Comments on: ‘Narnia’ Franchise Saved By Fox

By: Third Narnia Film Gets A Release Date - Screen Rant

Third Narnia Film Gets A Release Date - Screen Rant — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:15:51 +0000

[...] over a month after the news that Fox had saved the Narnia franchise by coming on-board to co-finance it, we get the release date for the third [...]

By: JODY VIDELL CURVEY

JODY VIDELL CURVEY — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:37:41 +0000

too bad i love what walt disney and walden media did for the first two films. i think fox is a good company for the franchise. im going to truely miss walt disney though.

its so true that sometimes a HIGH budget can effect a film. prince caspian was a blockbuster hit. i hope all the future sequel are great; ”narnia rules”.

By: Farradin

Farradin — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:22:28 +0000

Honestly, I like good movies; Fox doesn’t make good movies. There is a good chance that if unhindered this could be the third film in a Fox revival, after Wolverine(I refuse to add the subtitle) and Avatar.

I want them to return to form, after all these are the people that brought us the original Star Wars, Alien and Predator franchises. The problems I’ve had with them in recent years is they’re cutting of corners, such as the creation of cheap sets and costumes that hinder the suspension of disbelief. Also their stiffling of creativity as evidenced in their hack job editting of films to reach a supposed perfect length of 1 hour 40 mins.

Both of these Ideas have merits; the saving of money and keeping the art under control. The extent to which Fox currently do it though destroys both the believability and coherrence of their films. I like the silver Chair hope they make that one next. SATR (Sorry about the rant).

By: Monique

Monique — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:50:50 +0000

I’m thrilled that it has been picked up. Though, I am a bit worried about the treatment. Narnia is strongly religious and I was impressed that Disney did not clean it all up. I think FOX will be more likely to do that.

I do have to disagree with one thing though. I think The Silver Chair is the least appealing and hardest to translate to a movie, as it also happens to be my least favorite book. The Dawn Treader should be fantastic and I think it is probably the easiest to translate and express and *hold interest* in film. Truthfully though, I really want to see A Horse and His Boy on film as that remains my favorite of the 7.

By: greenknight333

greenknight333 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:41:24 +0000

FOX would fall into a $H!& filled toilet and come out smelling like a rose…

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:20:45 +0000

I am Going to see it but I still intend to skip most films with the Fox logo attached.

By: Mr.Movies

Mr.Movies — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:52:43 +0000

I liked it when Disney had Narnia and was sad that they let it go.I was hoping Sony would get it but I knew it would not happen.But I was nervous when they thpugh fox was gonna get it.I was afraid they would ruinit like they did Eragon.Well,it will be interesting to see how a different company will handle it.

By: Mike Wilkerson - 24 Podcast

Mike Wilkerson - 24 Podcast — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:19:03 +0000

My third grade teacher, Mrs. Duer, read us these books and I remember the visualizations as if they were being painted by my mind even today. While the films have captured much of what I remember, there IS something to leaving something to the mind.

They are effects-fests to be sure, and provide audiences with something that I think is something other than “LOTR for kids”. Sadly, I think the train has departed and I shall wait for the box set to buy any others.

By: Ken J

Ken J — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:06:47 +0000

Good, I want to see what happens next in the Narnia world… And before all of you guys are like “Oh no, Fox is going to ruin it!” I think their only role is funding the film right? Someone else is actually producing it??