The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

[PheR]

oh it is great!!

is this the movie where Nicole Kidman is going to be in, isn´t it?

By the way, I love those illustrations and I hope this movie to be wonderful, now that I don´t have a lord of the rings movie to see in theaters, I got a new fantasy saga to follow.

[yoda_four]

oh it is great!!

is this the movie where Nicole Kidman is going to be in, isn´t it?

By the way, I love those illustrations and I hope this movie to be wonderful, now that I don´t have a lord of the rings movie to see in theaters, I got a new fantasy saga to follow.

Actually that was just a rumor about Nicole. They actually cast Tilda Swinton as the White Witch http://www.comingsoon.net/news/narnianews.php?id=4670. James McAboy is gonna be Mr. Tumnus http://www.comingsoon.net/news/narnianews.php?id=4741, and Dawn French will be motion captured for Mrs. Beaver. Andrew Andamson said that filming is to start soon http://comingsoon.net/news.php?id=5162. Wonder how far they are to getting the stars of the film, THE FOUR KIDS! I really hope they dont screw this one up. So far, the movie sounds alot like how Cuaron prepared for HP3. I saw those banners a few days ago, and I gotta say that's some amazing prelimenary art! I still am wondering who that unnamed Narnian is though....

[AwallaceUNC]

Also, those who haven't read the books shouldn't be led astray by all the LOTR comparisons. They are similar in a lot of ways, but not really the same. Narnia isn't nearly as heavy on war and combat as LOTR, though. It sort of falls somewhere between HP and LOTR. I wouldn't want anyone to get false expectations. It's different, but definitely just as good!

-Aaron

[Ludwig Von Drake]

Lord of the Rings really isn't about war, it is about creating a mythology for England and wars occur, it is also much more in depth than Lion Witch and the Waredrobe.

[DreamerQ18]

Wow these pictures are really nice. I have honestly never read these books but have heard lots about them now after seeing these pictures I am defintley going to hit up the liebrary and check the books out. Can't wait to see how the movie and books will relate .

[Just Myself]

I can't wait to see the teaser trailer later this year (bectha anything it'll be attached to The Incredibles in November).

I'd bet it would be with Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, since A. It's also based on a successful children's book series and B. It'll make more money than Incredibles

[Disneykid]

Except you're forgetting that Lemony Snicket's a Paramount film and The Incredibles is Disney/Pixar. Disney's gonna need to attach SOMETHING to The Incredibles, and Narnia seems like a good candidate since I honestly can't think of what else they can add (except Chicken Little and Pirates of the Caribbean 2). I think they'd want to advertise one of their own big films in front of another one of their own big films.

[AwallaceUNC]

Lord of the Rings really isn't about war, it is about creating a mythology for England and wars occur, it is also much more in depth than Lion Witch and the Waredrobe.

Yeah, I didn't mean to say that LOTR was about war, just that it has more combat than Narnia.

I'm with Kelvin on the trailers.

-Aaron

[Kram Nebuer]

I'm guessing Aslan will be CGI. I hope it doesn't look cheap and obvioius like Jar Jar Binks and Scooby Doo. Dobby in Harry Potter looked like he really was there and Gollum sort of looked real. I hope the CGI's are that good.

[2099net]

I'm guessing Aslan will be CGI. I hope it doesn't look cheap and obvioius like Jar Jar Binks and Scooby Doo. Dobby in Harry Potter looked like he really was there and Gollum sort of looked real. I hope the CGI's are that good.

Well, I'm guessing Aslan will be both CGI and pratical. CGI for walking and running shots, pratical animatronic for close-ups. If for no other reason it will help the other actors to actually perform "to" something rather than a white cross on a blue wall.

As for Scooby Doo - you are aware he's supposed to look unreal?

Personally I think Scooby Doo in CGI fell over because he didn't look unreal enough so the brain was confused ("Is that supposed to look like a real dog? It sucks!") rather than simply taking in the fact that the movie was a movie based on a cartoon with a cartoon walking and talking dog.

[Mr. Toad]

James Cosmo(Troy, Braveheart, Trainspotting,Highlander ) has evidently been cast as Professor Kirke.


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0181920/

[Kram Nebuer]

As for Scooby Doo - you are aware he's supposed to look unreal?

Personally I think Scooby Doo in CGI fell over because he didn't look unreal enough so the brain was confused ("Is that supposed to look like a real dog? It sucks!") rather than simply taking in the fact that the movie was a movie based on a cartoon with a cartoon walking and talking dog.

I know, I was confused as to what look they were going for. I think my only problem is that his eyes didn't fit. He looks just like he did on th show except for those beady little eyes they gave him. It was kind of weird.

[DDMAN26]

By the way there is a Lord of the Rings connection, WETA is doing the effects for the movie. Of course they became famous by doing the effects for LOTR

[DDMAN26]

Hmm the name doesn't ring a bell

[Uncle Remus]

i dont know this guy since i have never seen any of those movies on his list. also the guy who is playing Mad-Eyed Moody for the 4th Harry Potter movie is someone i dont really know. many of you guys would probably know him since he has appeared in many box-office hit movies. iforget his name but you can find out about the guy on the Internet Movie Database website.

[Uncle Remus]

you know something. a couple of days before they announced making this film i was thinking this film when i growed up since i would like to be a director/actor when i grow up. soon i found out that Disney was going to make a movie based from this book and that made me really mad. most movies today always would leave stuff out of the books and put in stuff in the movie that was not in the book.

[Kram Nebuer]

most movies today always would leave stuff out of the books and put in stuff in the movie that was not in the book.

That's certainly true and the case with the Harry Potter films. A lot of things were cut and pasted to a new point, not empasized, or just gone all together. But as this may seem a bad thing to the fans of the book, it is actually a good thing for the moviemakers and the audience. The limitations of a movie cause some elements to disappear. The things that were cut were cut because they slowed the movie down since they were unimportant to the main plotline. If the whole book was included the movie would most likely be 5 time longer than normal. Also some things may be cut or different for financial reasons.

Though I've never read the book, with Mary Poppins, there were also twins and a housekeeper of Uncle Albert that were removed because Walt felt he didn't need them or could use another character for their situation (in this case, Bert replaced the housekeeper for the "We Love to Laugh" scene). The director or screenplaywright may change things because it works better to them or their overall vision of the movie. I'm sure once you become a director of a movie based on a book, you'll see the same limitations. Well, I hope this was useful to you and I hope that I didn't rant on about something you already understood .

[Disneykid]

Yup, I fully expect deletions and changes with the Narnia films simply because it's a requirement of a successful film. There's a reason these are called adaptations and not literal translations. If you become too literal, you run the risk of coming across as very hollow. I absolutely love the first two Harry Potter films (immensely), but their one vital flaw was that Chris Columbus was such a slave to the source material that though he was true to the events, he wasn't true to the feelings or emotions. When Alfonso Cuaron took over for the third one, fans complained of how he was less literal (notice how I don't say less faithful) to the book, but by doing so, he managed to dig into the heart of the book and get the atmosphere right instead of just the events. Based on what I've read, it seems Andrew Adamson will handle Narnia the way Alfonso handled Harry Potter and the way Peter Jackson handled Lord of the Rings, which is a major relief to me since there's so much more to Narnia than what you see on the surface of the events.

[jambo*rafiki]

WOW THAT'S REALLY PRETTY!!!
I wasn't very excited for this movie but now I definitely am. Thanks!

[2099net]

Hmm the name doesn't ring a bell

Opps. I thought this was the Tilda Swinton post.

She's an English actress - who takes parts in lots of "independent" UK productions - Young Adam was her last film I think. She's also starred in some of the more "independent"-type films in America - such as Adaptation and Vanilla Sky.

She is an excellent actress, and I'm sure she will add just as much as Nicole Kidman could add to the role (if not more)


Apart from star power of course.

Anyhow, James Cosmo (gotta love that name) is a Scottish actor who's done quite a lot of British TV, but has also appeared in The 10th Kingdom! His biggest screen role for time of screen is probably in All the Queen's Men, starring Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Izzard (and is actually a good film, despite getting no success at the box office)

As you would expect, he's quite old and sadly this is the only picture I could find of him:



But go rent All the Queen's Men, it's a good movie!