The first film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, debuted in the year 2005. The Life of Pi screenwriter David Magee will write the script. TriStar, a division of Sony, will collaborate with The Mark Gordon Company, The C.S. So much for being supportive, I'm sorry.It’s official! The Chronicles of Narnia is returning! Deadline reports that the franchise will continue with its fourth installment, The Silver Chair, based on the novel by C.S. It's a minor tradegy: 'Prince Caspian' disappointing after the success of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' / 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' being turned into a Gollum of a movie / 'The Silver Chair' trying so patiently to get off the ground only to be pushed around by a bunch of bullies / The fact that we'll never see Will, Anna, Skander, Georgie & McAvoy reprise their older roles in 'The Horse and His Boy' / The fact that both Skander & McAvoy have privately renounced Narnia from their lives / The facts that we'll never see Tilda play Jadis again in 'The Magician's Nephew' / And finally, the facts that we'll never hear Liam as Aslan again, and seeing it all come together in 'The Last Battle'. Not quite as devastated as GlumPuddle must have been 9 years ago when his favorite Narnia book was butchered by the same elk of studio execs. Seriously, I'm both '' AND Quietly Devastated.

So, as your not-so-supportive host, I'll make this rant as brief as possible (in other words impossible) :Īfter hearing what those studio execs had in mind, I'm glad Douglas Gresham walked away from the project, but I'm still gutted that we might not see any more theatrical Narnia movies, ever. And quite frankly, I don't have much to add, nothing that hasnt already been said. Ok! I'm finally here to address 'the scrapping of The Silver Chair movie' for a final time. Not that it’s the actual Best Picture this year, but I’ve heard it was a hugely improved effort over his previous movies.) (I only mention Peter Farrelly because ‘Dumb & Dumber Too’ was a bad film (I’ve heard) while ‘Green Book’ won Best Picture this year. If Peter Farrelly could go from ‘Dumb & Dumber Too’ to ‘Green Book’, Joe Johnston could have surprised everyone with Narnia, critics & audiences included. He could have surprised fans and made a great version of The Silver Chair. Still, I thought that if she were of Charn-descent, the name ‘SOLOIS’ would be cool and strange. I realized at a certain point that LotGK did not need a name, and shouldn’t have one: She’s an unknowable sociopath.

I loved Life of Pi, so I was excited when he was announced as screenwriter. And also, whatever happened to the “Name the Lady of the Green Kirtle” competition?Īnd I think Joe Johnston would have been a marvelous director for a Narnia story.ĭavid Magee is one of the reasons I hoped this movie would work. I would have liked to have seen David Magee’s script come to life.

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