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Next Narnia Film Will Be ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ Prequel

Chris Schrader — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:30:27 +0000

The future of The Chronicles of Narnia film franchise was called into question once again after The Voyage of the Dawn Treader suffered a rather disappointing debut at the box office – as well as a lukewarm response from audiences & critics.

Many fans speculated that if the series were to continue, bringing The Silver Chair to the big screen would be an effective way to revitalize the Narnia brand. As it turns out, a fourth film is in development – but it looks like they’re instead going the prequel route with an adaption of The Magician’s Nephew.

Originally conceived as a franchise that could potentially rival the box office might of something like The Lord of the Rings, Walt Disney Pictures ultimately ...

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Inception Leads 2011 Saturn Award Nominees

Ross Miller — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:57:31 +0000

As we edge ever closer to the biggest movie award ceremony around, the Oscars, we have another set of nominations to mull over: The 37th Annual Saturn Awards.

While the Oscars, Golden Globes and the BAFTAs tend to recognize the more “serious” films (some would say in a way that is out of touch), award ceremonies like the Saturn Awards nominate films that average moviegoers would likely champion as their favorites of the year – not to mention the ceremony also recognizes the best TV shows and DVD release the year had to offer.

Last year the Saturn Awards were dominated by a little film called Avatar (you may have heard of it), but as you’ll see below fan favorite Inception dominates things this year with a whopping nine nominations, while other popular films ...

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Best & Worst Christmas Movie Releases of the Past 10 Years

Paul Young — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:16:09 +0000

There are several calendar dates throughout the year where studios rush to release all their big tentpole films in an attempt to maximize on the number of people who will see them, and each date corresponds with a major U.S. holiday – Memorial Day, 4^th of July, and Christmas.

Films released during Memorial Day and 4^th of July usually open on the exact dates of those holidays, while films being released for the Christmas season begin showing up in theaters anywhere from ten to fifteen days before December 25^th.

Some of these films are highly anticipated and draw in millions of viewers, generating obscenely large box office numbers (think Avatar), while other films only have moderate expectations. Then there are the failures – the films so bad, so ridiculously inept, ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: December 12th 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:55:59 +0000

This week:

The Chronicles of Narnia gets that sinking feeling, but at least the crew aren’t feeling like a Tourist; apparently Guillermo del Toro just wasn’t busy enough; Sofia Vergara and Jessica Biel set a date for New Year’s Eve; Adam Sandler and Kevin James start the ignition for Valet Guys; Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy move to The Wettest County in the World; James Franco suffers from Maladies; we approach Serial Killer Days; Mark Wahlberg is a Teddy Bear; Chris Tucker is a Rabbit and did that book just move? No the Atlas Shrugged.

Box Office

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (read our review) was the leader at the box office over the weekend. The big budget fantasy film grossed a disappointing $24.5 million– much lower than Walden Media and 20th Century Fox would have liked.

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New Clips From ‘Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ & ‘The Tempest’

Sandy Schaefer — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:43:40 +0000

Fantasy is the name of the game this week as both The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Tempest aim to transport moviegoers to an other-worldly realm full of mystical creatures, dangerous adventure, and Russell Brand prancing about in a dress.

Both of these pics officially hit theaters this Friday and coincidentally involve a sea journey affected by forces of magic – though the latest Chronicles of Narnia offers much more appeal for those uninterested in Shakespearean dialogue or director Julie Taymor’s breed of visual extravaganza.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader features the return of Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes as siblings Lucy and Edmund Pevensie, who return to the world of Narnia once more (this time, via an enchanted painting). Joining them on a quest to find seven banished lords and ...

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New ‘Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ Clips

Sandy Schaefer — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:18:01 +0000

The family-friendly fantasy flick (say that three times fast) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader arrives in theaters next week, now under the 20th Century Fox banner.

A new clip has emerged online from the film, which hopes to attract moviegoers who adore the colorful and imaginative world of Narnia – or those looking for a distraction until they can glimpse the more monochromatic world of “The Grid” in TRON: Legacy the week after Voyage of the Dawn Treader hits theaters.

The latest Chronicles of Narnia features the return of Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes as Lucy and Edmund Pevensie, off on yet another adventure full of dangerous beasts and magical creatures. Along for the ride this time is their cousin Eustace Scrubb (Will Poulter), a ...

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Final ‘Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ Trailer

Rob Frappier — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:46:07 +0000

A new (and likely final) trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has hit the web. Like the international trailer that came before it, this new trailer focuses much more on the plot of the film, though in a decidedly less entertaining way.

As you’ll recall from the previous trailer, Voyage of the Dawn Treader takes place a short time after the events of the second film, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. In the movie, Lucy and Edmund (along with their annoying cousin Eustace) are transported back to Narnia, where they join with Caspian to track the Lost Lords of Narnia.

As I mentioned in a previous post highlighting three images from Dawn Treader, I’m a big C.S. Lewis fan and I am very much looking forward to ...

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Three New Images of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Rob Frappier — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:44:42 +0000

This Christmas season, the Chronicles of Narnia series is back with its third film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

In anticipation of the rapidly approaching release, Fox has released three new images from the film.

Coming our way from the Voyage of the Dawn Treader Official UK Facebook Page, the images give us a look at Lucy, Eustace, Prince Caspian, and the mighty little mouse Reepicheep.

Check out the images below, followed by a bit more information about Voyage of the Dawn Treader for the Narnia newbies out there. You can click on each image for a slightly larger version.

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Screen Rant’s 2010 Fall Movie Preview

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:17:36 +0000

Summertime and all that easy living is now done, and unless you’re one of those people who lives where the sun is always shining then the onset of Fall means four things: colder weather, earlier sunsets, heavier clothing and movies galore.

Yes, the summer has all those big blockbusters we’ve been waiting all year to see, but Fall is the time when we actually want to be in the movie theater: when being outdoors is no longer an attractive alternative and the cinema offers many, many, award-worthy films. A few of them even stand the chance of being pretty good.

Of course the Fall movie landscape has been changing pretty radically in the last few years: September is now a “showcase for unique genre films” instead of just a studio dumping ground ; ...

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader Trailer

Rob Frappier — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:11:02 +0000

The first trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader hit the web last night at the Brazilian Chronicles of Narnia fansite, MundoNarnia.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the third film in the Chronicles of Narnia series and picks up three years after the events of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Here’s the synopsis for Dawn Treader:

This time around – Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb – find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world. Joining forces once again with their royal friend Prince Caspian and the warrior mouse Reepicheep, they are whisked away on a mysterious mission to ...

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Gulliver’s Travels & Narnia 3 Coming in 3D

Ben Kendrick — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:19:42 +0000

The list of high-profile 3D films continues to grow as The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as well as Gulliver’s Travels are now expected to get the 3D treatment. Initially considered speculation, Coming Soon has confirmed that the two FOX properties will, in fact, undergo a 3D conversion.

Dawn Treader and Travels are both scheduled for December releases, stuffing two more 3D properties into an already bulging 3D holiday release set. Moviegoers will nearly be offered a new 3D film each week throughout November and December.

November 5th – Megamind
November 12th – Tangled
November 19th – Harry Potter: The Deathly Hollows (Part 1)
December 10th - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
December 17th – Tron Legacy
December 22nd – Gulliver’s Travels

The over-abundance of 3D films available this holiday season will ...

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First Official Pics From Narnia’s ‘Dawn Treader’

Ross Miller — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:45:37 +0000

Back in August, we gave you a first glimpse at the ship from the upcoming third Chronicles of Narnia installment, subtitled The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. They weren’t official pics, but rather some taken by the father of one of the bloggers at the Cleveland Point, in Australia, where the Dawn Treader (the ship that’s the focus of the third film) was being constructed.

However, the first official pics from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader appeared online recently and we have them here for your viewing pleasure. They surfaced on the film’s official Facebook page: one of them features the ship’s steering wheel (shown above), while the other two show the characters of King Caspian (played by Ben Barnes), Edmund (played by ...

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Howard Berger Talks ‘Predators’

Anthony Ocasio — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:41:35 +0000

Clint Morris over at Moviehole had a chance to visit the set of The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader and while perusing the Australian country-side, sat down with effects guru, Howard Berger, to talk with him about one of his upcoming projects, the Robert Rodriquez-produced Predators.

Morris, who got started in effects working with Stan Winston on the original Predator and Aliens movies, just received photos of the finished Predator(s) from his team in Los Angeles and says that they look “fantastic” and that the fans will be happy with the look of the Predator(s).

After Aliens vs. Predator and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem were released, fans weren’t all too happy with what was done to the look of their beloved, iconic Predator. What’s Morris’ angle that has him so confident?

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First Glimpse of Chronicles of Narnia’s ‘Dawn Treader’ [Updated]

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:24:40 +0000

[UPDATE: Bottom of the post for a look at the completed Dawn Treader!]

The guys over at Cine Fools managed to snag some exclusive shots of the new Dawn Treader ship which will be the focal point in the next installment of The Chronicles of Narnia.

The photos were taken by the father of one of the bloggers at the Cleveland Point, Queensland, Australia site where the Dawn Treader is being constructed. The ship is still in its early phases, but we thought you Narnia fans would like to have a looksee anyway.

Check it out:

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Wolverine Shreds Box Office: $87 Million Opening Weekend

Heath McKnight — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:35:26 +0000

They call him Wolverine, and he’s the best at what he does, and what he does is shred the box office with berserker rage! Okay, enough of the Wolverine analogies, but you can’t help but be impressed with the $87 million haul of X-Men Origins: Wolverine!

What a way to start off the summer–with the 2009 box office up over last year, people are still hungry for movies, even in this economy. Fox need not fret any more about the pirated version that leaked out, hurting the box office, because the Hugh Jackman-starrer proved that people love to see movies in the theaters.

But the one thing Wolverine’s healing factor and near-indestructible adamantium-laced skeleton can’t stop, and that’s the critical drubbing it’s receiving. It stands at an awful 37% rating over at RottenTomatoes.com, though Screen ...

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Third Narnia Film Gets A Release Date

Ross Miller — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:15:37 +0000

Just 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 film:

December 10th, 2010

This will see the franchise return to its original winter release date: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was released on December 9th, 2005 but for some reason they decided to change that up for the second film, which came out on May 16th 2008 – and made only $141 million (which was only about half what the first one made).

Is that a sign that established franchises are better released where there is no other competition? After all the same thing happened with the Harry Potter franchise – they normally were released in November each year and when they tried to change that and release a couple in ...

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‘Narnia’ Franchise Saved By Fox

Ross Miller — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:18:38 +0000

A month after it was revealed that Walt Disney had pulled out of financing the next Narnia film we have news that 20th Century Fox has swooped in and taken hold of (part of) the financial reigns. Budget and script issues are still being worked out between Walden and Fox but they hope for an end of summer start date for shooting and are aiming for a summer 2010 release.

This is a kind of stroke of ironic luck on Fox’s part as head of Fox 2000 (the part of Fox that will be spearheading production and development matters) had been pursuing the Narnia franchise but was beaten to it by Walden. Over the past few years they have been looking for “a family-friendly, lit-based franchise for years,” with Eragon being a disappointing financial flop for them.

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Disney NOT Producing Third Narnia Film

Ross Miller — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:53:40 +0000

It’s been revealed that Walt Disney has pulled out of co-producing and co-financing the third film in The Chronicles of Narnia franchise, subtitled The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The reasons are unclear but were described as “budgetary and logistical.”

With the under-performance of the last film, Prince Caspian, I’m not surprised that Disney has decided to pull out. If you’re a regular Screen Rant reader this news won’t be a complete surprise. Fellow writer Jamie Williams predicted back in May that Dawn Treader was probably not going to be made.

The further they delve into these stories the more expensive they are going to be to make, and with a diminishing return this may be a good call.

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Is Narnia Done?

Jamie Williams — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:14:58 +0000

With Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull pulling in $151 million this weekend and Iron Man continuing to do solid business beyond damn-near everyone’s expectations, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (now in its second week in theatres, no less) has still not cracked $100 million. And before anyone asks, that does include the Memorial Day numbers!

Just before the summer film-season kicked off, a number of box-office forecasters were projecting Prince Caspian to pull in anywhere between $270 – $320 million. At the rate it’s going now, it’ll be lucky to get anywhere near $200 million.

You can color me suprised… to a point. Although I never saw it breaking $300 million, I expected the second Narnia outting to haul around $250 million.

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Review: The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Vic Holtreman — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:58:08 +0000

Short version: Prince Caspian is much better than the first Narnia film.

Let’s get straight to the point: If you liked the first Chronicles of Narnia movie, you’ll like this one even better. For some reason I never wrote a review of the first one, but if I had I probably would have given it about , a full point lower than Prince Caspian.

On the other hand, if you’re a big fan of the book upon which this film is based, you’re going to be torn because it deviates heavily from that story. I wouldn’t have known that myself, but my daughter re-read the book just recently and found herself pulled in two directions regarding the movie. On its own she thought it was very good, but she was perturbed over ...

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