Georgie]

i mant the movies being made back to back they must lieing

[Tsukiko]

thats dumb! put all 3 togther!!!!!!!!!!! they may leave out tons of parts from each book so the movie is not too long! :mad:

they can at least put Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader together that might be fine..but not adding The Silver Chair too...

[ABright5]

thats dumb! put all 3 togther!!!!!!!!!!! they may leave out tons of parts from each book so the movie is not too long! :mad:

they can at least put Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader together that might be fine..but not adding The Silver Chair too...

They are NOT puting all three books into one film!!
That is not what they mean when they say "BACK TO BACK"!
All it means is that they are going to film all three movies, one after the other so that the Children don't get too old!

[SlpNarniaQueen]

YES YES YES YES YES!I can't wait...I wonder if they'll actually use Georgie, Skandar, Anna and Will to film their grown up selves in TLB because by then they'll be old enough... :rolleyes: I hope they make HHB that was my FAVORITE book!

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

IF ALL 3 ARE MADE BACK TO BACK I WILL CERTAINLY BE FURIOUS BEYOND BELIEF. PLEASE - KILL ME NOW. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[ABright5]

IF ALL 3 ARE MADE BACK TO BACK I WILL CERTAINLY BE FURIOUS BEYOND BELIEF. PLEASE - KILL ME NOW. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Have you read my post above?

This is a good thing.

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

Have you read my post above?

This is a good thing.
Yes, but, if they do that then...oh...ok, read this::

well, it means they'll all be made next year and they can't do that b/c then my parents definatly won't let me go audition for jill b/c i'd only b 13 and i'd i'd just omg no it can't b true


SEE??!!

[ABright5]

Yes, but, if they do that then...oh...ok, read this::
well, it means they'll all be made next year and they can't do that b/c then my parents definatly won't let me go audition for jill b/c i'd only b 13 and i'd i'd just omg no it can't b true
SEE??!!

You do have a point.

[Tsukiko]

i really hope they dont make all 3 2gether...

[Lucy_QueenofNarnia]

they aren't. it was never mentioned. people are just getting confused. they were never going to do that, they are just filming them right after one another. there will still be 3 separate movies.

[devoted]

Arent there some rules about how many months of filming kids can do in a given year. I thought I read that somewhere.

[EveningStar]

The thread title is a bit ambiguous. The films will be made one at a time, but the actors will stand back to back because of worries about transmitting bird flu.... :D

[Narnia-Fan89]

Well, the title of the next film is 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspain'

that means it must only be Prince Caspain... simple

[The Teacup]

i can see for Prince Caspian and the dawn treader doing casting at the same time but not the silver chair. cause its not really all the same characters...besides ...eustace. Caspians old and gray by that time. it'd be good if they made Prince Caspian and Dawn Treader back to back cause then it means faster movie releases :D and the characters won't be significantly aged

they can really only make one movie at a time. back to back doesn't mean one big movie it means one movie filmed at a time but never taking a year break inbetween it. so after they finish caspian tehy'll directly start on dawn treader. and it will probably take them a year to film them each. they did the LotR movies back to back and they took like 3 yrs to make...granted those are significantly longer.

besides that they'll all be one movie at a time. each story is too different from the other cause of the changing time periods in narnia. they can't do 3 movies bunched into one.

[jesus_narnia_freak7]

THAT WOULD SUCK!!!!!!! I want them to be all different. VOTDT is a LONG story and has many events in it. I would hate for them to combine them all together. It just wont have the same effect!
They are probably being filmed like the LOR

[Lucy_QueenofNarnia]

i can see for Prince Caspian and the dawn treader doing casting at the same time but not the silver chair. cause its not really all the same characters...besides ...eustace. Caspians old and gray by that time. it'd be good if they made Prince Caspian and Dawn Treader back to back cause then it means faster movie releases :D and the characters won't be significantly aged

they can really only make one movie at a time. back to back doesn't mean one big movie it means one movie filmed at a time but never taking a year break inbetween it. so after they finish caspian tehy'll directly start on dawn treader. and it will probably take them a year to film them each. they did the LotR movies back to back and they took like 3 yrs to make...granted those are significantly longer.

besides that they'll all be one movie at a time. each story is too different from the other cause of the changing time periods in narnia. they can't do 3 movies bunched into one.

but then... what about Eustace?? :D I think one of the reason's they want to film all three is because at least one character is coming back for each film. So because the actor for Eustace will be in VDT, and then in SC, they need to make sure they don't age tooo much. Here's one thing though--if they're not going to do The Last Battle next (after SC), how are they going to deal with Jill and Eustace in LB?? They'll be considerably older by the time they get around to filming LB if they do MN and HHB first.

[The Teacup]

hmm yes i see what you mean but i meant with the direct casting all at the same time. it was mentioned somewhere in teh thread that some people were asking about if htey were directly casting characters for some of the books all at once. there's no need for them to cast for SC when they're casting for TVDT and PC cause the entire cast with the exception of Eustace is so different. i think its good for the back to back filming.

[Alexandra Pevensie]

Thats what i said!They got to take there time!!!

hate to disagree w/ ya'll, but filming all 3 at once is definitely the way to go... just like they did w/ lotr and the last 2 pirate movies, b/c then ppl will still remember the story lines...not to mention, i don't think it'll be too difficult to relate prince caspian to lww...i mean, lewis did it...

[Afton]

well,if that happens their most likely to do what LOTR did.make them all and then put them out every year.i guess thats kind'a cool.But then you know that the movies are already made and you can't wait for them to come out.

[ILSE]

i should do one and then the 2 others back to back :)

[Quentilian]

I think that what ramsaur means that they will all be filmed at the same time, not all made into one movie. Hopefully they will be released closer together and therefore we don't have so long to wait before seeing the next in the series.
That is the way that they did LOTR, filmed them all at the same time them released them over three years.
But i do agree that if they did combine them all together then that would suck, and i doubt that they would so that to something with as much potential as Narnia!
that would suck if they made them together into one movie. though if they are making them one after the other i can't wait!!

[hui helke]

i like the idea more sooner after 1 long wait we will have three soon after each other and im glad romours were wrong

[timbalionguy]

I think that what ramsaur means that they will all be filmed at the same time, not all made into one movie. Hopefully they will be released closer together and therefore we don't have so long to wait before seeing the next in the series.
That is the way that they did LOTR, filmed them all at the same time them released them over three years.
But i do agree that if they did combine them all together then that would suck, and i doubt that they would so that to something with as much potential as Narnia!

Even though these stories take place in quite different environments, filming them together will still substantially reduce mobilization costs. A lot of CGI elements can be made in parallel. For PC and VDT, there will be less of an age gap for Edmund and Lucy, so hopefully these roles can still be done by Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes. I'm not as sure why SC is being made at the same time. Perhaps it is because of Eustace and some production-related similarities with PC. In any case, it will also ensure continuity in the 'look and feel' of the films, which IMHO is frightfully important for their long-term success.

[Samwise Gamgee]

YES! That is sooooooo cool! All now they need to make MN and LB. They aren't making HHB. Quto from Andrew[no joking] " The Horse and his Boy isn't a main part of the Chornicals. So we are not making it."

[Sir Godfrey]

I hope it's just like the LOTR where they make several at a one time and release them each winter.

[LifeMaiden]

I'm hoping too that's what they will do if they make the next three films one after the other.Think about it...LWW came out in Dec of 2005, and PC won't be out til summer of 2008. That is way too long in between to wait....I'd like to see each movie released every year, not every two or three years.

[-Daughter of Eve-]

Being home from school and being a bit bored,I just thought about something...what if I don't even like Narnia when PC comes out?! That would be a total disaster!!
But then I thought again and..THAT IS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. :D I just hope 2 years won't feel that long,and I just hope the movie is good when it comes!

[ABright5]

YES! That is sooooooo cool! All now they need to make MN and LB. They aren't making HHB. Quto from Andrew[no joking] " The Horse and his Boy isn't a main part of the Chornicals. So we are not making it."

Are you sure that was what he said, because it it has always been said that they intend to make them all.


With the age difference between SC and LB, they could make LB straight after SC, and then keep it untill HHB and MN were finnished, and then show LB last.

[timbalionguy]

YES! That is sooooooo cool! All now they need to make MN and LB. They aren't making HHB. Quto from Andrew[no joking] " The Horse and his Boy isn't a main part of the Chornicals. So we are not making it."

I personally think HHB is a great story, and it is easy to adapt to film. If the other films get made, you can bet that HHB will, too. There has even been some talk of original Narnia stories, if the first seven do really well. That's where dedicated fans come in, as any major production bearing the Narnia moniker needs to be absolutely true to what C.S. Lewis intended this series of stories to convey.

[Sir Godfrey]

I sure hope they make all of them, because they skiped The Horse and The Boy. And I know they had there reasons, But I hope they do the rest.

[Jadee]

Well, I just hope the movies are good.

[Son of Adam]

The articles I have read indicate that Walden plans to do all 7 books into movies with the three mentioned at the beginning of this post being filmed just like the LOTR trilogy films - back to back so they can be released quicker and that the characters of Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy wouldn't age too fast to be a part of the films they are needed to appear in.

[Elendil]

I hope they don't take too long to make them...I mean LotR took 7-8 years! *sigh*